Pop Repost: 30 Other Things Every Woman Should Know By 30

1. Always ask for more money at your job, even if you don’t think you deserve it.

2. Try to be kind to the people who are rude to you. It’s not personal, they’re just having a really bad day/month/life.

3. Don’t go to doctors that advertise. Ask a friend for a recommendation.

4. If you are hungover, drink water, eat a banana and try to sleep it off.

5. If you believe in opportunity, opportunity will present itself.

6. Sometimes when things are really bad, you just have to go through the motions of your life until they get better.

7. Surround yourself by only the books, images, music and people that make you happy.

8. Your ability to speak honestly about your weaknesses, failures and disappointments is your greatest strength.

9. Nothing is more fulfilling than helping other people.

10. There really are plenty of fish in the sea.

11. Wear sunscreen or a hat when you’re in strong sunlight.

12. You need to take the big risk, even if it scares the living crap out of you.

13. Sometimes water is thicker than blood.

14. Shoes that are too tight can be stretched by a shoemaker.

15. Don’t worry about living a life that looks good on paper.

16. Go to the gynecologist every year, even if you hate it.

17. Be careful about confiding personal information. Relationships change.

18. Go to events and parties and lectures you have no interest in going to.

19. Ask yourself what you want. Then take the necessary steps to get it.

20. Don’t stay in a bad relationship because of the anticipated misery of a breakup.

21. When you have a headache, drink a glass of water before you do anything else. It might just be dehydration.

22. Anyone worth having sex with should think that you’re gorgeous the way you are.

23. When people are speaking gibberish English with a bunch of unrelated words strung together they’re usually talking about a band.

24. Just because you’re in love doesn’t mean you’re with the right person.

25. You can have a fulfilling life without ever having kids.

26. Do what comes naturally to you, it’s what you’ll have the most success at.

27. Be thankful that things you wished for didn’t come true. Know that this will happen again.

28. Let yourself be happy when you’re happy. 

29. Force yourself to overcome your fears.

30. Remember that no one else has it figured out either.

 Reposted from: http://thoughtcatalog.com/2012/30-other-things-every-woman-should-know-by-30/

Got A Secret, Can You Keep It?

The Pierces- Secret Official Music Video

Got a secret

Can you keep it?

Swear this one you'll save

Better lock it, in your pocket

Taking this one to the grave

If I show you then I know you

Won't tell what I said

Cause two can keep a secret

If one of the m is dead…

Have you ever been privy to a secret that you know you'll have to keep till you're dead?
     Carrying such highly confidential info certainly's a pain, but sometimes the only way to do it is to actually try to forget that the secret even exists. Sometimes, I surprise myself when I remember secrets I've stashed in obscure chambers of my psyche; secrets so dark, so sad, so life-altering, that I wish I'd never discovered them. Sometimes I wish I can simply exterminate everyone who share my secrets, or during kinder moments, that I just never ever them again.
     Of the secrets I keep, I'd say 95% of them aren't even mine, not mine to tell (ever), and hell, I wish not mine to keep. But keep them, I do. Don't worry, I plan to take them with me to the grave. For their revelations will serve nobody any purpose - not me, not the secrets' owners.
     Hell, there are even secrets whom their owners don't know (and will never know) I keep. It is not true that the truth shall set you free. Not all the time. Half of the time, the truth simply hurts---in every way possible.
     I talk a lot. More than I should, actually. Ninety per cent of the time, I don't know when to shut up. Hell, I even managed to spill some secrets, no thanks to my careless (oft intoxicated) tongue. But there are secrets you will never extract from me, save under the threat of death, of course. But really, why do we even need to find out things that we know will just complicate our lives?
     If there's one thing I've learned from keeping others' secrets, it's that you should abstain, as much as possible, from being part of one. Writing this, it dawned on me that I'm privy to a couple of "forgotten secrets", evidences of which I've long destroyed so that everything will simply be a matter of His Word Versus Mine.
     See, another thing you must remember about keeping secrets is that YOU MUST COVER ALL YOUR BASES. Destroy all proof, clean up your tracks, and if possible, get as far from your cohorts as possible.
     If you're keeping a friend's secret, then keeping the friendship isn't even required to make sure nothing comes out. LOYALTY is all it takes. You can remain loyal and faithful to a friend, even when the friendship is over.
     While my friendship with two women are neither over nor as close as before, the secret we three keep (mine, unfortunately) remains safe even after more than ten years. But I dare not ask them if they had spoken a word of it to anyone, because I'm scared that it might trigger memories. I am, instead, rather hoping the shock of that particular discovery had actually blotted it out of their minds.

