Here’s a list of six bloggers who consistently write ridiculously awesome shit. They (and their ridiculously awesome shit) deserve a shout out. Read, click, subscribe, stalk, carry on.

Disclaimer: Sometimes this list will change for no reason. Sometimes there will be more than six people on it. I don’t know. I’m fickle and very bad at following even my own rules.

Jamie | a life in translation | @jamievaron

Jamie is my best friend and also my business partner and also my roommate and also my overall life partner. We met on Twitter. It’s because of my blog’s love affair with her blog that all of the aforementioned things are true. It doesn’t get better than Jamie. In related news, no one has ever made me laugh harder than Jamie in my entire existence on this earth. One time she made me laugh until I quasi-puked in a Trader Joe’s bag. That was the actual best day.

Some of my favorite ever posts of hers:

Things I Don’t Understand Even When People Explain Them To Me
In Which “Actress” Jamie Chung Tries To Steal My Dead Dog
The Fire, The Ambition, And The Wanting To Give It All Up

Andrea | Caffeinate Me | @andreaki

Andrea is tiny and has the kind of laugh that makes you laugh even if you have absolutely no idea what she was laughing about in the first place. Her writing is gracefully introspective and refreshingly real. Also, she takes the prettiest pictures. So pretty that I think I’m supposed to call them “photos” instead of “pictures.” Oo! Oo! And she once walked the streets of San Francisco with me post-midnight in search of a 24-hour drugstore. She = excellent partner in crime.

Some of my favorite ever posts of hers:

The One With The Grey* Area
The One With The Decade
The One At Sea

Ben | No Ordinary Rollercoaster | @bboudreau

Ben has the kind of dramatic and sometimes-self-deprecating humor that takes my day from “mehhh” to “weeee!” in under 20 seconds. He’s honest about his life and is one of the most likable writers in the blogosphere. Modest when he doesn’t have to be and kind no matter what, he’s one of those people you’ll look at and scream, “AREN’T YOU JEALOUS THAT YOU GET TO HANG OUT WITH YOU ALL DAY??”

Some of my favorite ever posts of his:

Offensive to Russians, the religious, my coworkers and clients
This post brought to you from the past and a Venti full of sadness
Would you believe my writing was featured in an art gallery once? Betcha they’re embarrassed now.

Almie Rose | Apocalypstick | @apocalypstick

Almie is the absolute ace of mixing personal humor with poignant social commentary. Somehow, she manages to walk-off-home-run it with every single post. She has gorgeous hair, killer taste in music, and an upcoming book. If I don’t meet Almie the next time I’m in Los Angeles, I’ll probably walk straight off the side of a building.

Some of my favorite ever posts of hers:

Does anybody date anymore?
David Bowie and relationships
Dear Future Almie

Derek | Derek Shanahan’s Personal Blog | @dshanahan

I started reading Derek’s blog before I even really knew what a blog was. Years have gone by, and I still anxiously await each of his posts. His writing style is simple and moving; he writes at the heart of life. One of the sharpest ideafreaks I’ve ever met, Derek is a continual source of inspiration for me.

Some of my favorite ever posts of his:

The Blogger Is Not Real
The Process of Turning Thirty
Being Pretty

Drew | Rocket Shoes | @drewber

Drew and I live in the same city and have never met. Which is 100% because I’m too jealous of his writing to attach a voice and a face to the words. Like, reading his blog makes me angry. It usually goes something like this: Drew publishes a new blog post, it shows up in my Reader, I save it for last, I read it, I shout obscenities at it for being too good, I email or text Drew to tell him that my crush on his blog has reached unparalleled proportions, he thanks me. Repeat.

Update: WE MET. He’s even awesomer in person. Is awesomer a word? I don’t know. Ask Drew.

Some of my favorite ever posts of his:

Tiger Woods Is Good At Golf But Not At Picking Attractive People To Sleep With
If You Think A Fake Baby With A Fake Drinking Problem Is You, You Need To Work On Yourself
Male Pattern Baldness Is The New Menopause

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PS- This probably goes without saying, but I’m also meth levels of addicted to TheBloggess.com and everything else that Jenny Lawson writes.