Taylor Malbon

Vice President, Madison+Main Advertising & New Media.

My passion: Adventure sports; scuba diving, skydiving, etc.

My hometown: Virginia Beach. I went to High School wearing a bikini under my clothes.

My first job: Marina dock hand. I pumped gas into boats, cleaned fish, sold beer and chips.

Words I live by: Get over it!

I can't live without: My Coca-Cola fix.

My favorite possession: My house! Wish I could put it on wheels and roll it closer to the city.

Something most people don't know about me: I presented Elton John and Billy Joel with an award from Big Brothers Big Sisters.

The one item that has changed my life: My college degree. I'm the first in my immediate family to have one.

One thing I never want to do again: Sell timeshares.

My mother always said: Your blinker is your best friend.

I am most proud of: My ability to bounce back. My grandmother always said I'm the only girl she knows who can fall in a bucket of sh** and come up smelling like roses.

I am guilty of: Talking to strangers.

Right now I'm reading: Water for the Elephants by Sara Gruen. Great book!

Favorite web site: AdAge.com

The nickname I wish I had: I have too many to wish for more: Hogbeast, T-Bag, Miss BadGood, Tay-Ray, Tay-Tay…

My theme song: "With a Little Help From My Friends." Theme song to The Wonder Years

My blog: advertisingandnewmedia.com

The best thing I ever won: Three years in a row, I won Miss Congeniality in my High School pageant. Never placed in the pageant, but at least I was nice!J

I still can't get the hang of: Business vs. pleasure. They tend to intermingle.

I'd like to learn to: Knit something other than a scarf!

Whose diary would you most like to read? Chris Farley

Best one-liner you ever heard: I've got a pocket full of money and pants full of love and I want it all gone by morning. What are you doing tonight?

Always... think before you act

Never... regret choices made in life

I wish…I had family in Richmond