I am doing something for this “art/culture/music/activity/blah blah blah” event on Governor’s Island in late June. It’s an outdoor festival celebrating whatever it is that they feel like celebrating. I think it’s called Life. Or maybe Love. I don’t know. Some people say it’s like Burning Man East which is EXTREMELY SCARY TO ME and therefore will ignore them. I’ve never been to it, but I’m doing this thing for it. And I need your help.

I’m creating an “analog Internet” where I take 10 manual, functioning, old-skool, antique, vintage, seasoned, used, etc. typewriters, put a roll of paper in it, and spread them out over the island. There will be a sign that says “Internet Access”. Anyone can write what they please on the typewriter. An idea, a message, a dirty limerick, so forth. The typewriters will be connected together via ideas. There could be occurring themes across the typewriters because of everyone being in the same place at the sametime. Or maybe it’s a word or phrase that appears several times (like “douchebag” or “dirty Burning Man hippies”) or maybe there are trends in thoughts. There’ll also be a public record of it since the paper can’t be removed. I guess that’d be the “cache”. Anyway the point is, it’s one part social experiment and one part “totally been done before.”

I need 10 analog typewriters. I have now 7 of them, which my loving and gracious friends have allowed me to borrow because they are loving and gracious friends. I can get them on Craigslist (typewriters, not friends, but I guess I could get friends on Craigslist too but that could be creepy, like, in a bad way) but they are like way too expensive. And I can get them on Ebay (but I’ve already bought 2 of them and I have no idea where I’m going to put them in this shithole I call home). But if you have one and I can borrow it, my life would be, like, so much easier I can’t even tell you.

So please. Help me. If not, I hate you. OK fine I don’t hate you. I will always love you forever and ever and ever. However, I’d love you and mean it if you could help me.

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