If there's one thing that you should learn from your mother, it's that she is always right. Don't deny the fact you already know this. Accept it. Understanding that you are wrong and that she knows best is the more mature thing to do, anyway.

TOP 10 THINGS I'VE LEARNED FROM MY MUMMA

1. This post itself, my mum is always right. 
2. Tidying your bedroom is good for your mind.
3. You shouldn't spontaneously dye your hair with £3.50 hair dyes from a shop in town called 'Fashion HQ'. This has, however, provided a few laughs throughout the years.
4. Life isn't meant to be lived in one place. Travelling is some of the most fun you can have. Imagine how big the world is, then imagine how small your world is. Expand your world. 
5. Gin is really nice. 
6. Be kind. 
7. Feed your soul with good friends. Also good food. Cooking is really important. 
8. You have two ears and one mouth; use them in that ratio. (One of her faves, she's drilled this into me so much that I have to believe it.)
9. Advice isn't an instruction, it's a choice. You can tell a lot about people who choose to follow the good advice they've been given.  
10. You can tell if a pineapple is ripe or not by pulling the little stalk from the middle of the leaves. 

N.B. Fashion HQ uses leopard print carrier bags.  Use that information as you will. 

This is my favourite one of the three. Sorry to be one of those people that plays a song 20 times in a row. 

Flume's new stuff; always been a fan of Chet. 

PRETTY 

Instead of a New Year's resolution as such, I've created 3 goals to complete in 2014.

1. Read one book every month.
2. Travel to 5 different cities I've never been to before. 
3. Get into university.

As a follow up to my motivational 90s playlist the other day and considering the 90s was probably the best era (don't shoot me), I thought it would be a good idea to see Ruby's version. Make of it what you will but in my opinion, hers is definitely better than mine. I'm particularly fond of the gangsta flare in tracks 6-8.

1. Pump Up The Jam - Technotronic
2. Boom Boom Boom Boom - Vengaboys
3. Wannabe - Spice Girls
4. Nothing Compares 2 U - Sinead O'Connor
5. Return Of The Mack - Mark Morrison
6. No Diggity - Blackstreet, Dr. Dre
7. Hypnotize - The Notorious B.I.G.
8. Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill
9. The Rhythm Of The Night - Corona (saw this coming a mile away)
10. Don't Speak - No Doubt
11. Say My Name - Destiny's Child
12. Mambo No. 5 - Lou Bega (a Singstar classic)
13. Keep on Movin' - Five
14. Genie in a Bottle - Christina Aguilera 

Definitely superior to my feeble attempt. You can open Ruby's 53 minute (as it stands) playlist of 90s goodness in Spotify here.

Unsure if it's just me, but I am never really motivated to do things I don't want to do without listening to some upbeat 90's music. It works in a kind of Rocky-esque Eye of The Tiger way but it has to be 90's. I have compiled a list of some of my faves in an effort to magically transform all fellow lazy-arses into productive wizards.

1. Good Vibrations - Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch
2. I Wanna Sex You Up - Color Me Badd
3. Spice Up Your Life - Spice Girls 
4. Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot
5. Ghetto Superstar - Pras featuring MYA & ODB
6. Breathe - The Prodigy 

Just to clarify; there will be absoloutley no Oasis.