The Wonderful World of Lindsay
By: Lindsay Lancto
Contents A Letter of Introduction What’s in a Name Personal Alphabet Likes/ Dislikes Sensory Experiences Metaphorical Definitions Color my World Room Sweet Room Personal Metaphors Symbolic Recipe The Ultimate All-Purpose Excuse Unfinished Sentences Personal Symbol Map of Life Synectics Telling Tales As Time Goes Bye-Bye A Day in the Life One Medium Suitcase Remembering the Child Memorable Event How to “Stage Dive” Left Out and Lonely Rewarding Experiences Valuable Lessons Extraordinary Pet Are You Hungry Who am I Family Expectations
Prologue My name is Lindsay Marie Lancto. I’m 14 and I like sports and the color pink.
April 12, 2010 Dear Mrs. Fiozzo, You might not know me very well. Right now I hardly know myself. I do know that my name is Lindsay Marie Lancto. My favorite color is pink, it always has been. One of my two favorite sports is basketball; I have been playing basketball since 5th grade, that’s 5 years. This year I started track and field. I throw shot-put and discus. My favorite foods are chick parmesan, scallops, and spaghetti with my dad’s sauce. I don’t think my self-esteem is very good. I’m always putting myself down. I used to think I was fat, but I think track has helped me. My family has problems too. My dad’s drug problem keeps getting worse and worse. He doesn’t help my self esteem. Well that’s about it Sincerely, Lindsay Lancto
April 12, 2010 My name is Lindsay Marie Lancto. I’m not sure why my name is Lindsay, but my middle name is the same as my mothers. My dad wanted to name me “Charlie” after him. I like the name Charlie. My nicknames are Lin, or Linds. “Lindsay” doesn’t really have any nicknames. I think I like it more that way. I wish my name started with an “A”. A wish my name was more original also. Like “Annabelle” for example. I also have the same initials as Lindsay Morgan Lohan. Over all, I like my name.
April 12, 2010 Awesome Beautiful Conscientious Dreamy Excellent Faithful Gentile Happy Intelligent Jazzy Keen Loyal Marvelous New Obstinate Proud Quaint Risky Sincere True-Blue Understanding Voluble Wild eXcellent Yappy Zany
April 13, 2010 Likes
Dislikes
Basketball
the Color Brown
Track
Ignorance
Giraffes
Creepy Crawlers
Peanut Butter
Fast Food
Waffles
Mean People
Music
Fighting
Drawing
Hatred
Smiley Faces
Brussel Sprouts
My Family
Getting Let Down
Friends
Scary Movies
Shiny Things
Science
April 13, 2010 On a hot summer July afternoon, my sister Lauren, my mother’s friend, and I went on the skycoaster at The Great Escape. The hot air made everyone smell of sweat. The harness was itchy and smelled like sweat. I remember being at the top of the ride, I could see the whole parking lot, I think I could even see our car. I could hardly breathe because the harness was on so tight. My heart was practically pounding out of my chest. When we went down the drop, my scream was shattering. It sounded as if I was getting murdered. When I got back on the ground I couldn’t feel my legs.
April 15, 2010
1.) Love is a highly addictive drug. 2.) The sun is a kiss. 3.) A cloud is a marshmallow. 4.) Best friends are one soul living in two bodies. 5.) School is a knife piercing through a pillow. 6.) A sister is a best friend. 7.) Homework is a clock that will not tick. 8.) A kiss is a piece of pie. 9.) A cookie is a warm hug. 10.)
Ice cream is a person to tell your secrets to.
April 15, 2010 Colors are often associated with emotions. Sometimes seeing a color can make you think of a specific time, place, or feeling. For example, red can make a person think love, anger, or even a beautiful sunset. Blue could make a person think about being sad, but it could also make you think of the sky, ocean, or anything else that is calming. Green could make a person think of jealousy, or even sitting in a field. Purple is generally a calming color. It could make someone feel pretty. Yellow might make someone think of the sun shining on their face, or even just being happy.
April 15, 2010 My room does not really describe me at all. It is not colorful. It is white and boring. The closest thing in my room to my personality is my vanity. I really take care of my appearance. My bed is boring, my dresser is boring, and everything is boring. All I do in my room is sleep. I try to spend as little time as a can in my room.
