Corey

Home for the summer

2007-05-16T04:47:34Z

Man I'm really bad at this whole updating my livejournal thing. So much has changed since December when I last wrote something. Where to begin... well first there is Kristy my girlfriend, I joined a fraternity Phi Kappa Tau which I should have done along time ago, and finally I get to go racing this summer which makes me super excited. Other than that not much has changed besides not being in Mount Pleasant which is killing me. I know Monroe isn't that bad of town but now days it isn't home like Mount Pleasant is. I really miss that town right now and August needs to hurry up and get here.

Where has the time gone?

2006-12-24T21:15:50Z

So it's been awhile since I last wrote a post actually 3 months to be exact. Not much has changed since last time I posted. I'm 21 though which has mae for some fun times recently. Other then that it's the same ol' same ol'. Oh some good news. It looks like i'll be racing next year!! A friend of the family is looking into sponsoring me just because he wants to see me back out there racing. How cool is that? Well to whom ever reads this Merry Christmas!

Another sleepless night

2006-09-21T06:27:07Z

Well I have an eight am class tomorrow morning but guess what? I can't sleep. Yippee! So it's been over a month since my last post and there is so little to actually fill you in on. The RA life is good for those of you who were wondering if any. It's been a weird change I won't lie but a good change I hope. I've learned a lot about myself the last few weeks which is always good. Enough about that though. Now to the real reason I can't sleep. Last Friday was a very interesting day to say the least. My roommate from last year Ryan came up to visit from Indiana and it was really good to see him. However I hate to say it that was not the best part of the weekend. Sorry Ryan. However something that happened while hanging out with Ryan at least added some excitement to my weekend. We went bowling and somehow I that right I Corey Petee got a girls phone number. I know yes it must have been a cold day in hell but hey. So I called this person and I feel like I embarrassed myself like a middle school boy trying to call a girl for the first time. It was bad. Oh well we'll see what happens but for now I think my happy ass is going to try and get some sleep.

Back at CMU

2006-08-13T06:04:31Z

I've been back here at CMU since last week and i'm glad to be back. As of right now things are going good training isn't too hard yet and it's been good catching up with everyone but it has been strange with how quite the hall is with only 5 of us here. I realize it's been awhile since I last posted but thats because i'm a boring person and there really isn't much to talk about. Tonight however I was able to hangout with some people that I haven't seen since june. Danny, Sara, and I watched the RHPS (Rocky Horror Picture Show) and had fun. It was also fun going out to the cabin and seeing Jason who was my roommate my freshmen year and hanging out with Keith my floor partner and Neil who is Merrill's MA for this upcoming year. I also got to see Joe and Bj who I haven't seen since Dave and Tracy's wedding. Ahh good times good times. Well thats enough rambling.

Where has the summer gone?

2006-07-19T17:22:45Z

I'm sitting here looking at the clock before I have to go to work and it hits me I have three weeks till I go back to school and I can't wait. It will be a new experience being an RA but it will be a fun one I think. My floor partner and I are both going to be first year RA's so it will be interesting to say the least. It also hit me sitting here that this most likely will be the last year of me working at Milan Dragway which is kinda sad because I have worked there for four years now and now i'm down to the last two weeks of me working there. Oh well it's time for a change I guess. So my summer has been pretty boring if you think about it pretty much all i've done is work which is fine by me. Hopefully here in the next few weeks i'll be going to S.C. to see a friend that I haven't seen since she violated the hoopty lol. Well thats all I have for right now take care everyone and for those who attend CMU I can't wait to see everyone.

where did the year go?

2006-04-27T06:06:07Z

Today was the last day of classes in my sophomore year of college. Wow it's hard to believe that i'm pretty much half way done with my college experiece and I wouldn't change a thing. However in the next few weeks it's going to get a little emotional around here. My roommate Ryan is graduating after spending seven years here in Merrill Hall he has done so much for me this year and I can never repay him. One of my closest frineds and the man i've come to call Dad up here is leaving as well. I don't know how he did it but Drew put up with me for two years now with me pretty much living in his room second semester last year. I also can never repay him for all he's done for me whether it be me talking to him for hours on end on how stressed I was to me just bitching about different things. It's going to be a weird change next year not having either of these two gentlemen around. All I can hope is that while i'm an RA in Merrill I can help out someone as much as they have helped me out. I know that sounds cheesy but hey it's coming from Petee what did you expect. So besides that i've come to terms that this year living at home is going to be a little strange. For the first time in 4 years Holly and I are both going to be living at home. It's going to be great to hang out with my sister all summer long but it's just going to be weird you know? Wow i've writen a novel tonight. One more thing then i'll call it a night. Tonight I ran my last desk meeting as the asst desk manager it's kinda sad because there is no better community then the one of the Merrill Deskies. It turns into a family, yes we have had our disagreements and our triumphs and all I have to say is guys I wish you all the best for those leaving and those staying on staff. I just hope I didn't do to bad of a job for you guys.

