the chaos has subsided… kinda….
lets catch up…. i left off in phoenix at the end of my second day on the road i believe… we finally made it to LA on Thursday [schedualed arrival was Wednesday] and went straight to my appartments… now i kno i said i would be living in
baldwin hills// and that
IS what the leasing manager was calling them.. well, it turns out the slightly questionable neighborhood my father and i visited that Sunday morning had turned out to be the heart of Crenshaw. The leasing manager took advantage of the fact that is was the morning time and none of the hoodlums were out yet, to pitch the “mixed neighborhood” speech and make it out to be a whole hell of alot safer then it actually was… well, me yves and los showed up thursday evening to find a-whole-nother “
environment” if u will…. all type of thug ass niggas was out and muggin the shit outa us, i was gettin harassed and stared down, they was peepin my uhaul like it was unicorn… i could literally feel the heat from every direction….
after signing all the last pages of the lease yves and i rushed over to the DWP to get the power on, [gone for like 15 mins at the most] when we got back my brother got out of the uhaul and told us hed got into an altercation with one of the neighbors.. [according to los] he was sitting the in the uhaul minding his bidness and a lady about 45 walked by… she made eye contact with him and yell “WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU LOOKING AT” los said he shot a pleasant smile her way and didnt respond.. so she continued to carry on and and he continued to pleasantly smile at her, the man she was with jumped in the mix, so he stepped out of the car all [6’1 200 lbs of brown man, and they decided to keep it moving] LOL… im sure not everyone would be so hesitant to buck.. but that jus goes to show they wasnt baring out there… all your
stereotypical cali gangsta looking niggas was out, french braided up, muscle shits out, dickies starched down, chucks in first position…. it was unnerving and im not the one to be judgmental, nor an i particularly uncomfortable with being in environments similar to this one but when ur all of 115lbs, have a uhaul full of everything important to u and these folks is posted, intent on watching u unload all your shit past them up in to your unit u start to think a little differently, about shit u wouldnt other wise think about. IE how would i feel if came home from school and everything ive accumulated is gone? even if they dont wear a sive 4.5 in sneakers or know what a pair of louboutins are, Christmas is around the corner and someones gonna apppreciate that shit..
anyways… bottom line is, both yves and my bro wasnt haven it… we left and headed to a holiday inn where we spent the night… my brother told my dad about the place and he was on the first flight in the morning..
the place in Crenshaw was 1k a month… plus utilities.. in LA… thats what ur money gets you… there are places cheaper im sure but, i have to be a reasonable distance from downtown for school… it was speculated that the leased manager made my dad pay 2 months rent deposit vs 1 because he knew when i came back that it was gonna be different.. cons….. but Bill Calderon dnt play that.. he got his money back despite the contact having already ben executed and both the rent and deposit paid.. WOOP WOOP.. lol. . school stuff started today so needless to say it was mandatory i find a NEW place asap… fast forward threw the search and i ended up in the more then awesome place downtown… im soooo pleased with the outcome of this situation i jus cant even express… i feel like im on MTV and this is my super sweet 16.. im and too lucky to be in this place… & who every thinks they have the best dad in the whole universe…. think again….