THAT'S RIGHT I'M LEAVING...

On the mid-morning flight to CALIFORNIA!

That's right dope heads..yours truly, Ricochet GrabIt is off to the West Coast for some surfing and high quality drugs. Is that really why I am going? Um, DUHHHH.


But this hasn't been easy for me. Yes the sun, the women and the drugs make it a fun transition but I will be missing NY (as well as speaking grammar incorrectly)

I thought, like I always do, that it would be dope if I laid out a list of the things I will miss most about NY for you mark ass tricks.

1. Family and friends
This goes without saying....but of course I have to say because I'm writing a blog. Y'all made me. I wouldn't be where I'm at if it wasn't for you. All of my arrogance, ignorance, amorality and ability to pick up and leave from where I'm at in travel cross country, I owe to all of you. DEEZ NUTS! Na, I'm playin.

2. Syracuse University
Forever thankful for the people and events that have changed my life forever. Although I can't remember everything, the things I do remember and the pictures I've seen remind me of the awesome times I had with my CUSE peeps, S/O to y'all.

3. NY Slang
I talk mad shit son, nahmean. And I won't here this again till I'm back East. I guess I better start learning all the proper usages for all the -izzle verbage. But I do like calling niggas marks. And thankfully nigga is an equal coast word.

.........NIGGAS.

4. Quarter Man
There used to be a guy that lived around the way. Nigga used to always ask for a quarter whenever we passed him. I haven't seen quarter man in a while, I heard he died of AIDS or rabbis. Maybe he's not dead at all. I'd like to think he finally collected enough quarters to put that down payment on a nice brownstone in Brooklyn. I'm gonna go with that.

5. NY Radio
After hearing the garbage ass radio of Syracuse, its been fun listening to HOT 97 nd 105.1 but when I really think about how much I don't listen to radio, I probably won't even have a chance to listen to LA radio. But I will need all the new NY music. Thankfully, we have the internet.

6. SPORTS
No more Knick, Yankee, SYRACUSE or Giants games anymore unless its nationally televised. Otherwise I'm stuck watching the bum ass Raiders and Lakers and Angels. I am going to invest in a sports package...at a bar...where I can drink...on Sunday mornings. After 12pm of course.

Oh, and yeah, I said the bum ass lakers. I ain't even gonna capitalize that.

Last and definitely not least, 7!

7. DUTCHES!
What the fuck is a swisher sweet? Fuck a white owl. And as for white boys, fuck Wiz Khalifa and that whole movement. Got a bunch of little fags running around dying blonde patches in their hair. WTF is that about? Seriously.

But as for the dutches, his is detrimental, but not insurmountable. And if you peeped my major use of $5 dollar words in that last sentence, I applaud you. Dutch Masters, I will miss you the most. I can't get high off of a memory.

That's it people. The next post I send you will be from the Left Coast, maybe the Best Coast, but we'll see.

PEACE GOD

Comin' STRAIGHT OUTTA LOCASH!

Ever since I decided to move to Los Angeles, California,

I've been hit with the most repetitive questions since the "what are you going to do with your life?" series my senior year of college.

 "Do you have a place to live?" "Are you going to like the weather out there?" "Is weed really as legal as they it is?" And my answer to all is: only slightly...only slightly.

But I digress as usual, the point is, I am well aware that California is different than the Emipire State but is it really as different as people say it is? I'm not quite sure so if you please, I will delve into this HOT topic, only slightly, to better communicate similarities and differences between the East and West through my eyes.

If I lost some of you with the complex sentence, here it is in Laymans terms: I'ma break down the real East and West Coast...YAY-E-YEA-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!(S/O 2 Ice Cube)

BIGGEST Similarities:

METROPOLIS:
Maybe some of you forgot this but Los Angeles is actually a huge city like NY. Just because it's sunny all the time doesn't mean people are always at the beach. A city is a city is a city. And once you get passed all the lights, camera and the flaming homosexual action in West Hollywood (which is pretty much the Village with a 'Walk of Fame') you see that if you can live in NY, you can run any town.

POLICE
I haven't had a run in with the LAPD yet but I look forward to it. Firstly, because I don't do anything wrong that's considered wrong in California. Secondly, I want to see who is tougher. The NYPD and LAPD are the two most nigga hating, nigga aressting, nigga beating' cop forces on Earth. The Kenyan Police Department don't beat as many niggas as these two do. The point is, cops hate all niggas in big cities, and I doubt this will be much different.

The Gays (yes, I said the Gays, with a capital G)
There are only 2 places on Earth that Gay people are uncomfortable; in the south and in Church. Likewise, there are two places where Gay people can frolic (because Gay people frolic) and be free. These two places are LA and NY. I don't mind the Gays and their little Gay boots walking their little Gay dogs, they have a right to do every little gay thing they want. LA and NY just give them a larger license to do so because there are so many other weirdos that live in these places. One thing is for sure though, Gay people run these towns...or at least their little gay sections of it.

DIFFERENCES

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Not every city is created equal and neither are their transportation systems. Advantage to NY on this one. Although LA public transpo is cheaper and greener (all the busses are hybrids or making there way to be hybrids) NY runs all the time and from every location. Busses and subways are not the way to travel in LA unless you must (like I must seeing as I don't have a car). Either way, this is a huge downfall for LA.

Your Local Hispanics
NY is home to more Puerto Ricans than Puerto Rico. NY also includes a bunch of everybody else like Dominicans, Peruvians, Mexicans and everything else south of the border. Looking for Puerto Ricans in LA is like looking for rain in LA...everyone talks about it, but the majority of the people miss it, all the time. In fact, outside of whites and blacks, LA only has Mexicans and Asians. I know Asians aren't Hispanics but they own everything in LA like the Domincans do in NY.

The Weather
Ok, so I know this is obvious so I'll keep it short. But what is a NY nigga used to Timbs and snorkels come November going to do when it's 76 degrees outside on Christmas?

So how is a NY nigga gonna survive in LA you ask yourself, because we are built differently. Plus, I work 2 blocks away from the beach. I think I'll manage.