April 15, 2010 Animal- puppy Car-punch buggy Article of clothing- sweatpants Day of the week- Saturday Food- chicken parmesan Color- hot pink
Movie- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Fragrance- Clinique Happy Type of building- skyscraper Plant- daisy Musical instrument- viola Geometric shape- rectangle Piece of furniture- recliner Song- everywhere by Michelle Branch Season of the year- summer Television character- Amy- Secret Life of the American Teenager Cartoon character- nemo Appliance- iPod Natural phenomena- tsunami Word- love
April 15, 2010 The animal I am is a puppy because I am loyal and good friend. I am always at my friend’s side, like a puppy. I stick with my friends through think and thin The musical instrument I am is a viola. A viola is a small cello. It is very underestimated. The viola can be very quiet and shy like me. The fragrance I am is Clinique Happy because it is clean and bright, and not overpowering at all. I’m not really out there, I am very reserved.
The piece of furniture I am is a recliner because I am very laid back and I am also very relaxed. The type of building I would be is a skyscraper because am very tall.skyscapers are every tall like me.
April 11, 2010
Ingredients: 1c. love ½c. sweetness ½c. humor
1tbsp. wise-ass ¼c sensitivity 1/3c. Intelligence I pinch flakiness ½c. honesty 1/3c. Loyalty Directions: Combine love, sweetness, and humor in a medium sized mixing bowl. Combine wise-ass, sensitivity, and intelligence into another bowl. Gradually add the love mixture to the wise-ass mixture. Then, when everything is mixed together, fold in honesty and loyalty. Once the mixture has c-hilled for several hours, sprinkle flakiness on top. Serve immediately.
April 16, 2010 To whom this may concern, I could not insert task here because yesterday at 3pm I was taken by a pack of wolves, which were trained by leprechauns to kidnap children. The wolves took me skydiving. It was very scary. My mother called me at 6 and yelled at me for being late for dinner. So I told her the truth, I am skydiving with wolves; she died of a heart attack. So the rest of the night, I was in the ER with my wolf pack.
April 16, 2010 I usually worry about how other people feel. I always get upset; I put myself in their shoes. I think of how I would feel if I were in their position. I feel angry when people don’t listen to me. Sometimes it is funny when I am right. A person telling I can’t do something really pisses me off too. I’m moody when I don’t get my way. I like things to be my way. I can deal when thing are not my way though.
I’m happiest when I am with my friends. I love my friends. I like hanging out with my friend Anna Starr for example. I feel confident when I lost weight. I feel like everyone notices, and I love it. I feel frustrated when people don’t take things that are important seriously. This year in track, some people are acting like it is not a real sport or team. I feel depressed when someone around me is crying. I want to cry when someone around me is crying. I am comfortable when I am with people I love, and it makes me even more comfortable when I know that they love me I feel nervous when I have to do something where people are watching I feel sentimental when I dive by the house I grew up
April 20, 2010 I think my personal symbol is a viola. it is not extremely loud or extremely quiet, like me, when I was in 7th grade there was a big fire at my house. I lost pretty much everything. My viola was the only thing important to me that I didn’t lose; I left it in school that day.
May 3, 2010 1) Which is wiser? A pen or a pencil. A pen is wiser because it is confident that it will not make mistakes 2) Which is sadder? Seek or find. Finding is sadder because you might not be ready for what you will find 3) Which is more fearful? New or old?
New is more fearful because you never know what’s coming 4) Which is more trustworthy? History or literature History is more trustworthy because there is a set story of how it’s supposed to go. 5) Which is like a legend? Mirror or glass Glass is like a legend because you might not have a clear view. 6) Which is more difficult? A dream or a nightmare A dream is more difficult because you might get your hopes up for a dream 7) Which is braver? An hour or a year A year is braver because it is longer 8) Which has more pride? An entrance or an exit An exit has more pride because it might be harder to leave than enter 9) Which is like a valentine? A truth or a lie A lie is like a valentine because it is more of a surprise 10)
Which costs more? A home or a house.
A house costs more because a home is wherever you are surrounded by people that love you, that’s priceless.
