Very uneventful weekend though I did spend the afternoon participating in an fMRI study! This was the first time I’ve been scanned, and though I wasn’t too claustrophic or bothered by the loud noises of the magnet, I did find it intensely monotonous. I found it amusing that the person doing the study told me that my ONLY task was to stay awake. It’s amusing ’cause knowing me and the fact that I only had 4 hrs of sleep, this was probably the toughest task they could’ve given me. I essentially had to lie still for these 8-9 minute scans while they played various combinations of the phonemes ‘ba’ and ‘da’ into my ears. I walked away with $50 and more importantly, the first MRI of my head!