February is a major pop culture time in the United States with both the Superbowl and The Oscars taking place in the month. I’m not a huge football fan but I do love the Superbowl. I love the commercials and the halftime show. This is is time for which social media was made. You get to watch these events and participate in a large conversation. Sometimes I’m rooting for a team, usually the underdog or the one with a good story. Other times, I’m compelled to watch for other reasons.
This year, I didn’t go in rooting for a specific team. Although, I did live in San Francisco at one point in my life. And, having lived approximately nine years in California makes me a New Yorker with California sensibilities. I’m basically a sunny, optmistic curmudgeon.
I watched the game not rooting for a team but to feel a range of emotions. I love sappy commercials. I love aspirational commercials. I love hearing the National Anthem sung with great zest and feeling. And, Demi Lovato did just that.
This year’s Superbowl came on the heels of my mother’s nine year death anniversary. And, that Loretta ad by Google hit home. The ad was narrated by the grandfather of a Google employee who talks about the love of his life Loretta and his memories of her. Specifically, the ad starts off with a man asking Google “how to not forget” so that he can learn how to keep the memory of his late wife alive. All week I have been reminiscing about my mother and reflecting on her death. The ad spoke to me and to millions of others as well.
Further, the halftime show showcased a vibrant Latino culture. Latina pop queens Shakira and Jennifer Lopez brought immense energy and splash to the halftime show. My mother would have loved the show. She would have been bored by the game but she would have watched it with me to hang out and watch some cool women bring it and catch some sob-inducing commercials. Plus, what a comeback we saw in the last few minutes. That’s why we collectively watch the game.
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psychologistmimi 
SMiLes, PM; Regarding the Super Bowl Half-time
Show; this may be Politically Incorrect to say but Women
From Islands and South America Who Dance are ‘the Bomb’!
Back to the Game; Taking a ‘Philosophy of Sports’ Class in College;
Typically, For Sports Jocks in the Health, Leisure, and Sports Curriculum;
one of 3 of my Degrees Studying the Human Condition; along with Anthropology
And Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Yes, Sports is a Microcosm of the Human Condition
As that Relates to Bonds that Bind (Religion/Politics) Both in Competition Arising From our
Oldest Reptile Brain With A Really Long DraGon ‘Tale’ of Doing Tribal Competition Stuff With Other
Tribes and Within Tribes as Well for Access to Basic Survival And Subsistence; In Terms of
Food, Shelter, Safety, Security, Self Esteem of Serotonin Pecking Orders, and of course
Reproductive Success as well; but Yes, the Limbic System Mammalian Nurturing Brain
for Cooperation is the Real Glue of Love Headlined by the Neurohormone Oxytocin At
Best; And then ‘Time’ Comes the Deadlines And Past and Future, in General, of the
Neo-Cortical Reasoning Mind Fed a Steady Stream of Dopamine With Activities
that are continuously Intellectually/Physically More Complex And Stimulating;
but sure, some People skip Human Potentials and Stare at Bright Screens
with ‘Colorful’ Stuff’ on them ‘Pressing the Cocaine Lever’ at the ‘Gambling
Casino’ all Day/Night, hehe; Third Brain Neo-Cortex Last to pay Due Respect
at Best too; to the Shadow And Puppy Eyes Brains First as Yes, this is what
one does in Balance to Get along
Best with Our Elder Brains
Now That And Who Within
Demand Respect or
Watch out
the
Shadow
and Heart
Will most Definitely
Overcome Reason First
As NeuroScience Shows
Anyway now That Intuition
of Senses/Feelings Drive Reason
of the NeoCortical Mind
First as just common
Sense Really for
What Elder
Brains
Will do
As Father ‘God’ Reptile
Mind; and Mother ‘God’ ‘HeART’
Mind; With ReaSoN Mind ‘God’ Third of
the Triune of “God” Minds; Yes, at Best
Cognitive Executive Functioning of the
Neo-Cortex ReaSoN Mind as Sons and
or Daughters in Balance We Do Become
in Autotelic Flow of Heaven Within in Balance
Now at Best; It’s true; i didn’t make that much Money
With those 3 College Degrees; but they were surely a
First Step For Real To Find Heaven Within and Keep it for Real
Eternally Now as a Practice of Life that Really Works Consistently Now;
The Big Problem With Sports is People Quit the Play of Life and Fall to
Just Being a Spectator of Other Folks Still in the Game of Life for Real
As They still Orchestrate in Flow A Symphony of the Music of Reality in Tune;
Writing, Directing, Producing the “Sports (Game) Story” of their Life as
Actors For Real in L.I.B.E.R.T.Y. “Life Is Better Everywhere ReCreation
Takes” You; True, the Secret to Heaven Clear as Day in Jock Class For Health,
Leisure,
and
Sports
Philosophy
For This is
what the Game
is All About THE PLAY NOW;
The Real Super Bowl We Will
Always Do Now ‘at Best’ in Focus
With Fearless LoVE iN Courage to
Give and Share Freer to all others
And the Rest of Nature for Real too;
With Yes
Least
Fear
And Harm Now;
i was not Good at
Team Sports; i was
more interested in Watching
ALL THE GAMES FROM THE SIDELINE;
JUST FOR THE FUN OF THAT TOO; hehe;
i figured; Give it some decades; i’ll do something
more CONSTRUCTIVE with it then; AGAIN Just for Fun/Play;
Meh; all things Done at Least at Best i’m Just a Dancing ‘Cheerleader’ too
FOR
REaLLY
LiVinG NoW iN
LiGHT of Truth;
Relatively Speaking
With Free Will too of course..;)
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Those woman were the bomb! 🙂
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Dancing
Out of
This World!🕺😃
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