Wheels
Jim Daniels
My brother keptin a frame on the wallpictures of every motorcycle, car, truck:in his rusted out Impala convertiblewearing his cap and gownwavingin his yellow Barracudawith a girl leaning into himwavingon his Honda 350wavingon his Honda 750 with the boysholding a beerwavingin his first rigwearing a baseball hat backwardswavingin his Mercury Montegogetting marriedwavingin his black LTDtrying to sell real estatewavingback to driving trucksa shiny new rigwavingon his Harley Sportsterwith his wife on the backwavinghis son in a car seatwith his own steering wheelmy brother leaning over himin an old Ford pickupand they arewavingholding a wrench a raga hose a shammywaving.
My brother helmetlessrides off on his Harleywavingmy brother's feetrarely touch the ground-waving wavingface pressed to the windno camera to save him.

http://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/021.html

I picked this poem because i figured it was about cars and motorcycles. What i find interesting is taht after reading it a half a dozen times i still dont understand it. The title "wheels" is pretty vague and also self explanitory. It fits the work real well. The author uses imagry a lot in the poem, describing his brother. The author does create a feeling in the poem, I see it as this guy he is talking about is growing up, yet he is tying it back to cars everytime. It is very hard to tell the tone of this piece, if I were to pick just one tone it would be sad because this guy is being remembered, and at the end the author says nothing to save him, meaning something must have happened.

Tuesday

Three potential titles
- The Main Man
- Why I do What I do
- Three Sport Lifestyle

this weekend i did something that most kids do not get the opportunity to do. on saturday i drove out to a family friends cabin on the st. croix river just north of stillwater. i went there to harvest honey. when i got there i was stopped by a 90 year old man named arnie. after being interigated for what felt like hours he finally said i could throw on his bee suit and go do work. arnie asked me quesitons about where i lived, where i went to school, he made me list every class i have ever taken. i didnt until near the end of this conversation that he was on the school board for edina back in the day and used to live just blocks from me. this guy also started childrens hospitol so i guess that it was a privilage that i got to speak with this man. having a bee suit on and being swarmed by bees was a really cool experience. once we took apart the hives we drove it quickly back to the house via a golf cart and made honey, which is a long tedious process. hanging out with arnie this weekend on top of harvesting honey made my weekend interesting and arnie in a way gave me a different perspective on life.

Sick

I am in school, and I am sick. It is quite frustrating. Why is the scary media center woman looking at me? Man I am pissed. I woke up this morning not being able to breathe out of my nose, a sore throat doesnt help either. I went home during open lunch to get some Tylenol, which has yet to make my situation any better. I have to present information in Enriched Sociology next hour, stuffy nose and all. My head hurts and I just want to go home. I have a volley ball game tonight ( I am the manager), we have yet to win a game but I am confident that if I dress up tonight; long pants, long sleeved shirt, and a tie, that we will be victorious. I am allergic to nasal spray. However, if I were not allergic, i would be way better off. I wanna go home.

Influential Person Paragraph Two

Wheter it be success at work, church, or family, I look up to my dad for guidance, direction, and see him as a leader in all aspects of life. Watching him in his work environment has really helped me learn how to deeal with situations of my own. He is an advisor adn many people look up to him and take what he says seriously. His enthusiasm and passion for his family and work shows as he puts in every bit of energy and effort he has to offer qand more. Another reason my dad is influential is he has a perfect balance between his funny side, and his professional side. His rap ring tones at work make people crack up, yet when I see him communicate with co workers, they listen to him very intently, as if he is the commanding officer. I can come to him for advice whether he is in a meetiing or skiing out west.

Discover

There are plenty of things that I could write about regularly. However they may get boring after awhile.

Audi, Apostle Islands, Biking, Canoe Trip, Exercise, Dad, Football, Garage, Jaguar XF, Montana, Kim Johnson, Racing (cars bikes), Triathlon , Whitefish, MT

I decided to make a "man room", a space above my 3 car garage. I started the project about two weeks ago. Last week I insulated the whole garage and almost finished panneling and staining. Yesterday I went to Sherer Bros. Lumber yard to pick up the ceiling pieces. Today I hope to go home and finish up panneling the lower half of the garage and maybe put up a piece of ceiling or two. This weekend Schnettler and I are going to build the bar and put up the drywall. Hopefully we can get it carpeted and finished up by next weekend.