Little Vee Goes Big

Little Vee Goes Big Still Frames

"Echo Park Avenue" in the Bus: Cosmic Ejaculations of the Daily Mind in Transit by Steve Abee

Summary:
The narrator in this story tells the reader his expirence throughout echo park. He has different types of perspectives towards the city. By living in that neighborhood he travels different parts of the city and gets to see what happens all around him.

"Running" by Juan Rodriguez: Dreams for a New Los Angeles written by students of Roosevelt High School

Juan is a runner, who enjoys running all around Los Angeles. His story is telling the readers about a dream he had while he took a run throughout his city. In each dream he takes a different path and reveals the obsticles he goes through each time. Each time he wonders off to a different dream he starts a new path. Most of his dreams are due to his memories that took place during his running expierence.

Red: "The Depth of Depp" edited by Amy Goldwasser

Summary:
In this short story the narrator expresses her love for Jonny Depp. He has been a big inspiration in her life and made her accomplish things she was heading for. The way she acts is upon Depp's different types of views. Her passion is bascially her life and will let her lead on through many different things.

Red: "Just Watch" edited by Amy Goldwasser

In "Just Watch" Saskia has a problem with tv. She realizes that tv now and days are pulling families apart. T.v. should only be seen when you are alone and have no company. Other then that you shouldnt be hooked on the television rather then spend time with your family. Her story explains what is happening between the seperation of families.

Red: "Appeal from an Angry Not So Emo" edited by Amy Goldwasser

Kali states the problems that schools have with discrimination. Judging people by its cover may not be a good way to discover the way they are. Just by dressing the way you dress or doing the stuff you do may not always put you in a category you may fall into. The way Kali and her friends dress makes them known as emo. When they wake up for another day at school all they can think of is being discriminated and not be in such a happy mood.

What Truthiness Taught Me About Being (Un)Cool by Sarah Schelde

Being true to yourself may make a big change in your life. Sarah Schelde becomes more aware of being an individual and stay true to herself. Knowing your not true to yourself may turn you into a different person. yet if you become true and stay true you life will be intersting and you will be a person you thought you would never be.

Wings For Wheels: The Making of Born to Run

This is Bruce's documentary on the making of "born to run". Its basically about the music he writes for a passion and the time he made to complete born to run and make it big. Throughout his lyrics Bruce is able to explain the lyrics to every song. Most of his songs are something meaningful that he wrote about.

"Pilot Episode", My So Called Life

Angela is a high school teen in which struggles to change her lifestyle. She tries to have a new style by going to parties, haristyle, and being with the wrong people. Her story is about highschool and peer pressure. Angela seems to show that she doesnt like her parents and likes doing the things that she thinks is right. Her story shows the way she lives her life and the lifestyle she lives in.

My LA

“The city of L.A.”
It was Saturday morning. I woke up with the light of the sun. I was getting ready to go to Downtown in Los Angeles. I left my house passing all kinds of restaurants. From McDonalds, Burger King, Panda, In-N-Out, Jack in the box, and Pescado Mojado. Going in the freeway was the worst. Cars here and there, some go slow and fast, there is even accidents that slow down the traffic. It took 1 hour to get there.
As soon as we got there I saw all the cardboard boxes, trash on the streets, bums standing on the corner begging for money, homeless eating, sleeping, and talking to their friends. The streets smelled like sewer, pigeons flying everywhere trying to find food, homeless trying to find anything to smoke. It just makes me sick sometimes looking at what goes on in the city. I walk through downtown looking at the colorful clothes they have, hats, shoes, accessories, people screaming and talking, footsteps everywhere. I smell cigarettes, sewer water, trash, and all the garbage on the streets. I walk into this store, the clothes were well organized, everything was clean, employees were nice, it was well taken care of. I walked out and began to discover everything that goes on.
Walking through different alleys made me wonder how people live here. It was dirty everywhere, it just made me feel dirty but clean at the same time. The food was okay, it was well served, well cooked, and well organized on the plate. We stopped to eat at a Mexican restaurant on the corner of 4th street. I was tired and decided it was time to go. I went back to the parking spot, looking at all the people, homeless here and there, drunk ones laying on the floor, bums asking for money, police passing out tickets, cars going everywhere, ice cream man selling ice cream, pigeons flying everywhere, it was a busy street.
Back on the freeway we went. It was another day in which I saw how people live in. As soon as I got to the valley I saw the difference, it was clean, not much trash, not many homeless, streets were clean, not a busy city. Each time I think about it, I rather stay and live in the valley. I’m used to the environment and the people.
I will live and die in the city of L.A.

My Story (Personal Narrative)

Vivian Sahonero, 18
Wrack-Up
It was a Friday night. A day where teens go and party, have fun, and even hang out with friends. It was six of us in an SUV on our way to a friend’s house. We stopped on a red light on Balboa and Plummer. “GO Danny!” I yelled. As soon as Daniel began to accelerate that’s where my mind went blank. That’s the last thing I remember. I woke up in the hospital attached to all these wires asking myself what had happened to me. I was trying to remember everything that happened but it wasn’t coming to my mind. I had one flashback.
“Do you know your name?” the paramedics asked.
“My name is Vivian Sahonero. S-A-H-O-N-E-R-O” I said while busting into tears.
“Vivian, do you know what happened” one of the paramedics asked.
“No sir I don’t remember anything! I don’t know what happened! What happened? Where is my friend Cynthia!” I yelled.
“You guys got into a car accident” he said with a calm voice.
As soon as I heard those words come out of the paramedic’s mouth I started to cry even more. I don’t remember them putting me on a stretcher. I remember laying down on it with blood all over me. “Danny, why did you do this to me? Why Danny?” I whispered with tears running down my face.
All he did was cry and said “ Your body was hanging outside the door. You weren’t even moving. I looked back because I thought to myself that you would be the first one to scream. I thought you died or you were going to die. All I did was give you a kiss on the forehead and told someone to call the paramedics.”
So I was in the hospital laying there trying to think about what happed but all I knew was that we crashed. It was a horrible experience. I lost a lot of blood, and the doctors thought that I might have lost memory. I got a cat scan to see if everything was okay. I left the hospital within 6 hours. If you looked at my face you wouldn’t be able to recognize me. Out of all six people I was the worst one sitting in the back. Three of us got hurt and were sent to the hospital.
I thought this was just a dream but in the end it actually happened. I couldn’t believe and just by thinking about it made me cry. I was in shock.
All I thank is that one little start, that guardian angel of mine that was watching over me and saved my life.