Cheese Pizza and Mario Kart
Sarah Brandner asked what I’d put in her Advent calendar and I actually spent nights thinking about it. Like, real nights where I couldn’t sleep. What do you give to someone like that? Nothing made sense until it did: a cheese pizza and Mario Kart.
The whole thing is stupid in the best way. Show up at her place with a pizza, make her play video games, find out if a model can actually handle a controller. Throw in a Game Boy loaded with Tetris and Super Mario Land and Pokémon. That’s what I’d give her. Not what you’re supposed to say, but what came to mind.
Everyone else was going the predictable route—body paint, cute haircuts, sexy uniforms, all that—and I’m lying awake thinking about Nintendo cartridges and melted cheese. Which maybe says everything about me or nothing at all. Either way, that was the gift I landed on.