"today is a very important day"

Today is thursday, it is registration day. I actually got my shit done, and it felt good. It really was a bitch though, loose ends still dangle in the wind. Confucious is flowing from my fingertips; I think I'm turning Japanese. No. No Vapors. I didn't even know they did that song (thanks google), I honestly thought it was Devo. Anyways, I signed up for some bitchin classes, (hopefully) got a bank account, and "officially" own a bicycle that can legally be parked. You can actually get bicycle parking tickets.

Yesterday I signed up for a bank account over here, and it was quite the headache. It was a session for new students, so they had like 10 different student volunteers to help out. That was good, because all they did the whole time was distribute blank forms to poeple that messed up writing their information. I had to get 6 new forms; it was that bad. Darkening lines was not allowed, copying your own name from your passport had to be EXACT, and they needed photocopies. In every single requirement, I had issues. Apparently I can't write my own name in CAPS. On my passport, my name is: GILLIS CORY HART. Make special note of the I's and Y. I fucked this up big time, the I's were easy, but my hand (and only Y) betrayed me. After a few: "G...I...- fuck! すみません，新コピーがひつよ" I had my name down. Darkening a pen skip also DQ'd me. I tried to hide it but the gustappo caught me. I also had half the photocopies done, but still had to do more. Apparently there is a section in the pasport where you have to write your address, I had to do that too. Post Haste. So I get through it all and the bitch tells me my Y's are ALL wrong. Meanwhile theres a fifteen person line behind me and I cant possibly do it all again. So I tell her to take it or leave it (like the american i am), and she takes it. So i might or might not get a bank account, depending on whether or not Japanese bankers can read a Y that is askew by less than 30 degrees. My thoughts are that I will, and that bullshit follows me like a BOO.

Because of this banking massacre, I missed the Registration lottery timeslot, but went to the room anyways. There were still people in there to take your junk, so I passed it in and got an excellent lottery number! out of like 450 gaijin....37!!!! Probablly one of the last people to pick and, thank you karma! So i deffinitely got what I wanted.

Four Hours Later:
I just went to town and did my alien registration stuff with my frien Simon and got some curry. Simon had to chek out the cell phone place so we spent a while with the woman, having her explain it in japanese. That was educational. Apparently cell phones here have a CHIP that works as a debit account. Kind of like QUICKPAY on ATM cards. One can use it at the train station, vending machines, even scan someone's personal information. Japan truly is advanced with technology. Anyways I just got back, I wanted to finish this. I have to go by Johnny something for his birthday and make him a 50yen bracelet. Tonight we are going to and all you can drink restaurant and it should be a good time. I got all the classes I wanted, and the University also recieved my medical insurance documents. Tomorrow I tour Kyoto and hopefully I can get some pictures in. Everything is prettymuch all set, now all I have to do is relax and get sleep. Peace