Little Athens Gyro, YUM

If you are reading this and you live in Tallahassee, and you have never tried Little Athens.. go try it now. RIGHT NOW (if they're open right now). It's on Tennessee and Dewey right next to McDonalds... DO NOT LET MCDONALDS DISTRACT YOU!! The real food is right across the parking lot! I had the Big Athens and fries with a little slice of baklava and I LOVED it. The guy who owns the place was a sweetheart :) He invited me to come back again and told me to make sure I eat in the next time lol I should have taken a pic of the tasty, tasty food... but I devoured it all before I thought to grab my camera lol. BUT no worries, you know I'm going back.

My (college) Bucket List

OMG! so I said I was going to blog at least once a week and I'm failing! And it's such a small goal.. I dont think I've been trying very hard BUT I'm back!

I've been thinking about all the things I want to accomplish in my life. All the things I'm working on now and all the things that are just a vague idea in the hallows of my mind. I want to work for a newspaper (for money! lol) somewhere other than Tally. (Although I do love the Democrat and I have the greatest editor ever who I think believes in my ability more than me sometimes). I want to work for Cosmo. I want to try my hand at broadcast, PR and advertising. I want to start a Youtube channel, I want to start a magazine. I want to live in NY I want to visit Cali. I want to.... do everything it seems.

Then I decided that the list is so long and convoluted that I needed to break it down into a smaller time frame. So here goes:

TEN THINGS I WANT TO DO BEFORE I GRADUATE

(Both Professionally and Personally) (In the next year or year and half.. however long it takes me to get out of J School!)

10. I want to travel more. In and outside of America. Right now I'm only interested in going to places I've never been.

9. I want to get at least 100 professional clips. I want a job after I graduate.. Clips prove I can write. Proof that I can write leads to a job.. hopefully lol

8. I want to become a better photographer. I used to love it.. I want to get back into it again.

7. I want to have one serious relationship.. I used to be uber anti-relationship.. That is changing as I get older. I want to feel what it's like be in a real relationship where we both put the other first.

6. I want to move! I friggin' hate my apartment complex and plan to move the second my lease is up.

5. I want to write a song. I do the poetry thing a lot and I've always wanted to write a song. I'm going to do it in the next 18 (or so) months!

4. I want to fix my relationship with Jasmen Rogers.. She used to be a really good friend of mine. Then we moved in together. To make a long story short, our friendship ended with our lease.. We'll see if I can do this one... who knows.. (I doubt she will ever see this)

3. I want to get an internship at a major magazine. My teachers believe in my talent as a writer and so do I. It's time to make the people who can hire me see it too.

2. I want to be really good with Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, In Design, and all the other creative software out there. (It's a good skill to have, I think.)

1. I want to make this blog amazing. I want to learn better time management, and I want to get a new job! because Popeye's is NOT what's up..

.. and I want to get some sleep because its getting pretty late lol
thanks for reading.. We'll see if I meet all these goals.

Who is this girl, anyway?

I just wanted to do a quick intro about who I am, what I do and why in the world my blog is even worth reading anyway.

That's me in my not so clean kitchen :)

My name is Desi Stennett. I am somewhere between a junior and a senior in college, greatly anticipating graduation and hoping to get this amazing internship at Essence Magazine in New York this summer. I love to write, and I love to see my work in print.

I've tried this blogging thing quite a few times and failed each time (or not really failed, more like quit before I really got it off the ground).

I am 22 years old and I have been living in Fla. most of my life. I know that I don't want a traditional 9-to-5 where I'm stuck in a cubicle all day with a job title that says absolutely nothing about what I do for a living. I want a job that lets my creative juices flow. That lets me run wild and lets me produce things that I am proud of beyond words. I want a job that defines me, and since I know jobs like that aren't just going to be handed to me I'm trying to figure out exactly how in the world I can make that happen.

What can you expect form this blog?

I'm describing this as an "everything blog" there will be no niche topics, or limitations. I'm going to talk about any and everything that comes to mind, let you in on the what's going on in my life and let you grow with me.

I am a life long natural (talkin' about hair) so I'll be letting you know what I do to maintain that every now and then.

I am at the age where I'm finally finding my sense of style and self so you can read all about it and grow with me.

I have an opinion on everything and I have a million and one random interests. This is the place I'll share it all. The ups, the downs and everything in between. Join me on my journey. You're in for a great ride.

Wouldn't You Agree?

Is Interracial Dating Just a Black Girl's Problem

I thought about this question a while back and never really came up with an answer but every now and then it crosses my mind all over again and I cant help but wonder:

Is interracial dating only an issue black women to think about?

I'd like to consider myself a rational person. Honestly, the random white girl that the random black guy chooses to date does not plague my every thought in the middle of every day BUT when I see a black guy that has it together being honest and truthful and amazing to a white girl it does rub me the wrong for all of two seconds before I get over it.

I seriously hope you are not taking this the wrong way. I'm telling you how I feel (I'm speaking for myself, and anyone who may agree). When I see black men with white women, my mind jumps to thoughts like "you couldn't find a black girl to date" and I know that might sound bitter (maybe even a little racist) but its the truth and I'm not the only one thinking it.

Just to clarify, I am not hatin' on these white girls at all, and I love my black men regardless of who they date. The questioning is brief and the animosity does not run any deeper than the surface. I'm just sharing the black female view point. 

I do want to know one thing though..

Are white women bothered when they see black women with white men?

I mean, it's not unheard of.. I see lots of black girl dating white guys. Are white women walking around thinking that we're trying to steal all the "good white men" or is this an issue only black women deal with? Is this even an issue? or are we just getting carried away because we just so happen to see a few interracial couples here and there?