The isle is full of noises

[hedda62]

I really do have The Tempest coming out of my ears these days... enough to know that, iconic as the speech is and beautifully as Branagh delivered it, the meaning of the thing in context is WRONG. But hey, we're all Caliban-ish at times.

Anyway, it was a weird and beautiful Olympics opening ceremony, and I stayed up too late to watch it (turning the TV off just as "Hey Jude" began, because ouch, I hope it got better - though I loved the "And in the end" coda after the fireworks and hoopla, and think McCartney missed a wonderful opportunity to get "Her Majesty" in there afterwards), so all I can really say is "Corgis!" Also, I would carry a torch for Matt Smith anytime.

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[philomytha]

Definitely corgis!

I didn't get to see the torch relay live because though they came through my city, it wasn't near enough to see it conveniently in a non-crowded place and my son wouldn't have coped with 10,000 people crammed around Cathedral Green, but it seems to have gone everywhere and been carried by everyone, including some very cool people.

[hedda62]

I didn't really follow where it was going or anything, but my son told me about Matt Smith and then I had to watch it. It is always very cool how they run it everywhere.