I took an idea and bartered social media to live for a year getting to 12 states with only $10 to my name. “Influencer marketing” wasn’t a “thing” yet, so I taught businesses and celebrities how to use social media in exchange for food, water, clothing, or shelter. 

I documented the adventures along the way, which included crashing the Grammy Awards (and finding the person I crashed the event to meet), dancing on stage with Prince and Halle Berry, going out on over 103 dates in 9 months (accidentally using the OkCupid algorithm), and flying cross-country with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top. 

I’ve been a guest of the family who hosted the Queen of England, met Jack Dorsey and Rick Rubin (outside of a teepee while dressed in a skeleton onesie), and even had (multiple) dinner(s) and moonshine with Pablo Escobar’s surgeon.  

While the road has not been smooth, I am proud of myself for how I handled each “bump.” I’ve testified in a court of law three times before the age of 30.

At 17, I set a legal precedent in the state of Connecticut for being the victim of stalking in a same-sex relationship. I was stalked by four of my best friends, and the case was so severe that 20 years later, the restraining orders are still active. I was also hit in the head with a brick (a random act of violence) and watched the man get sentenced to 19 years in jail, of which he served 10. 

Talk Nerdy to Me®, Lover had a stage show 24 hours after the attack, and not only did I host it, I wrote, produced, and directed the eight after. I have a force inside of me that (when activated) that is like a dog to a bone. Which is how I convinced the doctor to release me from a 5150 after only 48 hours. I thought I was having a nervous breakdown. What I now know happened is an autistic meltdown combined with unprocessed trauma. 

My life story (which had nothing to do with my actual life) was bought back in 2015 by Jerry Bruckheimer, only to have it sell in a four-way bidding war between ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. It was eventually sold to CBS as a put pilot, to which Les Moonves (Chairman of CBS at the time) chose not to pay, which resulted in me getting my life rights, trademarks, and intellectual property back.

For the first time in a decade, I own everything I created and now also understand HOW I’ve been able to create so many things … including two OTHER TV shows around IP I developed that sold to MTV and the History Channel.