UPDATE: Kari called from a Philly number and says she turned herself in because “things were getting ridiculous.” When asked why Pennsylvania, she simply responded, “I didn’t want to do it in New York.” Ferrell also asked that we write her when she gets her jail address in Salt Lake and really looks forward to making things right. The call was brief and before anymore questions could be asked the pay phone asked for “one dollar for the next one minute.” Click!

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Not only has Kari Ferrell, the so-called “Hipster Grifter,” sparked an online media frenzy, but she’s also inspired a t-shirt design now too. We knew that “I want to give you a handjob with my mouth” note had potential and it was only a matter of time before someone capitalized on her whimsical verbiage. An entrepreneur who claims to have known Farrell personally writes about his meeting with her and the resulting ‘unironic’ endeavor:

Hey there,

I knew Kari Ferrell. I met her at the same party where she made the “Mini Sex Cops” video. She and I were both friends with Josh Heller, the maker of the video. I saw her again a couple days later and mentioned that I was looking for work. She told me there was an opening where she worked at Goldenvoice and that she could get me an interview. I hung out with her a few times as I waited for the interview. She told me about the cancer, and an ex boyfriend, stabbing her.

One time she called me saying she was coughing blood and I said I would take her to the hospital. When I got to her house she showed me a bloody napkin. I took her to Bellvue where she told them she had cancer and was in a lot o pain. They admited her and I visited her the next day. A doctor came in and said they couldn’t find anything wrong with her, they didn’t check for cancer, they just believed what she told them. At some point she actually met me at a coffee shop on graham and interviewed me for the job at goldenvoice, which I now know never existed. In retrospect, the questions were dumb and clearly printed off the internet “Name 10 ways to use a pencil other than writing”.

I knew Joe and Erica and eventually they googled her and I found out the truth. The last time I saw her was when she got me into the premiere of Eastbound and Down at the 40/40 club. She had a bunch of red lines on her wrist. “Cutting yourself?” I joked. “Radiation burns” she said. “From the chemotherapy pills”.

I happen to have a t-shirt company and I made this today. I figure after she wasted my time, teasing me with the job, I ought to make money off of her somehow. Its right at the top at UNIRONICTEES.COM

Thanks,
Mike

Update: Here’s the “Mini Sex Cops” video he’s talking about featuring Kari Ferrell (she appears at the 1:20 mark). |Joshua Heller|

The search continues for the so called “Hipster Grifter” Kari Ferrell and although her current whereabouts are unknown, we do know her last residence. According to artist Cory Bradley and roommate Brett Jensen, on March 30th she moved into their 4BR loft located on Bedford Avenue between Myrtle and Willoughby. “I genuinely liked her,” recalls Bradley, who makes his living selling paintings. Jensen also described her as personable, telling ANIMAL by phone, “She was engaging, charming.”

Upon moving in, Ferrell gave them a $2000 check from someone else to cover 2.5 months, claiming that her account was frozen. They didn’t think twice about it — until the check bounced.

It was then that Jensen began poking around. He came across Vice’s post from April 1st. When they asked her about it, she nonchalantly blew it off, claiming it was an April Fool’s joke. But once they found her mug shot on the Salt Lake City Police’s Most Wanted list, they weren’t laughing. “We were gonna turn her in if there was money on her head,” explains Bradley, who admits he’s still stunned. “She just texted me two days ago to talk about the Utah Jazz.” (What? Huh? Random?)

Turns out she was also into video games and would “play NBA2k on PS3 for hours.” We also learned other interesting/random/insane tidbits about the Internet’s Handjob-By-Mouth-Giving Sensation before she was abruptly asked to leave on April 3rd:

All photos courtesy of Cory Bradley

As the endless, breathless search continues for Kari Ferrell, the “Hipster Grifter” also known as “Korean Abdul-Jabbar,” here’s one crucial piece of evidence: the original “I want to give you a handjob with my mouth” note, which was, amazingly, sitting right there on Flickr since November 3rd 2008. Now, those with Cafe Press T-shirt accounts have a template to work from. Update: Two of her last known roommates speak out.

Photo by wadehammer