So I took a small hiatus from Average Chicks.  Mostly, I was studying for finals and gearing up for my summer career, but simultaneously I was attempting to reconcile myself with the idea of writing about what interests “chicks.”  Writing my first few articles for this site, I kept coming back to that scene in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days where Kate Hudson thrills as her boss tells her she can write about anything.  She grasps at the chance, assuring her employer she is eager to begin production on articles referencing politics, human rights, poverty, religion…  No, her boss corrects her, “anything” means shoes, cosmetics, fashion, sex – it is a women’s magazine they’re writing for, after all.  It was with this scene burned into my brain that I started writing for this website and attempted to integrate some semblance of girl power into the concept of writing about matrimony and McDreamy.  I am not the ideal source to go to for all things chick – my closet has five times as many sneakers as pumps and I cannot remember the last time I put on make-up.  Still, with all that being said, I would like to take this opportunity to write about my current obsession and quite possibly the girliest thing to ever make me squeal. (more…)