I promised I'd flesh out a few details today and that's what I'm going to do. I've spent a little time reminiscing about the last two months and here's what stands out...

Ethnic Minorities Park - a large park in Beijing that celebrates the different ethnic minorities of China - there are mock ups of their villages and houses that you can walk through and explore - pretty neat in a depressing sort of way (most of the real settlements and authentic houses have been knocked down and replaced with China's solution for modern living - the large soulless soviet-bloc apartment.) It was pretty much void of people and quiet - unusual for Beijing. And it was a bright, sunny, and warm day - all in all, perfect. I've got plenty of pictures.

The perpetual cold that I have had for the past six weeks or so - it's starting to get better now, but I've been hacking and sneezing for that whole time. Maybe it's allergies - I don't know. I've also been getting more than enough sleep in the last month or so - I've actually started going to bed at a somewhat reasonable hour - my mom must be proud.

Tom From Guam - a good friend of mine will be coming to Beijing soon, and while I have many good friends here in Beijing already, more never hurts. No that's not his real name, but I don't think he would like it if I was to put his real name here. For the sake of posterity, I feel I should say (as far as recruiting goes):
Team Beijing: 1-confirmed 2-probables 1-potential
Team Hong Kong: 0

LOTR:ROTK - I finally managed to see this movie in a real theater two weeks ago. The movie wasn't officially released in Beijing until March 14, although it was available earlier in slightly less legal forms, which I avoided like a plague. I wanted to see it in the theater first. Just getting to the theater was a quest in itself - Every mode of transportation that I took broke down on the way to the theater - taxi, bus, subway, ankles (a minor twist, nothing to worry about.) The trip should have taken an hour - it took me just under three to get to the theater. I did enjoy the movie.

That's all that really stands out - I'm sure I'll think of more as time moves on, but that's all you're getting at the moment.