About ME: Yep, that’s me up there… hmm, where to start and where to end?
Thank you for checking out my blog! My name is Jasmine Kent, formerly Jasmine Crawford. While I might seem to have it pretty much together, looks can be deceiving. You will soon realize that I am quite the strange one. I embrace my weirdness and I hope that you can too. I am a deep thinker, an observer… I tend to be that person that says what I am thinking, when I feel others are on the same page and it turns out no one is. Depending on my mood I might talk with a different accent (British is the accent of choice most often). I am dramatic in the way of feeling different words might need a little extra exaggeration, and when I first meet people I always associate what they look like with an animal, things like that. You will learn more about my weird habits as you read my posts. Although while all this craziness is going on in my head, I manage to keep it together in public, so that is a plus. If I could name one thing that I absolutely love to do is to laugh! It feels good, I look good doing it, so I’m a fan, kidding… sort of!
I reign from a small town in Southern Maryland. Ever since I left Maryland, whenever I tell someone I am from there, they ask if I’m from Baltimore, as if that is the only place in Maryland, but I explain, “it’s like 45 minutes south of there, you’ve probably never heard of Newburg”. When people say they have heard of Newburg, I question them- more like an interrogation– as if they are lying to me (not sure why I do this), but then I feel really bad and try to avoid them at all costs. I love where I came from and it has definitely shaped who I am today.
After graduating from LaPlata High School, I decided to head south towards warmer weather. I went to college at Florida Atlantic University (woop woop, go Owls) and there I met my wonderful husband Matt (freshman orientation actually), as well as some of the most amazing people. When we graduated, I soon found out South Florida was pretty saturated in my field, so another move was necessary. So long Boca Raton and hello windy city living, in Chicago.
My major was Public Communications and Multimedia Studies, so obviously I wanted to work for Oprah. Before I discovered my fear of public speaking (rather public reading), I wanted to have my own show like Oprah. I possess this strange quality, that when entering a new situation with someone, they instantly open up to me. I love it, I love getting to know new people. I find it quite nice when people drop their barriers and tell me the nitty-gritty about their lives. It happens pretty often, not exactly sure what it is, but I welcome it!
I get off topic quite easily, but anyhow, I moved to Chicago to work for Oprah and that never panned out, she moved away to Los Angeles and I got my start in radio. I was at a national rep firm for almost 2 years in sales for a number of different stations, and through that experience I found I might like the actual station side. I then made the transition to a local radio station called WGN (you may have heard of it)- home of the Cubs. I thoroughly enjoyed my time at WGN, but this lady’s got to move, it is definitely hard for me to stay in one position if I do not see it going anywhere. I know my worth, so I accepted a position at TV One, where I knew I could grow. TV One is a national cable network and I couldn’t be happier here.
It does seem like I am such an adult, being married and having this corporate job and all, but please believe I am a strong believer that you are as old as you feel. Honestly, it’s hard to believe this is my life. I actually still call my husband my boyfriend, lol. Sometimes I have to take a step back and realized how truly blessed I am. Each day I try to give thanks to the big man upstairs, it’s important to do!
The title of this blog is Yellominijazz simply because yellow is my favorite color, I am pretty mini being 4′ 10 & 3/4″, also I loved my baby, Toby
who was my yellow mini cooper, but I sold him because I don’t need a car in Chicago 🙁 and Jazz is just one of my many nicknames. Yellominijazz is my email, the user name for each of my social networks, it’s become my brand.
I do hope you enjoy reading, as I do enjoy writing about random things and expressing myself in a very free way. Leave your feedback if you’d like and I’m pretty into social media, so like me, follow me, poke me, repin me, add me, do all of those good things!
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