Live Tweeting The London 2012 Olympics Opening Ceremony

A bottle of wine, some fish and chips, Twitter: all I needed to live-Tweet the Opening Ceremonies of the Games of the XXX Olympiad directed by Danny Boyle. Pip pip!

I will be live tweeting the #London2012 #Olympics opening ceremony. You're welcome, world.
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 27, 2012

Call Me Maybe? is the theme song of the US Swimming team? That song sounds much better when you're under water. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 27, 2012

Danny Boyle is the greatest. Not just a phenomenal director, but a kind, generous man I was lucky to meet in 2010. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 27, 2012

#Olympics Stadium looks a little like The Globe theater. Roland Emmerich would say the athletes didn't perform their own feats. #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 27, 2012

I wish Bane were watching this little boy sing in the #Olympics #OpeningCeremonies. "He has a lovely, lovely voice!" #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 27, 2012

Kudos to #London2012 for promoting vocabulary words like "agrarian". #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Honestly, these #OpeningCeremonies are absolutely awe-inspiring. #London2012 #HailBrittania
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

That's it. I'm moving to London. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

This is by far the strangest Bond movie ever. @007. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Due to a scheduling conflict, Princess Diana could not be in attendance tonight #OnionOlympics
— Onion Sports Network (@OnionSports) July 28, 2012

Can Danny Boyle win an Oscar for these #OpeningCeremonies? #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Sing us a song, Sherry Bobbins! #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

I feel like Voldemort would have put up more of a fight. Mary Poppins put him away in 7 seconds. Took Harry Potter 7 books. #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Mr. Bean! He'll always be the priest in Four Weddings and a Funeral to me. #HolySpigot #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

This a tour de force of the superiority of British music and bands for the last 40 years. I suppose this includes Spice Girls #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

There's just something wrong about a graphic that reads "RYAN SEACREST - GAMES OF THE XXX OLYMPIAD". #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Interesting fact: The Parade of Nations was renamed from The Parade of Lesser Nations and The Important Ones for obvious reasons #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Too many #Olympics medals: #FirstWorldProblems. #London2012 #inevitable
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Big ovation for Australia, the first real country and continent announced. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

I'm knowledgeable about geography, but c'mon. Some of these countries are made up, right? #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Burkina Faso? Disputed Zone? Who invited all these weird places? (Paraphrasing @HomerJSimpson) #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

It should come as no surprise the Canadian team is comprised of some pretty hot ladies. O Canada. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Watching people walk into a stadium, wave and point their cameras and iPads... you see one nation do it, you've seen them all. #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Did the Philippines only send three people? I could send half my family over and round that out to about 60. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Hotel Rwanda was a good movie, probably better than Romania's new movie Hotel Transylvania. Both well-researched. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

This U2 soundtrack playing over the Parade of Nations makes me realize it was Danny Boyle who stole my missing iPod. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Greece came in first like two hours ago. What if those Greeks really need to use the bathroom? They're screwed. #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Hey Jude? C'mon. Why not Live and Let Die? (When you got a job to do, you gotta do it well. You gotta give the other fella hell) #London2012
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

Proud to be British. (If I were British.) #London2012 #Olympics
— John Orquiola (@BackoftheHead) July 28, 2012

You mustn't look up Her Royal Highness' skirt and see her royal knickers.