If by any hap you were among the not-so-rabid-Super Bowl-fans, sitting yesterday with your eyes shifting between the TV screen and the hands of the clock, and waiting for the three minutes which were supposed to be momentous in the history of the Super Bowl ads, you will know exactly what my harangue is all about...yes.... I am referring to the "monstrous 3D event" at the end of the 2nd quarter.

Ok, I admit, those huge football players did play some good game yesterday; especially James Harrison from the Pittsburgh's Steelers was an unbeatable juggernaut as he set record with a 100-yard interception return for a score. Yea, that was good to watch, but I still found my eyes wandering to the clock...waiting for the half time. *Shrugs* what can I say... I am not a huge football fan! I was only there for half time 3D commercials.

When my husband brought home these special glasses, I was pretty agog as I and my kids watched them unfold before our eyes. I tried them on immediately, only to become a little dizzy and took them off when I realized that I couldn’t stop my head from spinning. It took a little getting used to, but I like to think that I became comfortable and even looked forward to the 3D event. I don’t know why they were even called glasses, as they were only made of cardboard with a blue "lens" on the right and a yellow one on the left. If you squint your eyes a little bit and tilt your head towards left you can even read the words "right eye" by the blue lens, and "left eye" by the yellow lens. Maybe the makers wanted to make sure that a dolt like me wouldn’t try them on inside out or upside down or whichever way. And there is this interesting inverted v in between the lenses for the bridge of the nose…

Ok so enough about the glasses, now about the 3D commercials...

The half time came and the commercials were finally on-air. I sat on the living room couch and looked at the TV screen through my precious glasses and what did I see? I really don’t know...I mean I think i saw something, I tried to find the 3D in the Monsters vs. Alien commercial before me, but I don’t know.... my husband asked me twice during the SoBe Lizard Lake commercial if I could perceive any difference but the only D that I could find was in the title of the commercial and that was only a single small measly little d. I said to myself "Hmm....there must be something monstrous about this event...all the news channels and the papers and the people on the web couldn’t be talking about nothing..." But all I came up with was... nullity. And then before I could say abracadabra alakazoo, it was over!

And there I was, more stumped and dazed than ever and thinking if it was my age or did nothing different happen on the TV. I took my glasses off and looked at them with a certain degree of animosity. I knew I was fooled by some shrewd  gimmickier who had taken advantage of my gullible nature. Surely my understanding of this whole business was more astute than that! Surely it was not my mind, which betrayed me, and as a result I failed to perceive any difference!
 
Or...was it?

I will watch Chuck tonight and will let you know.

Faiza.