not a bad score..
just make sure them drums are slammin'
Did you see this Alex? I really needed a barf bag at my cube this morning....
July 24, 2005
Reader, I Dated Him
By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM
IT'S addictive," Meredith Balossini said. "There's compassion. There's want. There's misery."
Ms. Balossini, 28, an executive secretary from Prospect Park, N.J., wasn't describing a hot summer beach read but a blog about the trysts, triumphs and heartaches of a young New York City woman named Stephanie Klein.
Since Jan. 20, 2004, Ms. Klein, a 29-year-old art director with freckles and long red curls like Botticelli's Venus, has been blogging about the intimate details of her life, from her affinity for rainy days and grilled cheese sandwiches to her sexual escapades, including one that involved a stranger and a can of Pam cooking spray.
Today the blog has an international readership with fans who recognize Ms. Klein when they see her gallivanting around Manhattan and the Hamptons, and who find parallels to their own lives in her candid, freewheeling stories.
According to Technorati, which ranks blogs based on "net attention," or the number of people who are linking to them, Ms. Klein's blog has a rank of 2,132, meaning that of the world's more than 13 million blogs, there are only 2,000 or so with more inbound links than hers.
"That would put her in the top 1 percent of all bloggers," said David L. Sifry, the founder and chief executive officer of Technorati. (The top 100-ranked blogs tend to offer news and political commentary; single-subject or niche blogs like Ms. Klein's, even the most popular, are generally further down the list.)
Ms. Klein's blog is a voyeur's playground, with many photos of Ms. Klein, her friends and the swanky places they go. But the allure is muted by accounts of Ms. Klein's childhood summers at fat camp, the husband she says cheated on her when she was pregnant, her subsequent abortion and her ongoing quest for love. Nothing, it seems, is too private not to share with readers.
And that is exactly how they like it. While most of the millions of daily-life blogs have only a handful of regular readers, generally the author's friends, Ms. Klein's legions of followers seem as absorbed in her escapades as if she were a television character, the Carrie Bradshaw of New York bloggers.
"I have to read it every day," Ms. Balossini said. "I have to know she's O.K. and that good things are happening for her. I want good things for her."
Ms. Klein's celebrity has lately outgrown the Web, leading to a book and television deal. Her memoir, "Straight Up and Dirty," is to be published by ReganBooks, Judith Regan's HarperCollins imprint, in April 2006, and NBC is developing the book into a half-hour comedy series produced by Ms. Regan. Ms. Klein is also working on a second book about her fat-camp experiences. (Her trademark candor did not extend to the exact advance for her books, but she allowed that Publishers Marketplace, an industry publication, had des
I came here just to post about that NYT piece too! She's getting a Half Million Dollars, check this out: "Ms. Klein's celebrity has lately outgrown the Web, leading to a book and television deal. Her memoir, "Straight Up and Dirty," is to be published by ReganBooks, Judith Regan's HarperCollins imprint, in April 2006, and NBC is developing the book into a half-hour comedy series produced by Ms. Regan. Ms. Klein is also working on a second book about her fat-camp experiences. (Her trademark candor did not extend to the exact advance for her books, but she allowed that Publishers Marketplace, an industry publication, had described it as a "major deal," meaning $501,000 or more.)
yay duck hunt! loving the pixely pixelated font.
so, was it truly a debacle?
I missed it!
But I'm also in Los Angeles, so I hope you don't hold me personally responsible.
That poster is flat-out awesome. I hope you get some of those printed up. If you do, let me know. I'll buy one.
I thought you did an excellent job last night at P and H.
could someone explain who ms. klein is? i'm out of the loop and would love to hate her as well.
Alex really IS funny.
I was there when that AOL thing happened. Awesome.
I want to believe that there is a God, but when I read the above article I have to wonder. That no- talent, pretentious, spoiled, slut (Klein) gets a lucrative book deal and positive press in the NY Times?
That damn blog is the most un-original, disgustingly blatant rip -off of Sex In The City there will ever be. It is garbarge and people ooh and aah over it like its the most profound thing ever written. There is nothing honest or real about that site. Between talking about how much money she has and her exciting trips to the Hamptons, she pats herself on the back about every five minutes. Worse yet, now she feels she is some sort of "celebrity", and the smarminess has reached unheard of levels.
this blog sucks, i am officially removing it from my favorites.
Kristine -- check out Alex's The "Greek" Tragedy post. All the info is in italics at the beginning...
Duck Hunt = best game ever.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/...e.ap/
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this picture is classic america
excellent. thanks heather!
You people act so shocked that a girl who fucks and writes about it would get a pay day.
Quit bitching, and starting fucking and writing.
kristine -- you're welcome.
i'm with girly9876, i'm removing you from my blogroll, alex. you're crap.
drop me an email Blagg, I'll let you know where the vids are.
No one even answered my question or validated my thoughts.
I'm removing this from my blogroll too.
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