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Dear Gossips,

Tina Fey’s Bossypants came with me for my annual, um, lady check at the doctor’s yesterday. Seemed fitting since one of her first anecdotes is a hilarious account of the first time she had the same experience. Do you ever get somewhere early on purpose just to read? I always have to wait at my doctor’s. At least half an hour. And yesterday I got there 15 minutes before my appointment knowing I’d be in the sitting room for a good 45. It was worth it.

By the second page of the introduction I was struggling to contain myself. Ten pages in and I’d given up. I’m the asshole shaking with laughter while everyone else has to suffer through screaming babies and the sinking hope every few minutes when the nurse comes round and doesn’t call their name. I powered through half the book before I went in. And now I’m trying to pace myself because I don’t want it to be over so soon.

Love her SO much. In a way that would probably make her uncomfortable. Of course her book is amazing. Of course it’s funny and still beautifully written and poignant in places and totally, totally, most importantly, her voice. That voice. When you read it, it feels easy. It is, of course, not easy. But then again, Tina Fey’s not going to offer a blog post about how not-easy it is, no matter how gracious she is about Gwyneth’s GOOP. This is why Tina is, well, quite simply, the motherf-cking sh-t. There’s nothing martyr-y about how great she is and how much time she spends being great. It just is. Also, answers like this – for her Proust Questionnaire with Vanity Fair, when asked about what she thinks is the Most Overrated Virtue: Natural Childbirth.

Click here to read the entire thing. Sometimes being taken seriously is just as important as getting over yourself. I really, really want to be her when I grow up.

Bossypants. Go now!

Yours in gossip,

Lainey

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