"WHERE PUNK ROCK MEETS THE BOARD ROOM" - THE MUSINGS OF A QUIRKY STORYTELLER TURNED MTV EXECUTIVE" How exactly did I become The Accidental Executive? After years of thinking I was destined to live in Hollywood for the rest of my working life - after all where else does one go to build and sustain a career in entertainment? - MTV called one year ago and promptly whisked me away to NYC to help create new shows for the network. Excited to exercise my impending Viacom muscles, one thing plagued me… After years of the freelance life writing/directing/producing on my own free-spirited terms, I pondered the idea of balancing corporate life for the first time in my career with the quirky, eccentric creative that is me. After all, who is gonna take the girl with the weird hats, metallic high tops and violent jewelry seriously in the board room? In short, could I still be me? Turns out I can. And while oddities like my silver hammer necklace and seven tattoos ensconced on body parts that refuse to be concealed are often the topic of conversation at the top of a meeting, it’s my work, integrity and positive attitude that help mitigate my left-of-centre presence. As it should be. And I thank my lucky stars every day I work with and for people who live by that philosophy. Or at least allow me to. Others aren’t so lucky… With that said, this blog is for like-minded, eccentric career girls and guys who yearn to balance living their own lives out loud just as they did before the board room… before the budget meetings… before the corner office. Or whatever environment they find themselves in that threatens to pull apart the fabric of who they truly are. This is more than just the ramblings of a fashion-obsessed tv exec. In and amongst the clothes and the models, the bags and objet d'arts are my simple and honest musings about living a truly authentic existence. Without it, nothing else matters. This is that life as I see it. ***