Rolling Stone Application

To Whom It May Concern:

I am not your average writer. I don’t have any college degrees to symbolize my determination, or any awards to show my intelligence, and I doubt anyone would recognize me in a crowd. My name is Nicole Love, I am currently a freshman at Justin-Siena High School in Napa, California; and at fourteen, my goals are far different from those of my peers. This is not surprising, however, for I am different from them in almost every way. Perhaps this is because of my constant relocation, throughout my life I have lived in Belgium, Singapore, and numerous places in California, all the while visiting countless other countries. This, combined with my pure Scottish heritage, has made me extremely diverse and tolerant of every culture and religion I come into contact with. I think my unique point of view will be a valuable asset to Rolling Stone magazine.

I wish I could say I am a young prodigy, but in truth, the only extraordinary thing about me is my passion. My first memory was watching my parents read the paper together; now my father is constantly traveling and my mother is caught up with my younger brother. The only time we come together as a family, it seems, is when we are discussing world events. Throughout my life, when I pictured my future, the only thing I saw myself doing was being a journalist. Not only do I want to write about the events that affect our society, but also the events that influence our generation; this is why I feel Rolling Stone is ideal for my perspective.

Of course I understand that passion and a unique outlook is not enough to get me far in life. I have always been extremely driven and I have been told I am very intelligent. I have recently been accepted into my high school’s advanced placement classes in both World History and English, and when I lived in Singapore I participated in an exclusive writing course sponsored by an acclaimed author. I have been a member of many school newspapers and some of my stories have been published in my town’s local newspaper, The Sonoma Index Tribune.

I am aware that my age is something to consider, but I have never looked at it as a negative factor. I am extremely determined and stubborn, if someone tells me I can’t do something, I will only try that much harder. If it was too much to think I would be accepted into this internship, then at least do me this favor; remember my name because I plan to apply once more when I am older. You may ask me why I would even bother applying at fourteen, but I expect to accomplish great things in my life, and I see nothing wrong with getting a head start. I do, after all, have one life to live and I don’t want to look back and wonder “What if?” By sending you this e-mail, I don’t think I ever will.

Sincerely,

Nicole Love

Jane Norman

Jane Norman please come to the US!!!

I came across this store when I went to visit my family last winter in Scotland. With trendy new styles and classy yet adorable clothes ranging from shorts to rompers, to day wear to the perfect cocktail dress. Please Jane Norman we need you to set up a store in America. We need your fashions to grace the streets of San Francisco!

The Romper

The romper : The ruffle chambray romper from Wet Seal $22.50

Day Wear...

Steve Madden Tuxxedo Oxfords in black $49.95

Baghaus Emma Estela with Silver Hardware Hobo in yellow $55.95

Forever 21 Jeweled Polo Belt in black $ 8.80

Night Wear...

Forever 21 Kathy Holiday Peep Toe in Purple $20.80

Forever 21 Oversize Lace Clutch $12.80

Steve Madden W-Wow Belt in black $32.00

Throw Me A Liferaft

Have you ever felt like a stranger in your own skin? An outcast in your own home? That's how I feel every day. I'm not exactly sure what moving will bring, if things will get better or stay as they are now. I just know they can't get any worse, I don't belong in this tiny town with only a handful of people to pass the time with. As the year wears on I'm finding myself drawing away from my friends and staying at home more. I guess that's not a bad thing but I want to go to school with people that I would actually like to hang out with after hours. And I don't feel thats the case here anymore. Sammy and I are still not talking and I find myself losing closeness with many other people, so maybe it wasn't him. Maybe it was me, regardless of whose fault it was I feel like I need someone to talk to and with Sammy out of my life I have absolutely no one to relate to. I miss my best friend now more than ever and I can't wait to move. I am apprehensive though, perhaps I am just one of those people who is different everywhere they go. Coming from Belgium, Scotland, California, and Singapore; maybe it is impossible for me to ever settle in one place. I'm trying though and I know I'm just feeling sorry for myself. I still wish things would change though, maybe the people I am supposedly friends with could treat me like a human being and show even an ounce of compassion. I don't know how much longer I can remain isolated in a sea of people, but I hope someone will throw me a life raft sometime soon because I am sinking pretty quickly...

SI Application Forms

I am applying for Saint Ignatius High School next year and they of course ask for a student application form. Here is the main question they are asking. Please give me your feedback!!!

The question asked you to describe someone who has been important in your life. I chose my personal idol Nelson Mandela. This is my response to the question...

"There are many people in my life that I emulate, but the one person I chose to live my life as I think he would is Nelson Mandela. The first black elected President of South Africa may be an odd idol to have; but ever since my family and I visited Robben Island three years ago, I am constantly thinking about the difficult choices he made. Mandela was put in prison for attempting to better a racially segregated country; when he was finally freed he was not bitter, he was stronger and he used this strength to unite a country. I believe he has touched my life in a way that drastically changed my views on everything I knew; I believe he made me strive for an education in hopes that someday, I may impact this world as he has. Although I have never met Nelson Mandela, I don’t believe that makes him any less personal in my life; he has taught me to forgive but never forget, so that I may grow and learn from all of my hardships. I have also learned to appreciate everything I have, and to give back to those who were not so lucky. I now know that it is not race or religion that separates people, but the fear to become stronger if you unite, for some people think power shared between two cultures is not power at all. The question remains is, how could Mandela be anything less than inspiration?"

