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I had to stop watching when Paul McCartney was doing whatever it was he was doing. I can't really explain why, just that a cold chill ran down my spine and I began worrying about whether everyone's skin was really their own or just masks that they can change ... and that maybe everyone I knew was actually the same person just wearing a lot of different masks.

The fireworks were pretty nice though. Glad I came back for that part. Everyone else here really liked the opening ceremony.

Actually watched a little of the Games--men's parallel bars or some such. It'd be a lot better if they didn't interrupt the acrobatics with those sappy hard-luck-athlete narratives. "But then...tragedy struck." That's nice. Now please get back to the actual sporting event.

We get a HD feed without any of the studio commentary stuff. It's a bit disconcerting not to know which of the athletes I should hope ruins all the other's dreams of gold ...