Sunday, I went to St. Ignace which is about three hours away, but only took us about two hours. I drove there with a few buddies of mine for some hockey games. However, I had saved all the homework that was due today until Sunday. We had games at 12:30 and 3:30 so I was gone all day with no wifi to do my homework and it sucked. When I finally got home around 9pm, I went strait to my bed. I layed in my bed for about 20 minutes resting my back cause it hurts pretty bad after long car rides, because I broke it a few years ago. So when it came time to do home work I had no motivation and just went to my girlfriends house and slept, then awoke to the best email in the world that class was cancelled. That email saved me big time because just wanted to sleep and I was thinking about not going before I saw the email. So I slept until about 1pm and then came to my tutor at 2pm.

Halloween

For my Halloween this year I went to the corn maze in Rock which is about an hour away from Marquette. I went there with my girlfriend and her friends, an I didn't have to drive which is great cause I get about 12 miles to the gallon. I've never been there before and it was pretty neat with the set up they had. They had 5 checkpoints with questions and if you answered them all, then if you got them all found/answered you got your name put in a drawing for gift cards an money. After that I we got dropped off at my girlfriends house in the middle of nowhere and I rode my dirt bike around cause I just finished up the motor rebuild.
When we got to my house I just wanted to lay down cause I was so tired from work the day before an passed out. I woke up around nine and thought about doing some homework but didn't get around to it and went back to sleep. That was my Halloween and it wasn't the most exciting.

Dear Christopher Decocker,


     Hello, my name is Brenden if you don't already know. In our class we are just starting finished to finish up are rough drafts. The topic of the papers in on what would the story or episodes look like from a secondary characters point of view. The TV show I chose was SpongeBob and the character was Pearl Mr. Krabs daughter. The reason I did this show was because as a little kid I loved the show and the only secondary character I could think of was Pearl. Another reason I chose this show is that I couldn't think of another show or movie that I could think of a secondary character. I was going to do Step Brother but I forgot who the secondary characters were and I was running out of time to type my paper.
    
     I'm a big procrastinator and always wait until the last minute to do my homework. That's what I did in high school and my habits followed me to college. However I'm trying to break that habit but it hasn't happened yet and it sucks. For example say a paper is due on Monday I normally don't start it until around 12 am on Sunday, and waking up for a Monday class at 9am when I go to bed around three or four am. So this is a little about me an how I have bad habits, then a little about what were doing in class

Sincerely,

Brenden

As I was sitting at my house today I figured that I had all the time in the world to do my homework. Will 11pm roles around I just started to read the first ten chapters of my book then I realize I forgot to do my blog shit. So I run to the store and get a can and now I'm starting to pump these things out. I had a plan after work to do them but an emergency came up and I was unable to do so and forgot about it all till now and it sucks ass. My book is pretty interesting actually I figured that it was just gonna be another one of thoughts books I have absolutely have no interest in at all but I actually do. Now I have ran out of shit to say cause nothing really fun happened this weekend besides working which really sucks if that was my highlight of my weekend.

damn weddings

This weekend I had family in from all around the U.S for a wedding. I had two of my moms cousins stay with us that were around her age and they were pretty fun. The wedding was at one or something like that on Saturday but I didn't make it to the wedding so I ended up just going to the reception. I've only been to a wedding once before when I was little so i figured it might be fun. I happened to be completely wrong it was horrible except for meeting all the family I never knew I had. It probably would of been fun if I would of been able to drink but they ID me when I went up to the bar a tried. It got to the point were I tried everything in the book even had my sister go up with me and say I was her older brother but they weren't buyin it. So I had to be the DD for my dad and sister and I just sat there in misery with a bunch of drunk people around me havin fun and I sat there with my coffee all night to stay awake.

This weekend I have a wedding to attend to that I really don't want to go to. It's my second cousins that Ive never really meet except for like once every few years and he lives in Marquette. So I'm trying to talk my mom out of having me go and I might not have to go. So instead of going to a wedding I'm going to go to work and have more fun than I would at a wedding. However though I have no idea what I'll be doing at work but I'm sure it way more fun than a wedding.
After working I planned on going up to a buddies camp with him and a kid he meet in his program that he said is funny as all hell.

