2:40 AM Saturday

When story starts that late (well technically early I guess) it has to be interesting.
So my roommate and I had been up late and by the time 2 AM rolled around we both decided to call it a night. I was in that place somewhere in between sleep and awake when I heard an alarm from somewhere. I looked at my phone thinking it was my alarm I had just set for tomorrow morning and, seeing that it was not the source, realized it was the fire alarm from outside. Neither of us were totally aware of what was going on before a vicious pounding came from the other side of our door followed by our RA, Ashely, shouting:

"GET THE [expletive] UP! THIS ISN'T A DRILL!!!"

If you don't already know what goes in the brackets, ask your parents.

So I managed to find my pants, shoes, and phone in the dark as we were all orderly hurried out of the building. As we descended the stairs, the overwhelming aroma of burnt popcorn filled the stairwell. As the entire population of Warde Hall stood in the parking lot with only pajamas to hold off the cold Erie wind we all thought the same thing:

What idiot makes/burns microwave popcorn at almost THREE IN THE MORNING?!?!

Here are some images of the early morning's events:

Of course, the fire department eventually came to take care of the microwave and we all got to head back in some 20 minutes later. When i reached in my pocket to find my room key, I realized I had forgotten it on the way out. All I had in my pocket was the paper from my fortune cookie that I got with our Chinese take out earlier. It stated:

"You will make many changes before settling satisfactorily"

When I opened it at dinner it didn't make a lot of sense but by the time I got back in my room this morning it somewhat did. I had changed from sleepy, warm, and comfortable in my quiet room to the exciting, cold, uncomfortable and noisy parking lot before I could finally get to sleep that night. At the time the irony was too much for my tired mind but in retrospect it was pretty funny! At least I got a blog post out of it :P

Thanks for reading!
Brendan

Back from break!

Hey everybody! I'm back from fall break and posting from my friends room. I know i promised a  more exciting page after break but break can sometimes be even busier than when classes are still on! I'll get around to more pictures and such soon though. Break was still very productive. It was nice to be home and get some home cooked food for once in a while. I'm a pretty big sports fan so Saturday was a pretty fun day with college football, playoff baseball, and hockey all in one day! I'm a big fan of all the Pittsburgh sports teams so it was nice to see the Penguins beat up on those evil Flyers :P

I'm really glad to be back at Mercyhurst though. It's already become a home away from home to me and i have a fantastic group of friends to pass the time with. I doubt any of us will be going home in the coming weekends since fall break just ended and Thanksgiving is coming soon so we will likely have a lot of fun weekends coming up. I'll be sure to post all of the fun and shenanigans our brotherhood has here at the Hurst! :)

I have a midterm in Intel this week (which I'm not to worried about since i got 100% plus bonus points on the last test) and a few other things but it should be a good week.

Thanks for reading,
Brendan

What's Up!

Hello!
This is my first post on my new Mercyhurst blog! Sorry if the page looks a little dull. Midterms tomorrow at 8 in the morning don't leave one a lot of time for bells and whistles lol. But I do want to say why I'm here and why I chose Mercyhurst.

For me, Mercyhurst has to be the perfect location; it's not far from home but far enough for me to feel away from home, its not huge but it's accomidating, and it's in the city without being "in the city". Not only was it the best choice but, for me, it was just about the only choice because of the Intellegence Studies major that is almost unique to the Hurst. It's everything I expected in college and much much more!

Like I said, midterms are consuming my night a little bit, so I'll have to wrap this post up. But fall break is on he horizon so expect much more soon!

Thanks for reading,
Brendan