POP QUOTE: For The Most Gifted Girl I Know

ME. 

Nah. Just kiddin'.

FOR MY BABY SISTER, M.

You have the voice that can make people stay and listen - so sing.

You have the fingers that make others forget their problems for a moment - so keep playing.

You have the rhythm in your soul - so dance.

You have the strokes that speak to the world - so keep drawing.

You give up on your gifts, your passion, your music, your art... you die. And I don't even have to lift a finger to do it. It's something you can decide to do on your own.

You weren't given gifts to keep hidden, but to show to the world, to use as a weapon, to turn into gold.

Never give up. Never lose hope. Never say "I can't"; because if you do, then I will say, "I won't".

I believe in you too much to be nice. You know that. So GO. BELIEVE. TRUST. DO. Because no matter what happens, I will be here...

to push you, nudge you, kick you, slap you, hit you, try to break you - until you realise that the only way to make me stop is for you to BE WHAT WE WANT YOU TO BE. ;-)

POP PREMONITION: Threetles Mourn As John "Dies" On The Pavement

John plays dead as the Fab Three look on.

“Some of the more interesting pictures were down by the Thames, and I was always looking for the serious mood shots. John suddenly dropped to the ground and closed his eyes, pretending to be dead. I have no idea why he decided to do that. The Beatles laughed - nothing for me. Then they went deadly serious. John had his eyes closed and the rest looked on with very serious expressions. One for me. George put on John’s glasses and Ringo felt his forehead. John opened his eyes - another frame for me. The whole incident was over in seconds. I really don’t think they had planned it beforehand.

The boys were getting on really well that day. I know it was reported at the time that they weren’t but all I saw were four boys having a great time. Yoko was just out of shot and joining in with the japes too.

It’s weird now to look at this image. How were any of us to know what would happen 12 years later? I was actually in New York then. This photograph was considered for the cover of TIME in December 1980, but in the end they decided it was too spooky.” - Photographer Tom Murray, Beatles Mad Day Out, images from www.iamkenny.com

POP COUTURE: Songs To Spin When You're Butt-Naked And Don't Know What To Wear

 Amanda & Betty getting ready in the AM end up wearing the same dress in "Ugly Betty" (Video courtesy of ABC Studios)

"What to buy?" "What to wear?" "What look to go for?!"

As if life in general isn’t stressful enough, we girls have to contend with the daily challenge of getting off our cute butts to tax our brains (both the right and left hemispheres, mind you!) for the perfect answers to the three questions above. To help you solve this dilemma, we ask you one more very important Q: "What song to play?"

Two words: "Pop Couture."

Sounds tres chic, doesn’t it? Basically, this refers to sonic inspirations that heavily influence fashion collection concepts, and to songs that name-drop designer labels from intro to coda. Notice how music makes a film so much more powerful? It’s the same for fashion--a fitting "runway score" fuels excitement and interest in a particular collection. Off the ramp, music can stimulate your fashion sense and help set your sartorial vibe--be it plenty sexy, understated edge, effortless luxe, or profound chic.

For this piece, our pop couture playlist serves both functions: a handful of the cuts give you a crash course on haute couture’s Who’s Who (with a bonus on how to pronounce Courreges, Lacroix, and company), while everything else plays muse to the style-stumped. More significantly, this Cosmo "fashion score" collection gives you utter and complete pop encouragement to stand out, be seen, and have fun, whether you’re shopping for a new wardrobe or simply getting ready for a stylish day out.

Continue reading original article (click link): COSMO PLAYLIST: 11 Songs To Bring Out Your Inner Fashionista  

Click on the song titles for some catwalk-worthy aural inspiration. What songs never fail to get you in a voguish mood? What's your personal "rampa theme"? C’mon, girls, create your own "fashion score"!

Pop Thought: JOAN JETT (09.22)

"I think I was born strong-willed. That's not the kind of thing you can learn. The advantage is, you stick to what you believe in and rarely get pushed out of what you want to do."

I'm simply blown away by Joan Jett's tenacity, strong will and single-mindedness when it came to pursuing her rock n' roll dreams. Sure, she enjoyed all its ankle-nipping perks (i.e. boozing, drugs, indiscriminate sex, more, more, more) but not once did she detour from the path that would take her where she thought she truly belonged - to the top. The woman was genetically engineered not to acknowledge rejection and the word "no". I could go on singing this one praises the whole day, but it would all boil down to this: what Joan Jett wanted, she got - one way, or another.

Pop Thought: SOPHIA LOREN (09.20)

"Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent."

Sophia Loren (with dark eye circles), before the advent of Photoshop