Current State of the Union

Lisi Harrison, do you know what you started? Your series "The Clique" sparked my interest in fashion, it made me want to read and more than anything it made me crave to be Massie Block. Massie Block is and forever will be queen in my book. Ok yes, she was a total brat and once paid a group of actresses to be her friends and follow her around, but every part of me still wanted to be her. In this little world of privileged preteens that Harrison created I was able to partake into a bit of that Massie-nastiness. I would create fantasies where a girl would be sassy to me-which, back then being sassy was having a crush on my crush- where I would say "(insert name) did I invite you to my BBQ? No? Then why are you all up in my grill?" As devilish as she was, Massie was fabulous and fun and everyone wanted to be her, even her readers.

Every night before bed, Massie would create a little "Current State of the Union" where she would provide what is "in" and "out." Often times her nemesis character, Claire, was on the out list, while things like "lip kissing Derrington" was on the "in" section. *Side note* One night my Papa and I were reading different books next to each other and I came across the line that reads "lip kissing Derrington" and my eyes bugged out and I tried to read as fast as my little eyes would hoping my papa would NOT look over and see that I, his precious little grand baby, was reading about something as uncomfortable and awesome as lip kissing. Much to my dismay, his eyes glanced over and I cringed as he read that line aloud and chuckled to himself. I was mortified, but it was also really funny of him so I got over it fast (which is not very Massie of me.) Anyway, she would make this list and say what was in and out according to her world and according to who and what made her blood boil. So, in a weak attempt to bring out my inner Massie, let's kick off the resurrection of the Current State of the Union.

In:

-Lip kissing

-Sending out graduation announcements to people you probably will not even pretend to know if you see them 3 days after graduation 

-Trying my darnedest hardest to be nice to everyone because guess what I only have to pretend that for T minus two weeks

-Blocking people on twitter

Out:

-Remembering a funny memory and wanting to tell the person you shared it with, but because of certain circumstances you indeed cannot share that funny moment

-Boys under 5"10 :-///

-Breaking up with someone because "missionaries can't have girlfriends"

-Bandeaus (Try a bralette, we sell them at Nordstrom both Free People and BP brand)