Gifts for a Writer

During my teens and still to my day, these typewriters bring back memories of friends planning acid-fueled road trips, aspirations of becoming well-travelled journalist, or just summers of drinking naty-ices and creating short stories. I for sure, never took part in those shenanigans, just making that clear. Just listened and called dibs on shotgun or the last piece of Arby's french fries. 

It seems now that many hipsters have one of these typewriters in their Brooklyn homes. It makes me think, were we just teen-babies doomed to follow suit and transform into a hipster.

It's possible.

This short story makes absolutely no sense, and I have no idea why I incorporated the word hipster. Whatever.

But for those friends and foes that continue to write, this would be a great gift for a writer for yourself.

www.brady-kowalski.com

p.s. they also do repairs and have some rare to find ink tape.

You Should Rent #11

Bad Education (La Mala Educación) - Pedro Almodovar (200

Synopsis/Plot

When film director Enrique (Fele Martinez) is visited by his childhood friend and lover, Ignacio (Gael García Bernal), Ignacio gives Enrique a short story he's written that's a factual account of the molestation he sustained at the hands of their Catholic school teacher, Father Manolo (Daniel Gimenez Cacho). But as Enrique adapts the story into a movie, he uncovers a dangerous web of deceit and revenge. Pedro Almodovar directs.

Final Verdict

All his movies are pretty much captivating. You'd be a fool not to watch it.

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You Should Rent #10

Run Lola Run - Tom Tykwer (1998)

The film is divided into three segments (chapters) and is introduced with an animation of Lola reminiscent to that of a video game. It actually does feel like a video game with the cinematographic tricks and techno music. If Lola doesn't complete her mission she starts over again, showing how a single event can completely change the course for Lola (or us).

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