Over the weekend, The New York Times’ advice column, “Social Q’s,” got a query from a recently dumped girl who just couldn’t seem to cheer up. Writer Philip Galanes pointed out, the proper soundtrack can get you grooving to your own gloom!  He singled out Pink’s new anthem about getting back out there after her own divorce, “So What.”  He then encouraged the sad soul to sing along at full blast until it became her new mantra: “So, so what/I’m still a rock star/I’ve got my rock moves/And I don’t need you.” Yeah, that’s some solid (as a rock) advice! But Pink isn’t the only one who has weathered the storm after a split.  Since misery loves company, here are The Frisky’s picks for beating the blues to get you back in the mood to be your butt-kicking self!

I’m completely obsessed with Pink’s latest album, Funhouse, and my favorite track on the record (seriously, the entire record is filled with gems) is “Sober.” She just released the video for the song today and in it she gets it on with…herself!

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• Pink Funhouse Pink’s post-divorce record drops today, but we’ve already be bopping our head to her single “So What,” which can pretty much been found on the radio at all times on one station or another.  Of all of Pink’s albums, this one feels the most personal, she’s exercising the demons from her divorce.  The album shares the title with one of Iggy Pop and The Stooges’ opuses, but the party fun house they were talking about isn’t anything like the empty remains of the domicile she shared with her ex-husband. Yet, somehow Pink’s pain makes for great, fun pop songs. Take notes Alanis Morrissette.

What? Have you never seen a pop star riding a tractor down a busy L.A. street with a scary look on her face before? [8/6/08]

I was shopping at a Chicago grocery store this weekend, and I happened upon these “His & Hers Value Pack” water bottles. While it’s great to fill up a reusable bottle rather than drinking from throwaways, why does the girl’s have to be pinkish? Why not green?

You gotta fight for your right to pink your poodle, or so a woman in Boulder, Colorado learned. Joy Douglas, who owns a local beauty salon, gave her pooch Cici a dye job to match beauty school dropout Frenchy from Grease.  She now faces a $1,000 a day fine for breaking a city ordinance which states that no animals can have their fur dyed. Ms. Douglas claims that she only uses natural coloring like Kool-Aid, technically making her the only person older than 20 to use that DIY-kind of hair color. Alas, she has retained a lawyer to aid her as she makes her case that she did the dye-job to raise awareness about breast cancer. As for the puppy, Douglas told reporters, “Cici will be pink until they kick us out of the city of Boulder.”  [UPI]

This week everyone is talking about leap year day and women proposing. The March 10th issue of Us Weekly discusses female celebrities who proposed to their men—though they didn’t necessarily wait for a leap year to do it. Halle Berry proposed to David Justice in 1992. Britney Spears proposed to Kevin Federline in 2004. Pink proposed to Carey Hart in 2005. Are ya seeing a pattern?

The “lists” Maxim comes up with drive us a lil’ crazy. A few months ago they published their list of the “least sexy” female celebrities, which was topped by Sarah Jessica Parker. This time around they have a list of “not traditionally pretty women” that they would totally “do”. How mature and generous of them to flatter these fugly women with their boner’s approval! So who’s on the list? Tina Frickin’ Fey for one, who we totally adore and would do too, but because she’s gorgeous, funny, brilliant, and smart. Pink, Meg White from The White Stripes, Juliette Lewis, and Lisa Lampinelli are also on the list, possibly the most random of all time. Don’t these guys have anything more important to work on, like compiling a list of the most disappointing porn flicks of all time? [Maxim]