Friday I had to get up at 6:30 am and head to work, but first I had to go home and get changed for work. When I got there I was told to go load up a truck and head to Ishpeming. Once we finally got there and it was around 9am from all the loading we had to do it smelt like straight pot where we  were. It smelt like that all day an we saw a few people that look a little messed up after they walked out of a house that looked abandoned. So we started to cut away at asphalt and break it up an take it away. Then out of know where a guy was standing there telling us we were shitty people for taking down a building an he could hardly stand and his eyes were really messed up. We just tried to keep working and not even look at the guy an we did so he said he ended up leaving an it got peaceful again. But the part that really sucked about that day was taking out all the old asphalt and trying to break it up with a pick axe and shovels then load it into the loader and dump it into the bed of the truck and we didn't finish up there until around 4:00pm I think it was. Then after that we headed over by pomps to put some sod in an that was a hassle. I think we finished that up around 6:00pm or so an finally we went back to the shop and one of the workers was playing a guitar so I figured that counted as my music in society homework and just did it there.

thursday

Thursday after class I went home an took a nap an figured I would be able to have a nice night but no I got a call from work saying I had to come in early. But that night I had already made plans with some friends to go to his house for the night. I headed out there an realizing I had to work early I did some homework and didn't drink but my friends were. They got this great idea to go to the cheen and me drive them an so I said sure figuring they would only be there for an hour or two. But no we stayed there until like 2 in the morning and saw trey there. One of my friends lost close to 300 and the other lost 150. We started off on the slots an I won 100 dollars so I was done playing my other friends lost 80 or so then they sat around until a spot opened on the tables. A table opened up put the people that were playing there didn't really understand how to play and were just losing money but didn't care so they waited and a full table opened up an they went to it. When this happened it was like one in the morning so I just went out to the truck an slept until they came out an knocked on the window to wake me up and drive them home

Mexico

The last time I think I got pretty heated about something was when I was in Mexico on spring break. When I was in Mexico during my senior trip I almost got throwin into our resorts jail. It all started at 10am when we woke up. We all felt like shit from the night before an a little crabby and we meet In the lobby for breakfast and we were all just pissed off about something stupid. Then we headed to our favorite place called the snack bar where David, Alberto and Jose worked as the waiters,they got to know us pretty well over the trip. The main reason we would go to them is because they didn't care that some of our friends were underage and would feed it to them. After there we would head to the pool bar where one of my friends got kicked out for throwing his empty glass an hitting someone in the head. So we all had to leave that pool for a little bit an head to our rooms to take a lil nap. After our nap we went back to see David for a few hours. Once the jag opened(a night club) we went there until close then to a sports bar with all our parents. The whole crew was at a sports bar and we were taking shots with parents and havin fun until security came into play. It was just my luck that when I went up for more security came over an we got into it with me an I got pretty heated. So they got more security an surrounded me an the head guy tried talking to me but I couldn't understand him so he got pissed. Then my mom came in an he told her to bring me to bed an I said a few choice words but then she got mad and it turned into a shit storm. But I did end up going to bed to please mom and not going into my resorts jail.

So last night we ended up not sleeping at all an went right to work at 4:30am.We called a buddy of ours to come drive us around as we could not an he did. We went around an put all the street signs out in the road for the marathon and realized more signs were missing as we started to put them in the road. The truck we were was only a single cab so we just sat in the bed of the truck with the tailgate down an had a few night beverages with our radio cranked. When we drove by the cruise in coffee on third this pretty good lookin girl started to talk to us we didn't really hear what she was sayin but we think she said I will give you some free coffee. We weren't really sure an didn't wanna ask so we just never went. Once we finished up with that I headed back home to type this thing an the others headed to there house where im headed once if finish this crap up. All I can think about is sleep at this moment but that's for the week days an ya stay up all the time on weekends atleast that's what I think an do. Then finally thank god we got Monday off of school for labor day, but the only thing that sucks about Tuesday is that test in music in society.

