I'm starting to schedule people, this time to run them through the fMRI with my training wheels off. It's surprising to me how many people are keen on the idea. Then again, the pay is pretty decent -- for 2 hours practice one day, and 2 hours in the scanner the second, people net $60 plus a performance-driven bonus. I hope that one of the few non-handedness dependant studies that someone else is doing comes up soon -- I really would like to have the functional scan data for my brain. I could extract some really cool images from the raw data for use as desktop background. Getting 9 scans done won't be too tough -- the surplus of interest means matching the schedule will be easy. At some point, I'll start running friends and other people in Squirrel Hill through -- a lot of people I know are interested.

Finally, rebate submission number two appears to have done the trick with my new ISP (Speakeasy), so with luck, I'll have $200 on the way back soon. I really dislike how rebates work, temporarily and pointlessly draining one's bank account. Na klar, I'm dealing with a kind of similar situation at work -- I pay participants with out-of-pocket change and then file for reimbursement. So messy...

I spent most of last evening out helping someone, and so my sleep patterns are likely to be messed up for awhile.

For laughs, and perhaps slightly ironically, because I'm not exactly on the market right now for a significant other (it's complex), let's dig through the old classic, a Girl's guide to Geek Guys. Looking at it, I guess I don't fit the stereotype as well as I once did. I don't tend to talk computers so much anymore.. except online with a few people. The point on the Trek factor isn't true for me -- I stopped watching Trek regularly not long after TNG, and I don't think I'm looking for deference in a female. I *hope* I meet the sensitive and caring description :) Oh, the thing about Geek food .. completely wrong for me. Hmm... I guess the Jargon file's description has always been better.