"REALITY CRISIS"

I saw this on an "engrish" t-shirt today during a break for orientation, and I thought that it was perfect for how I feel today. I woke up at around 6 am (jetlag is the best, AND WORST alarm clock EVER!). After this, I got ready for the day. For breakfast I had muscat yogurt and a grapefruit drink, which was very delicious! When 10 FINALLY rolled around, all of the new Language and Culture center students (日文センター) (like me), and Bekka students filed into the divinty hall and had an entrance ceremony. At first I was just staying to myself, but then my neighbor Adrian from Universiteit Leiden (Netherlands) joined me and we talked for a bit. The ceremony was interesting and I was able to follow along for a good bit. IMMEDIATELY after the ceremony (literally as they said Amen) we went to the next building and started our placement test. Needless to say I could only attempt section one... (for the 1st 2 levels/4 of the Japanese proficiency test). Even that was probably very scattered and filled with mistakes, I was too tired to tell. I got a quick lunch, then we had our Orientation which cosisted of going through paperwork in Japanese for 2 hours, but I also received my student ID and log-in information (I'm a real student!). After this, I had about 2 hours of free time before my oral interview. I can honestly say that I think this went well. My interviewer asked me if I knew Ryan Fark, and after responding in the affirmative, I was informed that she went bowling and hung out with him on numerous occasions. This made me feel more at ease, but I know that I stumbled quite a bit!
Right now it's almost 6 pm, and I'm about ready to fall asleep...
I think I will attempt to fill out a few forms then get some dinner... Tomorrow, I will be starting quite early and travelling around Kyoto with a Japanese student to register myself as an Alien, though not the fun kind with the lazers and space ships...
Walking through Gosho (The Imperial Garden) on the way to campus, I was nearly attacked by a crow. If you don't know, crows in Japan are about twice the size as in America. I think Frances said it best on the AP Art trip "I FEEL LIKE THAT CROW COULD EAT MY SOUL." I have heard that orientation is just a huge mess of confusion and it becomes better afterwards, but we are all so tired and loopy right now.