3WEEKS IN…well 20 days but close enough…part 1

So I finally broke down and decided to blog from my notebook like any other person…that doesn’t have a smartphone…I guess my ordeal’s been that I cannot seem to figure out how to blog via my BBerry Bold…one of the only regrets of getting rid of the Iphone. But after my manager pointed out that I’m slippin by not keeping up, I have no choice but to go old skool and do this front real computer screen with a regulation keyboard. Whatever the case may be…the best way to get this where it needs to go is to back track some 3 odd weeks ago and just work my way up…

So before I even got to leave Cali, as in the day before I gave up my beloved car that I had never gotten into any accident with, I punk ass deer decided to jump in front of me while taking my younger brother to soccer practice. There’s nothing more irritating than hitting an animal and seeing pieces of your car fly off and then get eye contact with its bitch ass while it lays on the asphalt only to see it pop back up and disappear; this is why I maintain that deer are vermin.  Luckily no one got hurt but it was a shitty end to a good run (3 years) without even a slight bump or fender bender (odd story to come…the guy who sold me me car just got busted for attempted murder a couple weeks ago…that’s later!)

That Friday, I managed to get on a redeye to Boston from SFO and made it in for the annual birthday party of both of my cousin Terry’s kids. I made the committment to be there about a year ago and was told that it was the event of the year. Sure enough, when I made it out there it was a family reuinion consisting mostly of family that I never met…all from my biological pop’s side. It was a cool ass time tho…wierd in a way though because I introduced myself to a gaggle of folks who I then found out were aunts, uncles, and cousins and got tired of hearing “it’s been a long time…last time I saw you, you were so young” look! that shit doesn’t apply to 27 years of separation!

Later in the evening, once the kids were occupied, the grown folks got to kick it listening to some good old skool music…as in our old skool…early 90’s joints and told funny stories, many of which were about my pop…was a bit painful because it was embarassing that I was the spawn of the black sheep. I give my mom shit about that hookup and marriage as much as possible tho…

I got here to NYC the following Tuesday; me, a backpack, and two dufflebags. I showed up motivated and hungry, ready to take on the world; so much to the point that I was trying to plan events less than 30 mins after I got into the house. I spent the duration of the week plotting and scheming how to make things do what they do. Got to meet up with some of the migrators that made there way to the same area to catch up and got to see upstate…which is not that far up and is actually green…rivers, trees, country lookin ass shit!

So the fun starts the first Saturday when I went to go hold down Karma night club. There I was, my first gig as a New Yorker and what happened’? I plugged my laptop into a faulty power strip and fryed it…That may be one fo the worst feelings…since I’m so focused on the importance of first impressions. Either way, My cuzzo had to come rescue me and I got to buy a new laptop! good move tho

Oh damn…The day before what is known as the dubious “laptop incident” I was approached to DJ for rapper N.O.R.E./Noreaga so I was looking forward to being apart of the movement.

Next blog…performing live @ Unity Fest in Boston