MRI Experience and Tuesday Night FFA

My MRI was an interesting experience. They stuck me with an IV, layed me on a table, put some kind of mask thing over my head to prevent me from moving, and slid me into the center something that looked like a jet engine. There was barely any room in the tube. I'm not a big guy yet my arms were pushed closer to my chest and hips when I was slid in. If I was at all clausterphobic, I would have totally gone apeshit at that point. Then for the next 45 minutes, the thing pulsed and beeped its way through my insides.

There was only one uncomfortable part where I felt a tremendous amount of force and I had spasms in ab and chest muscles. The nurse that was there said it was unusual, but it was definitely unpleasant. The rest of the time I was sort of in a half-sleep-half-awake daze and felt like I was being stretched and rotated in space. It was definitely surreal, and it was difficult to tell how much time was passing. Also, my face itched for what seemed like an eternity and my mouth went intensely dry. About half-way through, the nurse gave me some sort of mineral water solution through my IV that was supposed to enhance the imaging quality. It didn't help my dry mouth, though, and instead I got a rather unpalatable metal taste in my mouth to accompany the dryness.

After everything was done, they simply returned my belongings to me and said 'on your way.' I made it home in time to start Caesar's FFA dealio, which was fun. Although, I complained very loudly that I tied for last place in the first game despite shooting 50% and was surpassed in shots hit only by Caesar, who came in 1st. However, and mark this day down, Bungie repaid me the next game by continually putting me in fortuitous positions where I was able to clean up and repeatedly get an advantage in encounter after encounter. Good games everyone.

Jared