In which Sabs gets out of the house and does stuff

[sabotabby]

Yesterday I managed three things in one day: gaming, Against the Grain Theatre's production of Seven Deadly Sins and Holier Fare, and a midnight MRI. Guess which one of those three was not remotely fun?

Anyway, I was really impressed by the performance. You can read chickenfeet2003's more detailed review here, but basically, I'm going to have to go on another mad music hunt for Exciting Music (other than the Reich piece, it was all new to me). And I'm going to have to attend their production of Britten's Turn of the Screw because they are quite an impressive little theatre company.

The MRI was less exciting. They put me in a tube and blasted loud beeps and clangs at me. It was nowhere near as beautiful sounding as anything by Kurt Weill. Sorry cyborg_kitty100, they did not allow me to bring a tape recorder in the machine, but I'm pretty sure I can reproduce the noises if need be.

In other news, misslynx's alcoholic cupcakes are a thing of wonder.

Comments

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

When I've gone for MRIs, they've always allowed me to bring a CD player in to try and drown out the noises. And one question: why midnight?

[sabotabby]

Seriously? They didn't allow me anything metal in there.

Apparently midnight MRIs are a thing now. The lab is 24/7, so they schedule you whenever.

[dominika-kretek.livejournal.com]

I used to work in an MRI lab, and yeah, that has to be wrong. I doubt a CD player would even work--if it didn't go flying through the air or get destroyed. A tape recorder would probably get erased (if it didn't go flying ... etc.) Lots of times they let you bring music to listen to through their patient communications, though.

Them's some seriously strong magnets in there. There have been serious accidents from people leaving wrenches in the MRI room. You can't even have an MRI if you have a tattoo with red ink, because the iron oxide will heat up! Ow!

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Oh, come on…I know that's wrong! You may mean if you have a solid-red heart 6" across tattooed on your scalp, but I have an ankle tat with red-and-orange flames—and, for that matter, one on my stomach with the same flames—and there was no problem.

[dominika-kretek.livejournal.com]

It's just a screening test, because there's no way to know what's in someone's ink, and it's a rare thing. Not everything can get screened out, and things can be okay anyway. And if you'd had one before already, no one's going to make a big deal about it the second time around. Still, I'd be surprised if the tech didn't at least ask.

I didn't mean to be all "wrong wrong wrong!" by the way. Sorry about that. I just think MR scanners are cool, and I got overenthusiastic.

[ltmurnau.livejournal.com]

What game(s) did you play?

[sabotabby]

Spirit of the Century, a.k.a. my favourite game of the moment.