October 2012 Bucks Student 29
Girls - The Rock Star
Girls - The Casual Pump-up Track of The Week
Can’t Hold Us by Macklemore x Ryan Lewis Be weird this month. Be weird as balls.
Leather jackets // flat pumps // body con skirts // fitted vests
Boys - The Rock Star
Skinny jeans // hooded coats // fitted tops // heeled boots
Boys - The Casual
Because let’s be honest, the weird kids are always the coolest, right? I doubt Steve Jobs won Prom King in his youth but let the guy blossom into CEO material and who wouldn’t want to be friends with the guy? Really we all have some pretty weird traits but we tend to only recognise them once they get made into a “That awkward moment when…” Facebook group. Then we realise we’re not alone and you too like to draw penis’s on workbooks and spell rude words with fridge magnets. But I think it’s how you defend the weird stuff is what makes you who you are. I know friends who don’t like to drink and avoid the subject by telling people they’re driving or on medication. On the other hand I don’t drink either and I prefer to just be proud. But if you’re passionate about something then you should never really have to defend it. People say “You can’t choose who you fall in love with” and they’re right, but it doesn’t just work for people. You can say you like a Rapper’s lyricism or a song’s drum beat but the truth is that you don’t need to defend it, the song plays and you just like it. Same goes with TV, movies, fashion, food! It’s a matter of taste and it’s out of our hands, so stop worrying. Wrestling Promoter Paul Heyman once said “To the people who hate our business, no explanation is ever enough. To the people who love our business, no explanation is ever necessary.” What I wanna’ talk about is pouring yourself into that thing you love, and pouring yourself into it at a rate that some people are going to judge you. If you love something, you should chase the crap out of it regardless of what people think. They can make up a million reasons not to do something but for you, it’ll never be enough to put you off. This is a good thing. My dad is an engineer, so are his brothers and so was his dad. All around my family are builders, electricians, plumbers. I’m a Third year student here at Bucks studying Film and it’s been a long road trying to convince them that this was right for me. I remember the days my dad would bring home apprenticeship forms from his work and I wouldn’t even read them, yet over the past year I’ve done film work for a CEO, Sports Organisations, a New York Fashion Company and more. How? Simple. I got weird. I looked at what a normal person does to chase their goal and I got weird. A normal person sleeps 8 hours a night, I slept 4. A normal person updates their Directing Reel once a year, I updated mine every 3 months. A normal person waits for their big break, I hunted mine down like it was prey. It was an irrational level of commitment but I wanted irrational results. I wanted it badly enough to have my sleep suffer, my health suffer, my social life suffer but in the end I’m seeing my results stare me in the face and I’M LOVING EVERY SECOND OF IT. So that’s my challenge to you this month. Be weird. Put in a weird amount of work, push yourself to a limit that the “normal kids” won’t, go past the rational and get into the irrational - and see where it gets you. Charles Bukowski said “Find what you love - and let it kill you”. Listen to Charles. Hit it hard this month and go beyond. Just remember, You Got This, Bro! /Lee Malone
@EdgeMalone By: Lee Malone
Leather jackets // slogan t shirts // skinny jeans // Converse trainers
Chino trousers // Vans trainers // cardigans // comfy t shirts