I had a shoot today, and despite being worried about the heat and mid day sun making the shoot uncomfortable and difficult to light i think it turned out for the better side of things.
shown are some of the behind the scenes stuff and my favorite shot from the session.
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in other news, i had an MRI done today, which is a small load off my shoulders. The results should be in with in a few days and hopefully it'll give some insight to the cause of the migraines that have been striking me for the past few months. (which is part of the reason for my disappearance here)
funny thing about those machines is that when you walk in the room the first thought that probably hits most people is, "wait, wait, wait..you're going to shove me into that tiny hole in that big-ass magnet?! Wait...then you're going to turn it on?!!"
overall it wasn't bad, even if a bit chilly and not as cramped as i thought it would be. Don't get me wrong though, it was a tight,
tight fit. I can see how some people would start to freak out seeing as its cold, loud and snug with your head in some sort of plastic cub-shaped-halo-type-deal if that makes any sense. At least they give you headphones with the radio piped in (no iPod, sorry!) and a mirror that's pointing towards your feet so you can see outside the tube and into the control room.
Just remember, not cramped, but
snug.
So of course, trying to make conversation i asked the tech if they'd seen the videos on youtube of idiots in hospitals putting oxygen tanks next to MRI machines and then turning them on to see them shoot light a bullet into the scanning tube. They're totally what you want to watch if you're going to get this kind of thing done.
Anyways.
The funniest part was in the final scan, the machine starts making a shrill beeping sound along with vibrating pretty hard and all the while making a loud 'whoomp-whoomp' sound. So without thinking i tell the controller, "I broke it!" and she comes over the headset that i've got on and goes to say something but can't and then says, "Gimmie a minute," and starts
cracking up.
I guess she'd never heard that one before, huh?
Even better was that on my way out i was putting on my flip-flops (thong sandals) and sitting next to a scared looking older man in a hospital gown. So of course i told him that there's no reason to be afraid although it went more like this:
me: "Remember how in the old sci-fi movies they always had people jumping into pneumatic tubes and getting sucked around town by the air pressure?"
him: (looking slightly puzzled) "Yeah....?"
me: "It's totally like that, only without the sucking action."
him: "huh?"
And I walked out and went on with the evening.
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youtube links below to the MRI video i was talking about.
Oxygen Bottle Stuck in an MRI
Chair Gets Stuck in an MRI