May 4, 2010 When my family tells stories, we all contribute to the story. For example, when I was camping with my family we sat in a circle around the fire and told a story. My uncle started it, he had the story be all dark and twisted, and my dad did the same thing. I totally put the story in reverse and talk about a princess with a pink pony. My sister switched it back to being dark. It went on and on for about an hour. We had a blast.
May 4, 2010
Before I am 35, I would like to: • Go bungee jumping • Play in a philharmonic • Go skydiving • Swim with dolphins • Feed a shark • Go cliff diving
May 4, 2010 One day, a girl named Lindsay woke up after 20 minutes of sleep. She went to the fridge to get some juice. She reached for a glass but there were no glasses clean. She went to the dish rack; she got a glass and started pouring juice. It turned out that she was pouring juice on her phone thinking it was a glass. Her phone was sticky for the next two weeks.
May 4, 2010 In one medium suitcase, I would pack clothes to keep myself warm. I would also pack my iPod because I like music. I would also pack a coloring book and some crayons to keep me occupied. I would also pack a lot of bottled water to keep me hydrated. Finally I would pack a picture of my family for memories
May 4, 2010 When I was 3 my favorite food was pepperoni. I was at my great-grandpa’s house on Christmas and there was a platter of pepperoni. I couldn’t see the top of the table, so I stood in my tippy toes and got a piece of pepperoni. Every time I came back down, my grandpa’s dog, Jules, would steal it right out of my hands.
After a while I started to get smart and get two pieces, one for me and one for Jules.
May 4, 2010 A memorable event is my family reunion in 2008. My whole family was there, even my cousins from Kansas, Dustin, Matt and Peter. We ate hamburgers and hot dogs, and then we played basketball. After basketball, the WHOLE family played waffle ball, it was the best game of waffle ball I’ve ever played.
May 4, 2010 How to “Stage Dive” Right when the crowd is getting pumped, put down you microphone or instrument and jump into the crowd. I recommend jumping in backwards so one
touches your face. (when you are in the crowd it is okay to kick people in the head, just not the people that are holding you at that time).To get off, point back to the stage to tell the crowd to bring you back .when you get back to the stage, make sure your feet are closer to the stage then your head. Then just hop off. Now you know how to stage dive.
May4, 2010 At the beginning of the year, I felt very left out and lonely felt lonely because every morning my friends and I used to hang out in the cafeteria. When one of the girls would come everyone would practically throw a party, when I
would come no one even said “hi” to me. My “friends” were treating me like crap for the entire 1st semester. I was thinking about finding some new friends. I told them numerous times how I felt, but they didn’t care. About a week after the last time I talked to them about it, I got in a fight with one of the girls. The fight made leaving them a lot easier.
May 4, 2010 Rewarding Experiences 1. Getting into suburban council orchestra.
2. Getting 1st chair in select orchestra 3. Presidential award 4. Getting into all county orchestra 5. Select choir 6. Select orchestra 7. My Personal record in Shot-Put 8. My family
May 4, 2010 • Don’t mess with people that can mess you up • Don’t poop where you eat • Believe in yourself • Just be yourself • Don’t mess with the Zohan • Don’t accept candy from strangers • Stop, drop, and roll • Electronics and maple syrup do not mix • Not every creepy middle aged man by the swings has a puppy • Never salt your soup before you taste it
May 4, 2010 My dog’s name is Trixie. I wish she would shut up sometimes. Something unusual that my dog does is tricks for food. For example, one time I had a piece of steak in my mouth, so I spit it at Trixie, she caught it and ate it.
May 4, 2010 My favorite meal is Lobster Ravioli. It is at Carabbas on route 7. All it is, is Lobster and cheese is a pasta shell. It is served with a garlic cream sauce.
May 4, 2010 1. Basketball player- I play basketball, it is my favorite sport 2. Sister- I have a sister, I am a sister 3. Student- I’m a student 4. Friend- I love my friends, I do not know where I would be in life without them. 5. Lover- I love everyone, family friends, animals
May 4, 2010 1.) Love 2.) Privacy 3.) Care 4.) Praise 5.) Strength 6.) Faith
Epilogue That’s me, deal with it. Thanks for reading.