petals in the mirror

I've actually had a decent week for a change. Shock horror!
This week I actually bothered to get work done in college. I've started working on unit 4 again, which is communication through art and design - I've finished a moodboard on Tracey Emin which I started before the holidays, I've started and completed a comparison sheet on Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger and I started a design sheet for a Divine t-shirt I made, before I decided it was too much effort and wrote 'i Hate iT wwen Peeople gET old....' on a ceramic mug instead. My only incentive was money, really, and all the blood sweat and tears were worth it, for my mum gave me twenty quid which I have just spent.
Today I went into town with John, and I've just got back. I actually had a lot of fun, which is nice. First I bought a lipstick from Superdrug to replace one I've lost, then we went to Pigeon Park and talked about the band. I've been thinking I should give up my vocal duties and stick to playing bass and we should get a female singer in, which saves me putting Warhol Silkscreen on hold until I start testosterone. I feel like Nicky Wire! John is thinking of doing a trip round America soon - he's getting a grand or ten off his mum when he turns 18 next year. I wouldn't mind tagging along, because I've always wanted to go to New York. And I think I actually know what I'm going to do in terms of employment, now that I'm actually getting something out of my work skills sessions. I might be going to Kerrang Radio to get a feel of the environment and possibly getting work experience at South Birmingham Radio. Two other lines of employment I've been considering are working at the youth club in Weoley Castle where I did my year 11 work experience, and Starbucks, since I hear they have really good LGBT policies.

This week I watched the new video for Petals by The Officers, which is a charity single for the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) and features Gary Numan on vocals. And now I'm pretty much obsessed with it. I've included it in this post if you want to watch it.



I personally think that this is one of my contenders for the music video of the year, even though I haven't really seen many music videos from this year. But still, this video is just so brilliant - it was filmed in one take, the cinematography is beautiful and Gary looks amazing. I feel like I should tell him that when I meet him in December, though that would probably be a bit weird. This is just the censored version, so who knows what the full version will be like... I'm a bit anxious to see it now.

I've also been listening to This Mortal Coil, Linea Aspera, Nasty Facts, Crystal Castles, Grimes and SLEEP ∞ OVER. The new Crystal Castles album comes out on Monday - the release date was pushed forward by a week. It's been leaked already, though, but I don't want to listen to it because I'd rather the wait was worth it. It's almost like seeing your Christmas presents when you're not supposed to, in a way. I've been anticipating this album for months, and I'm really excited to listen to it. I'm seeing Crystal Castles in concert at the HMV Institute on the 22nd, so hopefully I might try and meet them and get my copy signed if I do. It probably won't be very easy, though, but then again I did meet the singer from Bo Ningen in the smoking area of the aforementioned venue, so you never know.