the ol' beijing thunderstorm.

Things have been pretty quiet the past day or two since Opening Ceremonies... hard to believe, I know.

At work today most everyone was fixated on TVs, watching every and any event they could. There are some channels with no commentary so that whatever station picks it up can add their own language's commentary. Even without any explanation of the events, it was still amazing to be watching the events from just a few kilometers from where they were taking place.

Because the photographers we work with were not at the venues, most likely because they were at the road cycling event, we had very little to do today aside from watch televised events. Thus, we entertained ourselves with watching the Olympics... and creating an Olympics of our own.

Our Olympics included five events: States & Capitals, Hangman, Extreme Tic-Tac-Toe, Pen the Pig and Rock, Paper, Scissors. It was an all day affair, quite competitive also.

After work a few of us went out to dinner and some planned on staying to watch the USA vs. China Men's Basketball game (since coverage at this restaurant was in English). Two of us decided to not stay that late and headed out into the worst... and only thunderstorm... we've seen in Beijing so far. It was a soggy, barefoot run to the subway... and an even soggier, barefoot run from the station to our dorm. All I can say is, drenched to the bone... but so hilarious. Everyone with umbrellas was just looking at the two Americans running barefoot through a thunderstorm, most likely judging us.

And so that's it. I wrung out my clothes and turned on the basketball game which I am watching as I blog right now. Sorry for the tragically uneventful day. Tomorrow is a bit more promising.