Essay Journey by Nico Crespo | The Bolt Magazine boltmagazinesjsu The Bolt Magazine About Issue One: Spring 2013 Issue Two: Fall 2013 Spring 2015 Contest Issue Three: Spring 2014 Issue Four: Fall 2014 Issue Five: Spring 2015 Archives RSS Feed Essay Journey by Nico Crespo My essay is due soon. I rush to the Student Services Center; feet sore from the vast concrete desert. Constant student-chatter is panning from left to right, like the dialogue from “Charlie Brown.” The sun blistering down with an immense glare, as I realize I should have brought my sunglasses today. This particular afternoon, the heat is intense, my back radiates from friction against my heavy backpack. “How was it so cold this morning?” I ask myself while the smoggy, mechanical air fills my nostrils. I cross the street now, and arrive to my destination after a long journey. After signing in to use a computer, I make myself comfortable at the available cubicle. “My essay is due in an hour. Finally I have some peace and quiet!” I tell myself while I notice quiet chatter approaching above the carpet wall. I pay no attention to the rambling until it rises louder and louder. Two young girls sit down behind me. They obviously have no respect for those trying to get work done. I do my best to ignore the disturbance. I bite into my honey oat bar, a mixture of stale yet sweet oats, and my train of thought is pumping again. I’m nearly done and the voices get louder, as if we are all sitting down at a restaurant. “He just doesn’t love me, he can’t commit to me,” screeches from the mouths of the young girls who can’t keep quiet about their boyfriend issues. My essay is due. Share this: Twitter Facebook Like this: Like Loading... ▶ No Responses Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here... Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: Email (required) (Address never made public) Name (required) Website You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. 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Continue reading → Follow me on Twitter My Tweets Pages About Issue Five: Spring 2015 3:00AM Start Time by Morgan McKnight A Virus and an Antidote by Guillermo Ramirez Lara Appreciate Them by Angelina Lam Cut From A Different Cloth by Anonymous December 18th by Caitlin Hanna Essay Journey by Nico Crespo Hardworking Students by Pritam Shenoy I Love to Hate You by Charles Averhart-Collins Just Some Movie by Simon Tran My $62 Starbucks Trip by Haley Bass My Grandfather by Mark Tran One Reason by Ismail Abukhdeir Pushing the Limits by Hayley Pascale That Day by Kiari Williams The “D” Word by Adilene Velazquez-Mancilla The Dog who Changed my Life by Jessica Hopson The Sins of Benjamin Franklin by Carlos Diaz-Ochoa The Struggles by Michael Azimian The Top of the Roller Coaster by Jordan Baker The Umbrella Revolution by Jessica Ng Waiting by Zachary Taylor Issue Four: Fall 2014 “I grew up being told hard work beats talent…” by Kenzie Mann A Day in My Life in High School by Andrew Wu Beautiful San Francisco by Brian Lee Body by Kimberly Piet Crash! You’re Gone Forever by Hannah Reed Different Path, Same Destination: My Story by Hugo Vera Got the Blues During this Drought by Melissa Weckerle Let Go of That One by Taylere Domrose Lonely Paradise by DJ Ramirez Memories… by Nilab Sidiqi Moody Clothes by Mi Nguyen Not One Said Goodbye by Isabel Corrales Paracosm by Constance Button ScHoolboy Q: Survival of an Artist by Brian Khum Seven Year Sentence by Collin Haworth Sincere by Kathryn Kong Strapped Soldiers in a White Van by Nobly Ho The Australian Stolen Generations by Michelle Cox The Game Boy by Leon D. Bahner The Goggles by Jessica Munday The Librarian by Karri Cassidy The Secrets of Childhood by Analisa Miyashiro Three Seconds by Forrest Sullenbarger Issue One: Spring 2013 “It was a hot, sunny day…” by Kriselle Bulaoro “It’s strange how slowly the world…” by Morgan McKnight “My sophmore year…” by Amarissa Mathews “The entire area…” by David Zepeda-Campos “There is a place…” by Erik Oas Blue to Black by Mackenzie Haynes Breathe In by Morgan McKnight Catch by C. Father Fights by Jezibel Delilah X Lessons from a Hummingbird by Alena VanDrielen Man’s Best Friend by Juan Renteria Milo by Patricia Angelia Night Fire by Michael Berger Questions by Lisa Graser Soccer Game by John Serrano The Economy by Troy Wright The First Day Of My Last Summer As A Child by Krystal Yeo The Forest by Jason Steib The Watcher by Hillary Stangel Wind by Calvin Chan Issue Three: Spring 2014 “I was driving, with fear…” by Taylor Gasman “It was a very dark and lugubrious day” by Robert Alquillera Beauty from Ashes by Melissa Lewelling Change Takes Courage by Kathleen Waite Courageous Enough to Take Risks by Christian Torres Death Is Never Easy by Jenna Martinez Discovering One’s Passion by Yvonne Gonzalez Embrace the Change by Vanessa Alvarez Finding Yourself by Bryce Cano For the Love of a Daughter by Lynda Ho Hoping for More by Christina Rotar Kala by Kelsea Ryan My Mother’s Legacy by Victor Padron Nightmare Fantasy by Mayra Armendariz One Way Not To Tell Your Friends Your Life Is Over by Karmina Lopez Beltran Paper Thin by Adilene Hernandez Picking Up by Juliette Todd RA Life by Amarissa Mathews She Roamed by Yvonne Gonzalez Tagged by Hillary Stangel The Concert of Exhaustion by Phillip Torres The Heart Monitor Beeps by Daniel Wallock The Job by William Cass The Key to Happiness by Matt Young Waves of Courage by Charani Kodikara What if… I’m just done? by Paul Michael Whitfield You Do Not Know What You Have, Until It Is Almost Gone by Ben Yoell You Meet Someone by Taylere Domrose Issue Two: Fall 2013 “There she was, 8.2 pounds and 21 inches long.” by Hira Shah Cirque Du Humanité by Peter Chen Freedom by Terrance Yao Human Target by Michael Marlin White Islands of Her Making by Shaan Aslam Life is Like a Puzzle by Reginald Malla Lilies by Katie MacBride Love of the Game by Dylan Hogle My Tattoo’s Story by Jeremy Hugoo No One Listened by Leslie Bank One Last Time by Megan Molina Perfection by Anita Inagandla Powerless by Gabrielle Kambur The Battle with the Snow by David Acevedo The Funeral by Athenas Canal The Life I Had Been Through by Khanh Walkup The Media by Krutika Puntambekar The Puppy by Dillon Chang The Spot by Benjamin Michael Saubolle-Camacho The Van by William Cass The Witness by Kevin Hoang This Very Breath by Daniel Wallock We as People No Longer Have Control by Jennifer Gonzalez You’ve Been Sleeping by Anonymous Spring 2015 Contest Blog at WordPress.com. 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