JSHS vs. John Swett

This meet I swam a 200 meter med. relay. I swam backstroke, Maddy Long swam breast stroke, Maddie Osgood swam butterfly, and Kara Hart swam free style and we all came in second with a Justin Siena win. The second race I swam in was a 50 meter freestyle sprint and I came in first with yet another Justin Siena win. The third race I competed in was a 200 meter freestyle relay. Maddie Osgood swam first, I swam second, Sara Marin swam third, and Leiska Van Staavern swam fourth and we won that race. Finally the last race I competed in was a 100 meter backstroke sprint and I was so nervous for this event. But I did come in third with Kimmie Kreuzberger coming in first. Obviously Justin Siena won this meet and even though we were all freezing because it was an outdoors swimming pool, I think it was completely worth it.

33.2

Today at swim practice I was forced by my coach to swim a 50 meter race as fast as I could and i swam it in 33.2 seconds!!! Hey, that's not bad for your first year of swim. Anyway that's all I have to report :D

03.08.2010

11:15 am

I am literally shaking with rage. I have just learned that a girl in my class named Alexis posted something on her myspace about me. She called me and a big majority of my friends a c*** and described how we were spreading rumors about her. The worst part isn't the word she chose to call us, which in my opinion is the worst thing you could call someone, but the fact that I defended her against those rumors that she thinks I helped start. I put my flawless reputation on the line for that slut; and I'm not just calling her that. No one respects her, she is a member of the foursome. Another thing that is really bothering me is that she put it on her myspace, I have a facebook and so does everyone else. She's too afraid to put it somewhere we could actually see it, we only found out because someone told us. I don't know what's going through her head. She's just an immature little girl who wants the entire world to feel sorry for her but what she fails to realize is that nobody cares.

1:37 pm

This is quickly developing into the worst day ever. Lunch ended a while ago but I am still fighting back the tears in my eyes. I can honestly say I am indifferent to the incident earlier. I don't care about Alexis or the foursome. What really sucks is that my so called "best friend" walks up to me and calls me the same thing as a joke. I was just about crying and he's laughing in my face. This isn't the first time he has completely disregarded my feeling so I decided to confront him about how I felt. I told him how much he has changed and how I liked him because he wasn't the same as every other stupid guy; he just laughed it off and said I was stupid. I can't even express how hurt I am. I told him everything and he knows how I take things people say about me to heart and he makes fun of me just because people were watching. I can't tell you what lays in the future but I doubt Sammy and I will restore our friendship, the worst thing is I have no intention of trying to...

Hello Stranger

Well my mom's best friend Eloise (a.k.a. my best friends mom) from Singapore is visiting for a few days, which is making me miss Meaghan (my best friend if you didn't make the connection) that much more. It sucks when the only person you can talk to is half way across the planet. But I shouldn't complain, I have amazing friends. I wish I could talk about an exciting or overly dramatic day, but today was relatively calm. It was a nice change. Tomorrow there is a swim meet against Branson and Tam. I really hope we win this one...

Not Really A Walk In The Park

Today was a hard day. I'm not even sure why though it was just one of those days. This morning my hormones where going insane, and because I'm anemic, I was exhausted and moody all day. I felt bad though, because of my usual bubbly self, no one knew how to handle me being quiet; i did snap at a few people but I apologized and no one gave me a hard time about it thankfully.

Another reason it wasn't really a good day was because of the sudden overpopulation of sluts in the freshman class. The weird thing is it's not even new students, people are just ... changing. Or maybe they are just finally being themselves. Regardless I don't want anything to do with them. It astounds me how you could even think about losing your virginity at fourteen years of age, I'm not saying I'm going to wait until I'm married or anything but I'm definitely waiting until I'm in love. And it doesn't matter what she says because she was not in love. How do I know this? Well she did cheat on him and break up with him, then hook up with him and cheat on him again. Very classy Sierra. But I suppose I'm judging her on rumors, but I do know for a fact that she gave him head. But there are a huge amount of rumors floating around. But I don't honestly know what truth lies behind them, all I know is that she made out with five guys turnabout night and that she gave a guy head, and that she's a cheater so that's enough to let me know that I really don't want anything to do her or any of her foursome (we call the three other girls that follow her around her foursome because she said that if she was a lesbian she would "hop into bed with all of them") Wow.

But in retrospect, this day wasn't completely horrible. Ever since Turnabout Marcus and I have been a little awkward but today all of the weirdness was finally gone. It feels really good to not be fighting with anyone, and the relationship between my parents and I are great and Connor (my little brother) and I are getting along great. I'm closer to all of my friends than I ever have been, my grades aren't what they could be but oh well I have time to fix that and the swim team is great! So in reality my life is pretty good :D

Hot Steams

You are walking down an empty road and you know there is no one by your side, and yet you constantly glance behind you in attempts to find them. A small shadow that you catch in the periphery of your vision and when you strain to find it once more it is but a distant thought. You laugh off this odd sensation and your instinct is to run because you know there is someone there, watching you from afar, and yet breathing down your neck all at once. You are terrified and yet you find some strange comfort in knowing someone is watching over you, even for an instant. So you keep on walking, and glancing, and feeling their gaze set directly on you, and you long to see them so you know exactly what is screaming in your ear ever so silently. But you do not dare look, for even though you know they are right behind you, you are sadly aware that once you turn the lights on they will disappear; waiting until the darkness returns.