What's With Your Name?

Remember way back to freshman year English, when you were forced to read Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare.  You picked up the Cliffs Notes version because, frankly, reading iambic pentameter at 14 years old was worse than being forced to babysit your little brother on Friday night.  "What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet"  Now I'm not going to make you relive high school, but the fact that we spent so much time on this particular quote means it was probably pretty important.

The point of the lecture was that it is not a name that suggests your character, rather the way you treat others that is your identity.  While this may be somewhat true about your character, times are changing.  Anyone who has signed up for a Twitter account or attempted to start a blog would know better.  Only one person in the whole world gets to be "RadioGirl" Or "Maggi On the Radio."  Dammit that there are more people than  me that identifies with that specific spelling and got to it first.

Because I have put so much time into sculpting a cool online and social media presence, it really is irritating when people disregard my identity, especially prospective employers.  Although born Margaret, my mother chose a nickname for me early on: Maggi.  Not Peggy, not Marge, not even Maggie.  When I send a prospective employer my demo, aircheck and resume all labeled exactly the same way...Maggi, I expect an appropriate response to this identity.  In fact, when it is altered in some way, not only does it make the prospective employer/buyer/client seem disrespectful, but also lazy.  I mean really, do they really think I spelled my name wrong 13 times? Come on.

Props to Eminem who got it right the first time around and ingraining that identity into our heads..."What...Who...chicka chicka...Slim Shady!"

The Who, what, when, and how of this blog....My name is Maggi.  I am a radio professional who also happens to be a runner, dog lover, feminist, pop culture junkie who can actually hold intelligent conversations about art, politics or anything you'd like.  This blog will be mostly current and all about real life.  Enjoy, share and comment away!