When you work as a writer, publicists sometimes send you free stuff. It can be appropriate, or it can be outlandish (at OC Weekly, I would get press releases suggesting I do a story on patio furniture…almost daily).
I think it’s fun to post about such things. The Weekly ended the feature once I left, so I guess they didn’t. And who knows whether I’ll get much free crap now.
But I did get this in today’s post…
This is an awesome hat, but it is no ordinary awesome hat. And I’m not just saying that because the old “Daniel Plainview/Caddyshack” hat is giving up the ghost these days after a crushing during my last move.
No. First of all, this hat is the kind of hat worn by Woody Harrelson in ZOMBIELAND. I don’t know what to make of the movie so far — I really can’t tell what about it is different than umpteen other zombie comedies — but it would appear that Harrelson’s zombie-killer is not too far removed from Matthew McConaughey’s dragon-killer in REIGN OF FIRE, and we all know how much that rocked.
There’s more, though, and I’ll quote the press release:
“The fabric is cut from tarps once stretched across the beds of cross-country Brazilian cargo trucks hauling open freight, from the remote and steamy Amazon out to the bustling coast…The bendy brim, which Harrelson has molded all cockeyed like only a zombie-killer can, is formed from wire yanked from dead truck tires.”
So basically, if you want to dress like a homeless Brazilian, this is a good start. And so far, I think I do.
The official website for the hats is www.realdealbrazil.com
Also in the same envelope was a bag of microwave Pop Secret, but it’s butter flavored, which I hate. First person to come by and get it can have it, though you MAY NOT make it in my apartment…that shit stinks up the place.
