1. Mindy Kaling - she writes/acts for The Office (well, not lately, aaaaaargh). She's hilarious and brilliant and Indian-American. I wish I was her. Even though she went to Dartmouth.
2. Wing Chun, aka Tara Ariano, of TelevisionWithoutPity.com (and Toronto). She hated Dawson's Creek so much she had to blog about it. This summer she sold her site to Bravo and that means she is pretty successful. On that note I add the Fug Girls, who are hilarious bitches to be sure, and independently owned and operated, for whatever that's worth.
3. William Langewiesche, previously of The Atlantic (ew, I know), now of Vanity Fair (don't you "ew" me, punk!). Gorgeous stylist, profound, intuitive feeler, and my favorite living writer.
4. I am supposed to put Paul Farmer on this list. But I'm too cynical to think any do-gooder with national recognition could possibly be worth the worship they get. It's like a karmic thing. There is too much love going in one direction, so I must staunch the tide with my own indifference. I have known a lot of great and worthy people battling poverty and injustice in the world. But it is not my dream career path, so not even Mr Famous Friend of Bono can inspire me.
5 and 6 are going to require a lot more digging...
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