Today was registration, which was pretty straightforward. In a surprising twist, registration was actually simpler here than at SJC--the one and probably only time MIT will be less complex as an institution. I over-loaded up front to "shop" classes, as the upperclassmen recommended, but I'm sure I'll be down to a normal schedule very soon.
Later in the day I went to a Civil Engineering BBQ. I'm not sure I was supposed to be there, but it was great, because I got to meet people whose work has some overlap with what I'm interested in. I met some professors (some of whom teach in DUSP), and it was overall a great event.

I went and had dinner with two Johnnies tonight, as well as a group of their friends, and it was very nice. They were mostly from a lab that I think is called the Comparative Media Lab, and in reality I think they're mainly studying video games. Hearing their talk made me think I picked the wrong field. They spend lab time playing video games, watching movies, and reading comics, and then doing studies on their impacts on society. It seems there's a lab for most anything here.
Creating lists and things of that nature to manage my time seems silly right now. I know what I need to do--basically, complete my next assignment--so I'm trying to adapt my system to the situation that I'm in. Plus, the reviews and evaluations take tons of time, and it's not as if there's that much room for creative decision making here.
My room is starting to come together. I wish I could have had a week to work on just this aspect of moving in. Tomorrow is registration, and after that, things will be insane, so I hope that I don't still have boxes sitting around my room in November.