Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.

I learned about this week’s #blogcrush when a post of hers was featured on the front page of Brazen Careerist last April.  The post, All My Friends Are Getting Married,  And I’m Just Getting Drunk, seriously made me LOL at my computer.  And not enough moves me to actually do thing in computer speak outside the screen, let alone type it.  But Jen Kucsak’s blog “The Dating Jungle” has always provided me at least a chuckle if not a full on laugh-out-loud giggle that makes people look at me like I’m a crazy person.

Jen is sorta like a Carrie Bradshaw-esque writer, bringing the shenanigans of her own life alive for the world to enjoy.  I gotta say, that’s one of the most endearing and entirely amusing things about her blog.  Reading through some of the stories, you feel like you are watching your favorite girl-powered comedy unfolding.  Laid off from her job as an associate producer at a pretty prestigious daytime talk show, Jen picked up and hauled on out to LALa-land (as my friend the musician who lives out there calls it) to pursue a career as a writer/executive producer/world-famous-star of what I’m sure will be a hilarious movie or sitcom based in part on her life*.  In the meantime, if I’m reading things correctly, she might be the Broom in the upcoming The Sorcerer’s Apprentice?!

I love the stride Jen seems to take her life in.  She has some of the strangest stuff happen to her (seriously, she has an entire tagged category called “Weird Shit That Only Happens To Me“) but her good nature and sense of humor overcome even the least funny of situations.  For a site originally intended to tell stories of her dating adventures, it has grown into so much more.  Anything that involves her well meaning Jewish New York City mother are pretty hilarious as well.  Regardless, I devour her new posts in my Reader, they are amazing!

So if you are looking for a hilarious blog about a “starving” screenwriter/actress/producer/hilarious New York City refugee and Hollywood trendsetter on a site where life & love are anything but ordinary, check out The Dating Jungle.

* Jen – When you write about this in your movie, could you please find some super hot actress to play my character?  I’m thinking Salma Hayek, even though I am the furthest from a gorgeous Latin woman that exists.  But you know, it could happen…in Maine…yeah…just find a pasty white Irish chick and we’ll call it a day.  *sigh*

Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.

Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.

I apologize to my blog readership for not introducing you to this #BlogCrush sooner.  Everyone Tweeted and linked and TOLD me I should be following her, but for some reason I only occasionally dropped in to scan over the posts (hey, what can I say…I have over 300 blogs in my reader, always looking for the next crush.)  And in truth, it wasn’t until I got a Google Alert about this post about MindCrushes (I have an alert set up on BlogCrush and the pingbacks set Google off!) that made me check out Sydney Owen’s blog, Unfiltered.

Sydney is one of the most relatable bloggers I’ve encountered online.  She tells stories in a way that make you feel like you are sitting across the table from her at the coffee shop while she regales you with her latest tale of dating horror.  This is especially evidenced by the odd phenomenon I’ve seen on her blog of “hate commenters” that continue reading her blog and leave negative comments.  Most anyone would tell these people to pound sand and leave them alone (or at least ask “Why do you keep reading then?!)  People seem to have an especially hard time aligning the fact that Sydney is an extremely accomplished young woman living on her own in Chicago and adjusting to post-graduate life with the idea that she is still a young 20-something living her life and figuring it out.  Amazingly, with all this she STILL dares to share herself in a completely “unfiltered” format with the world.  THAT is a strong woman.

Of course anyone frequenting my own blog knows that I am a fan of anyone willing to share an adorably dorky nature with the world, and I have definitely found a kindred spirit in Sydney.  Whether she is writing about former relationships or phantom iPhone vibrations she injects a humourous dose of analogy into business and life lessons.  Her current “Unfiltered” blog posts are my favorite part of her blog, but any of her former insights about business, social media and Gen-Y workers are also gems.  Plus she has moose pajamas…and this girl from Maine has to appreciate ANYONE with moose pajamas!

So if you are looking for a great blog about a young woman living on her own in “the big city” and defining her life on terms she wants (and sometimes learning to roll with the punches of it) while also throwing in some pretty savvy insight into PR/marketing/biz then check out Unfiltered.

Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.

Every week I’ll be updating The Webb with a little ditty about my most recent blogcrush – a blog that I follow frequently and find inspiration, laughter and deep thoughts from. You know who they are, those bloggers that you’ve never even met but you feel a strange connection…you almost have a little crush on them? These are most definitely folks on my blog roll, and if you are reading and subscribing to The Webb they should be on yours, too.

I first learned about this week’s #BlogCrush when I asked a few Twitter friends for some women to follow in my Reader.  A former #BlogCrush gave me a few suggestions, including Susan Pogorzelski (who blogs and Tweets under 20(or)something.)  And then I started following Susan on Twitter.  And subscribing to her blog.  And emailing with her.  And Skyping with her.  And Susan became one of the greatest friends I’ve made online.

Which is why I’ve had this draft sitting in my queue for over a month.  I’ve always been very careful to be as objective as possible, writing about most #BlogCrushes before I’ve really become friends with them.  But that’s one of the most appealing things about Susan, both as a person and in her blog.  She’s just such an amazing person that I’m gonna throw all my #BlogCrush and blogging rules aside and write up a little ditty about her blog, 20(or)something.

Susan is a blogger that you don’t run across on a regular basis.  Rather than only writing about the buzzword topics of social media and career paths she also writes about the things that most impact the life of a 20-something.  She writes about love and perspective and home and dreams.  While most people are writing their posts with brand and judgment in mind, Susan just lays herself out there.  You feel like she is giving you the opportunity to glimpse in to see the real her, something you frequently have to wonder about online.  Plus, she loves Neil Patrick Harris as much as me, which is just amazing (Doogie, why did you have to instill in me a love for gay men?!)

She writes from a place of experience in trying new things.  Of never giving up or settling, but instead seeing realities and adjusting her plans.  Whether it is traveling across the world to live in France or returning to her full-time job upon realizing that freelancing is not going to work for her (right now) she is constantly growing and discovering herself in a raw and candid manner for the world to see.  Perhaps my favorite part of her whole blog is when she has hard and in depth conversations with the Universe (yep, you read that right) which are somehow humorous and poignant all rolled up in one.

So if you are looking for a great blog about the struggles and questions of a 20-something person trying to navigate their place in life while attempting to bribe the Universe with Tootsie Rolls, then check out 20(or)something.

Who is your #BlogCrush in the blogosphere? Make sure to update it on your blog on Tuesdays! Wanna learn how #BlogCrush works? Check out the guide.