So last night I spent an hour zooming with Judy Blume and Jenny Lawson, and it was a little bit mind blowing. Partially because I was star-struck, but mainly because Judy Blume’s purple glasses are the height of fashion and I couldn’t stop staring at them. They both look like people who would help you up from the sidewalk if you happened to faceplant near them.
The meeting was essentially a book tour for Jenny Lawson to talk about her new book Broken: In the Best Possible Way (she also wrote Let’s Pretend This Never Happened and Furiously Happy, both of which live on my bookshelf) while Judy Blume asked her questions about it. But really it was Jenny and Judy talking about starting their own bookstores, when they decided to grace the world with their humor, and how anxious they both are. When Judy is anxious, she eats half a cupcake (she said she was so anxious before the meeting that she ended up going back for a second half from the freezer). Jenny battled her pre-meeting anxiety by drinking a large cup of discount rum during the entire interview (pictured below).
A pair of true queens. I love them both. (Also shoutout to Muffy, the sign language interpreter, for being equally as impressive.)
Memoirable Moments 