@JaeFiasco x NateAnthony

Made a milo for a good friend of mine wit some yeezys!!!...I'm getting better at this. What do you think?

New Lauryn Hill - Repercussions

Wow, I never expected the day that I would hear a new Lauryn Hill track. Although it seems like a snippet I'm really feeling this. It feels like classic Lauryn. Easy listening melody with a deep message. Please give me your thoughts...

Marcus Troy x Timex Ironman Contest

This is so late and I'm sorry. So about a month back I entered a contest by the Fashion/Lifestyle blogger Marcus Troy. He has an amazing blog that everyone should check out. If you look to the right side of my blog on the daily read list you'll see it...Anyway I was one of the winners of this contest and I got an Timex Ironman Watch. I never got to show off the watch or even give a proper thank you to him. I know this isn't a lot, but if Marcus Troy does ever read this, thank you a lot for the gift man. You're an inspiration and motivator and will always be promoted and hailed on this blog (twitter him @MarcusTroy)...click read more for more pics...

When facing your age...

So recently this week I decided that I wanted to train to become a life guard...this was sort of an aspiration I had from youth, the thought had never crossed my mind since... The reason for this sudden decision was because a new friend of mine, who is a life guard, had kind of turned me on to the idea....
(I swear, I hate to admit it but I can be real impressionable sometimes.)

Anyway I realized/decided that this was something that I could and was going to do...until a friend of mine said "Isn't that something that you should have done when you were like 14, you're 20, aren't you a bit old?" I sat there with a blank face and she continued "you'll be in like a class with little children..."

now I don't know how this will work out but besides that, those comments got me thinking...there are a lot of things I wish I had done growing up that I didn't do, because I was either too afraid of what people would think of me, if I was going to get teased by other kids...(i know, i know sob story moving on)! Now that I'm older I want to do everything and as long as I'm able bodied I can damn well do it! I don't give two shits what people think...

But facing your age is a real difficult matter. It's something that attacks your pride and sometimes dignity. When I was in gr12 I had to take gr10 history. Walking into that class was the most embarrassing thing I've done. I looked at these kids thinking God what am I doing here...Every time one of them came to me asking "wait, how old are you, what grade are you in?"  I felt like crap, and wanted to dropkick them into a poster of Sir John a MacDonald in the history classroom...

but this was something that HAD to be done...

...or else I wouldn't have graduated. So I stuck it out...made friends with some real cool youth that had amazing potential and who are going to go far...now imagine if I had made my pride get the better of me. I wouldn't have gotten my High School Diploma...and I probably would have been even more miserable than then.

So, is there anything you wish you could have done when you were younger? are you able to do it but the only thing standing in your way is the feeling in the age gap you share with the people around you? just do it...I don't necessarily now how I'm going to feel if I have to do this Life Guard course with kids but I'll tell you when and if I come to it...and hell, even if I do you know what? I'll be a certified Life Guard/Swimming Instructor!

until next time friends Peace and Love   -Nate

Journey To Remix - FAILED

Hi guys, sorry to inform you that I did not make it into the Remix Project 6.0...I'm not going to lie and say oh well maybe next time..I'm hurt...and I feel real discouraged and ready to give up...a friend of mine said

..."don't you dare or I'll buss your ass" lol another friend told me "Don't worry about it. Keep pushing your work. you'll be fine"...

all this is true. Wherever you go on your journey you WILL be rejected more than once. Now the question is what do I do from here. Do I become pitiful and wallow in my discouragement or do I keep moving and be recognized for the work I KNOW i can do. God I'm so mad that I didn't get in! but it's not the end of the world or my dreams...so I learned from my mistakes and I'll continue pressing on..

but to clarify one thing...that I put into previous posts about Remix...me being accepted into this program was more than about me shaping my skill and getting further. It was about me finding a place and people that I could share my craft with. I don't have a lot of friends that share my interest and I don't know a lot of people that do what I do(Although Toronto is FILLED with them). Me getting accepted to remix was about finding those people and not to sound so corney, find people I could almost call family... I think that's why me not getting accepted hurt a bit more..I not only feel that I missed out on a program that would help grow my career but i feel I missed out on growing within myself...

anyway I'm re-examining my interview in my head and I'm seeing where I went wrong. I'm going to write a post on it so that I can better handle a situation like this for the future. And hopefully it may help someone else who reads this blog...

until next time friends Peace and Love

- Nate

Stylus Awards

Hello everyone, I know it has been awhile since I've come on the blog and for that I am sorry but I have been very very busy which is a real good thing. I'm one step closer to achieving my dreams and ambitions! So I was volunteering for a very cool event called Stylus Spin-Fest and the Stylus DJ Awards. You all remember it from my previous post. So I'm there helping out in anyway that I can.In the process I'm meeting a lot of cool people and a lot of cool artist around Toronto when one of the coordinators of the event sees me with my camera and asked if I could do some event photos. I was like HELL YEAH! so I had to really bring it and showcase the skills I have. I was really intimidated when I saw the other photographers with their amazing equipment. But I never let that get me down and did my best..Like Teddy Roosevelt said "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are" and I did! Anyway enough rambling here are a few of the photos that I took from that day. Tell me what you think?