Super Sunday!

I am not a big sports fan, however if I do watch sports it is always football. I like the excitement of the game, and it never seems to drag thru (like baseball). So when the Superbowl approaches, I have the excitement in me of a five yr old at Christmas.

6pm on the dot the teams are introduced and I feel myself getting all pumped up, I am literally staring at the TV, with not a waiver of movement. Each year I count the minutes after the introduction to the start of the Star Spangled Banner. I knew this year it would be Jennifer Hudson, I also knew I would feel emotional, as she has had such a tough year. To my complete surprise prior to Jennifer Hudson singing, the crew of US Air Flight 1549 appear, I was so overcome with emotions, that I forgot to breathe. My SSO hit me on the back several times, and I began to breathe again. Wow, what a sight and how good it felt to breathe again. When Jennifer Hudson took to the podium and I saw her sigh, the tears began again, however the SSO told me he was not going to help me again, so I was on my own. As the tears flowed (and I remembered to breathe) I watch her sing our National Anthem with such conviction and pride, that my pride to be an American swelled.

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Click here to watch Jennifer Hudson sing the National Anthem

Watching the game, I was sitting at the edge of my barstool, (with drink and cigarette in hand), it truly was a Super game, it reminded me of last year and how the Giants pulled it off in the last few seconds. I was routing for the Cardinals, and they almost had it. But it was not meant to be, and as always in a game, the best team wins. So Congrats to the Steelers.

As I watched the SuperBowl, and looked around at a very crowded bar, I had forgotten about the economy and the struggles of each of us. Next to me a man was paying his bill, I overheard him splitting the bill with his buddies, there were three of them, he asked very calmly for $250.00 each, $750.00, WTF did they eat and drink for that kind of money, I was floored. On the other side of me, "John" as he called himself, was pulling out hundreds at a time for drinks and of course flirting with the barmaids. No one seemed to be bothered with the money that was being spent. So yes, I was certainly in dreamland for a bit, but as we all know when the sun shines again, reality shines thru as well, and I wondered if all those ppl were now hitting themselves in the head for all the money they spent.

The Super Bowl of Football is definitely a American Tradition, it shows America as a whole, can come together to route for our American Teams.

We as Americans can give salute to our sport hero's, and yes they get paid a lot of money for what they do. But what you get from a day such as Superbowl Sunday, is pride in this country we call home.

America the Beautiful, from sea to shining sea.




My favorite commercial

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