Anyway, tonight is the big fancy opening ceremony. Normally, I love this crazy Cirque du Soleil nonsense and all of the weird cultural things foisted upon us by the home country (in this case Canada), but frankly, the massive spectacle of the Beijing ceremonies have ruined me for anything else. Unless Vancouver has the entire Royal Canadian Mounted Police hiding under little boxes and moving in synchronized waves, it just won't even come close to impressing me.

Of course, that doesn't mean that I'm not going to be watching every single minute of it, staring at the parade of athletes and brushing up on my geography at the same time. It also doesn't mean that I won't get goosebumps as they light the torch. I will; there's no doubting that. The odd traditions are part of the fun, after all. Otherwise, it's just like watching sports and really, who wants that?

My series of sleepless nights (dudes, they only air curling at like 6AM) begins tonight at 8 PM on NBC.