Today's Bliss: Tina Fey

I spent my day off of work yesterday reading Bossypants, Tina Fey's autobiography. It is so funny! I am not sure how enjoyable it would be for men, as there is a lot of female oriented humor, but I really recommend the book for anyone who wants a laugh. It is a quick read (I am already finished), but I laughed quite a bit throughout the book.

I have always liked Tina Fey and I love her character on 30 Rock, but I didn't know a whole lot about her personal life or her rise to fame before reading her book. What I discovered is that her real-life is much like her character's life: somewhat awkward and not Hollywood glamorous. I wish that I could post all of the funny parts of the book here for you to read. There are some quotable lines in every chapter. Here are a few things that I felt were particularly great.

1. When discussing her busyness and stress, Tina create a chart showing the stress levels of several occupations ranging from zero to 1,000,000. Writing and acting for Saturday Night Live and being a baby were only on a level 3 for stress. Writing for 30 Rock was a 5. Chilean coal mining scored at just under 1,000,000 and active military service scored above it. Managing a Chili's on a Friday night scored at about 700,000.

2. Her chapter "What Turning Forty Means to Me" is a total of three sentences long: I need to take my pants off as soon as I get home. I didn't used to have to do that. But now I do.

3. This one is a bit gross, I admit, so I will not go into details here, but I will say that the chapter about Tina's coming of age and starting her period was hilarious. She was so confused about why her period was not blue like the Kotex commercials that she was a very lost young lady for a while. Her mother was so embarrassed to talk Tina through this time of life that she just gave Tina the pamphlet intended for mothers to read.

I may not completely agree with Tina's politics or all of her opinions, but her sense of humor is spot on with mine. She says unpredictable things that make me laugh and I hope you enjoy her book as much as I did. Nothing is more blissful than a good laugh!