16 days to go...

I've been crazy busy the past few weeks...I was recently hired to join the backstage team behind the upcoming business conference, Commerce + Creativity Montréal, C2-MTL. 

- How did this opportunity come my way, you ask?

Well, it all started with this blog. My Cosmo was discovered by une belle-femme-Québécoise (aka Julie Armstrong-Boileau), who introduced me to another belle-femme-Québécoise (aka Caroline Lavergne) that happened to be looking for English-writing bloggers. I use the word blogger instead of writer because I have incredible respect for those talented individuals who master the art of writing beautifully. I consider myself a mere literary hacker with a unique point of view, who makes occasional grammatical (forward slash) spelling errors, and who sometimes makes up words. 

So after a plethora of cover letters, ongoing job hunts, a temporary detour to Portland, Oregon (with no employment success), and a move to another country (Canada/Québec), it was this laissez-faire pastime that launched me once-again into the professional working world after 4 years! I would love nothing more than to reward my Cosmo with a new MacBook, but I don't make enough $ for this indulgence - yet.

I started as a blogger, and then I was offered the position of Content Visualization Coordinator, which makes me laugh every time I say it, because several of the people I work with find it challenging to pronounce the word visualization - try it - it's a bit of a tongue twister. It's a huge improvement from my last official title, professional staff, don't you think? - given to me when I worked as an architectural designer - no less. I won't bore you with details about what I do, but I will say that I'm working with an exceptional group of creative professionals and I'm loving every minute of it. I'm constantly pinching myself, I still can't believe I'm a contributing piece to this amazing event (well a pawn really - but no complaints here). You'll understand why I'm expressing myself with such glee when you watch the video below...

+ Check out my recent bloguerary contribution, here.




Topic No.1: Innovative Conferences, Cosmo THIS!

Les parents de Megan Draper...really?

I have been very busy...more about that later...I will be playing Cosmo catch-up this weekend, I promise!
In the meantime, I have to comment on last Sunday's Mad Men episode, more specifically, the introduction of Megan Draper's (aka Megan Calvet) parents. In my opinion, it would have been hysterical if Mr. Weiner had casted actual French-Canadian actors. It was a bit of a disappointment. Hmmm...I will have to reference past episodes - are Megan's parent's suppose to be European immigrants? Is Megan the only true French-Canadian in the family? To be continued....


Image borrowed from here: Emile Calvet (Ronald Guttman) and Marie Calvet (Julia Ormond) in Season 5, Episode 7