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Twestival.

afrotoe — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:46:51 +0000

Last night I attended the Twestival event in Montreal. Basically this was a Tweetup (Twitter meet-up) that took place in most major cities around the world yesterday to raise money for charity. Shout out to whoever organized it – clearly a lot of effort went into putting it together and there was a lot of entertainment…. including David Usher. HAHA I probably could have died perfectly happy without experiencing that acoustic set though! Anyways yeah – it was sort of like a high school dance but with adults. A super unique crowd made up of every different kind of person imaginable… most of whom were glued to their phones all night Tweeting away. It was interesting to say the least. There was also a HUGE projector screen set up streaming Tweets in real time with the hashtag #twestivalMTL – so I totally abused that and sent out some hilarious messages – if you you follow me on Twitter – now you might understand what I was talking about last night with my random messages! Here are two photos I got from the photo booth they had setup.

Wooooo!

Photo By: @evablue

I met a lot of cool people last night – hopefully some of them start reading my blog from now on! Word.

Philanthropy.

afrotoe — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:47:06 +0000

I know that I often come off as some sort of rich/spoiled, shallow asshole…. and believe me… I can be. However, philanthropy is something I take very seriously. I feel that if a person has some sort of wealth….whether that be a wealth of knowledge, skills, money or other resources, then they are in a position where they are responsible to help others in need. That is just how the world has to work. Believe me, I have travelled the globe to its limits and seen some very disturbing things in a few of the most poverty stricken regions of the world. Thanks to these experiences I have made it a personal mission to help out in various charitable causes. I have helped build a school for local children in Costa Rica and also a house there for a family in need. I have organized car washes when I was at University in Florida to raise money for charities, I have already donated money and clothing to Haiti and am currently sponsoring a 9 year old boy in Nicaragua through World Vision… among other things. Obviously I am fortunate to be able to help in these ways, but if you are interested in helping make the world a better place….even in any small way, then come out this Friday night to a fashion show for a good cause. Come and stare at sexy models with me and you can go home feeling good about the fact that you did something to be proud of.

Do Good Work.

For full event details click HERE

Basically, the proceeds from ticket sales will be going to the MIFT organization to help refugee children in the Tamil region of Sri Lanka. Last year they raised $10,000 and they are hoping to double that number this year. Let’s do this people!

My Uncle.

afrotoe — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:41:18 +0000

I don’t usually talk about this because I don’t like to keep fake people around me… and this usually attracts people for the wrong reasons. However, today my uncle did something that I am extremely proud of and have to share. Click THIS link to read the article, basically he donated $20,000 to the relief effort in Haiti and challenged people in his industry to donate as well… offering to match their donations up to a million dollars. He is very fortunate to be in the position to do this, and it is thanks to this man that I am fortunate enough to do a lot of the cool shit I do. As for myself, I am donating a bunch of clothing that I no longer wear and I encourage you to do whatever you can to help as well.

Busta.

Maserati.

Calvin.

Paris.

Forbes Cover.

People say we look alike, what do you think?

Party With Me.

afrotoe — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:11:57 +0000

I have been saying on my Twitter for a while now that it would be great to meet more of the people that drive this blog, the viewers. This Friday will be the first chance to make that happen, so come out to Tonic in Montreal and meet me!

Party Time.

This event is free for girls and $5 for guys if you e-mail your name to the guestlist: synesthasiamontreal@gmail.com.

This is the pre-party for a fashion show coming up on January 29, more info can be found on the Synesthasia website. I stand to gain nothing from promoting this, I am actually just looking out for a friend. So yeah… everyone please come party with me. Proceeds are going to a good cause so you can get wasted and consider it charity work. Your parents would be so proud! Oh and girls drink free so you might just get an easy lay guys! Hope to see a lot of you there.