On Uber Pretentious Lookout Combined with What I've Been Eating

1. At Sundance: Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (Director and Screenwriter: John Krasinski)--When her boyfriend leaves with little explanation, a doctoral candidate in anthropology tries to remedy her heartache by interviewing men about their behavior. Cast: Julianne Nicholson, John Krasinski, Timothy Hutton, Dominic Cooper, Christopher Meloni, Rashida Jones. World Premiere

Sign on theater should read: for douche bags only.

2. Blog on Games. An excerpt on Candyland. Hat tip, Robyn. An excerpt:

But to think of Candy Land in terms of its dialectical role in acculturating American children to consumerism, or indeed to think of it in mathematical terms, is to consider its external indicia, rather that its pure characteristics as a game qua game. Let us return, therefore, to its formal game nature.

And then there's this:

That message is, of course: CONSUME. Consume candy. Consume everything. But for children, candy above all; the natural childish instinct to like what in more mature mouths is repulsively lachrymose is the key, the first way in for inculcation of the consumer instinct. Candy good. Consume candy. Whine at your parent until she, or as it may be, he, buys you the packet of Lifesavers. St. Francis Xavier, founder of the Jesuits, said "Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man," meaning, of course, that if you brainwash small children with any idiot set of beliefs (like, say, the virgin birth, divinity of Christ, necessity for ritual cannibalism, and triune nature of the Godhead), you'll have them by the frontal lobes of the brain for the rest of their lives. They will never escape it. Thus, while Abbot no doubt had no such intention for her game, Candy Land also serves as an important element in the indoctrination of American youth in the cult of excessive consumption and extravagant and unnecessary use of resources, the fundament of our society and economic growth since the end of the Second World War.

As if American kids post WW2 are the only ones to like candy. Jeez. Get a life...

Now onto what I've been eating - Andes Mints. Good ole fashioned chocolate mints. Small sized. Very nice. Salad bar at Whole Foods. Semi-healthy small lunch for a day when I tried the new breakfast burrito at Whole Foods. New burrito to froo-froo for me - fake chorizo with real potatoes and some peppers, etc, that were the predominant flavor. Ate one of those S---- tangerines with some sort of Japanese name in the stores. They are this seasons Tangelo's if you ask me. What else? Had a Godmother yesterday and they made it wet with a stingy amount of meat. Had Wildflower Pizza's spaghetti and salad meal last night. It's okay. The Meatball dish is better and they use too much pasta sauce.

Over thanksgiving. Oh man, the usual. Ate at a Singaporian (sp?) restaurant in SF. Too spicy and overflavored for me. Sort of a mix of Thai, Indian, and Cambodian food. Make jook - Chinese rice porridge with Turkey carcass - one of my specialties. It's fantastic.