Friday nights

Friday afternoon I told brock that I would help him out with setting up for the Marquette Marathon at 8am. So that morning I found out that it was only Brock, his brother, brothers friend and me to setup all the road blocks. We figured we would be done around 3 or so, but no we didn't finish until 7:30 pm. When we finally finished it was a relieving feeling that we had set it all up. Then after all this I went to his house an we started bullshitting about random stuff. After a few hours of this a kid he lives with thought we should go to the night business an get something to drink. We thought about an asked what if we get id or something like that but we said screw it an went anyways. Surprisingly we got in and my friend started to dance with girls an tried to wheel a few but couldn't. He said the only reason was is because he couldn't talk after awhile in there. So all night we went from place to place an meet some new kids that are athletes at NMU. One of the kids thought it was funny to hide one of the road signs that we put out that night an he hide it real well, because it took us a few hours to find the damn thing an he had left the group we were with. Once we found it we figured it was time to go to bed an we tried.

shitty class

     When I was sitting in music in society I sat and thought about all the other things I could be doing that would be more enjoyable. I thought of cleaning toilets, listening to my girlfriend complain when she's in a bad mood, and being stung by wasps. I really hate that class. I don't think what I will learn in that class will help me in any way in the future. I don't think the class should be required for what I am going to school for. I care about construction and building things, not Beethoven and his works. His music is important to some people, but it bores me and puts me to sleep. I would rather lay on a bed of pins and needles than go to that class. Its right at lunchtime too. I'm always on the verge of starvation in the class. In high school I would eat in just about every class and still be hungry when it was time for lunch.
My favorite foods are burgers, onion rings, steak, lasagna, philly cheesesteak sandwiches, beer, doritos, and pizza.
I get really distracted when I write these blog things. I'd rather be playing a game on my phone or grand theft auto on my xbox.
I'm sitting in my living room and I'm bored as all hell. I don't have inspiration to write, like usual. I kind of wish I didn't live at home so I could meet more people, but it doesn't really matter. I hate music in society. I just can't stand that class, it is torture. I would rather be in underwater basket weaving, even though I have no interest in that either. At least I could have the possibility to be productive in underwater basket weaving, music and the effects of it on society is basically a different language to me.

As I was sitting here typing this stuff up I was thinking about why is it so hard for me to stay on task with school work. I came to the realization that this stuff sucks an I would rather be outside working on my truck or my dirt bike. But then I came to the realization that by doing all this stuff I will be making more money in the future an able to work on my stuff whenever I want an not have to do school work anymore. In the future I want to be a manager in the construction field so I can make lots of money an I love doing construction work. If I peruse this career I will make as much money as I hope too. I would like to buy a big ass lifted diesel truck and a jeep wrangler. For the truck I want a brand new duramax 2500 with a 7" lift and 35" tires and 1.5" wheel spacers. Then for the jeep I want jeep wrangler Rubicon with a 6" lift an 35" tires with a LED light bar across the top. Then a custom smitty built front bumper with a built in winch compartment an little light bars on the bumper.

first week done

     Friday night we started off by climbing telephone poles with one of my buddies gear that he got from the lineman program. The one buddy of mine that brought the gear had show us up by sliding down the pole real quick then sticking in at the end. Then after all that fun stuff we took a ride in the kids house we were at jeep that he just got to run. It's a 1970's jeep wrangler with a 4" lift an 33" tires. We took it around the block then into the woods an the brakes went out which made the ride all the more fun. Our ways of stopping was by downshifting and coasting.
     When we headed to the casino I lost my wallet and we had to turn around an look for my wallet for about 30 minutes. Then once we found it there was no cash in it what so ever, so we had to stop at an atm an my friend was not to happy cause he was driving. Once we got there we headed right for the slots cause he one 2,400$ the night before. We lost 60 right off the bat then headed to the tables and played blackjack. Two of us lost 160 when the other guy won 300. Then we figured it was time to get outa there we went to another buddy of ours house on the 550 and crashed there for the night.

College

My name is Brenden Shanahan I am originally from Marquette Mi. I attend Northern Michigan University an went to Marquette Senior High School. The main reason I am going to NMU is because it was close to my house an I love this area. The reason I chose construction management was because of the pay average after college an I like to build structures. The past couple summers I've been working construction an that also help me make my choice to major in that. When I was in high school I played hockey as my main sport. Then as a mess around sport me an a couple of my friends an I would play intermural basketball an we lived by the three's but would never make them, since all of us played hockey we called ourselves goon squad. I only played one year of it though because of injuries like concussions, broken back and shattered collar bone. The other things I like to do are bow hunt, rifle hunt, go fishing, disc golf and dirt biking. Some other things like to do is drive through the woods an go mudding and drinking beer.