All I do is work

2006-04-18T02:32:42Z

I have come to a conclusion that for those of you that know me knows true, I work too damn much. I realized last week alone along with classes and everything else I put in 37 hrs at work. Thats alot if you think about most shifts are two or three hours. So I definately feel that onces schools over for the semester i'm going to take a week to myself and do somethings that I want to do. Do a little roadtrip and who knows what else but it should be nice and relaxing before I go back into work mode and work alot of the summer at Milan Dragway.

I'm already back at work

2006-04-15T21:20:41Z

So after a nice 9 hours of sleep i'm back working the desk. Yippeeee! So as one of my friends informed me I did not say anything about my intresting night I had before working my 7-10 shift. Let's just say that the hoopty's seen better days. I don't feel like embarassing the person that it happened too cause I think i've picked on her enough about it. So this will be the first Easter ever sprnt away from my family and it's a little weird i'm not gonna lie. Oh well all great streaks must come to an end right? Well thats about all I got for right now. Happy Easter everyone.

Something I found on my roommates LJ

2006-04-15T08:32:08Z

So I guess my roommate Ryan did this back in oh November but I didn't see it till today so since he wanted to see my responses to this quiz here we go.

10 years ago I was: Ten years old and enjoying elementary school.

5 years ago I was: I was a Freshman in Highschool at Monroe High School

1 year ago I was: a Freshman at CMU living with Jon Moran here in Merrill Hall

Yesterday I: Were to begin well At 1:30 am I went to help some friends, I slept an hr then worked a 7-10am shift at the Merrill hall front Desk. After that I went and got change and went to class. Next I had a job interview then i worked 2-5pm then slept 3 hrs then came back to work at 8:30pm and i'm still here.

5 snacks I enjoy:
- ice cream
- those peanut butter cookies with the hershey kiss in the middle
- Beef Jerkey
- Homemade brownies
- Rice Krispie Treats

5 songs I know all the words to:

1. "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
2. "Brian Wilson" by Barenaked Ladies
3. "Old time rock and roll" by Bob Segar
4. "Piano Man" by Billy Joel
5. "Call and Answer" by Barenaked Ladies

5 things I would do with 100 million dollars:
1. Buy a Topfuel Dragster racing team
2. Pay off my student loans
3. Buy a house
4. Travel the world
5. Donate to different charities

5 favorite TV shows:
1. LOST
2. PTI
3. Family Guy
4. Jepordy
5. SportsCenter

5 bad habits:
- scratching my nose making that crackling sound
- Being too harsh on myself
- Procrastination
- Being too much of a push over
- Not hanging out with my friends enough

5 biggest joys:
- Friends
- Racing
- Movies
- Family
- College

Two Names You Go By
1. Corey
2. Petee

Two Parts of Your Heritage
1. Irish
2. Slovakian

Two Things That Scare You
1. Failure
2. Death

Two of Your Everyday Essentials
1. Shower
2. Food

Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now
1. Jeans
2. Haunted Forest Shirt

Two of Your Favorite Bands or Musical Artists (at the moment)
1. Barenaked Ladies
2. Howie Day

Two Things You Want in a Relationship (other than Real Love)
1. Honesty
2. Sense of humor

Two Truths
1. I'm a workaholic
2. I can't wait to be an RA next year

Two Physical Things that Appeal to You
1. Eyes
2. Smile

Two of Your Favorite Hobbies
1. Dragracing
2. Watching Movies

Two Things You Want Really Badly
1. To know what i'm going to do after college
2. that special someone

Two Places You Want to go on Vacation
1. France
2. Ireland

Two Things You Want to Do Before You Die
1. Find that special someone
2. Travel the world

Two Ways that you are stereotypically a Chick/Guy
1. I love sports
2. I'm a car guy

Two Things You Normally Wouldn't Admit
1. I'm not that electronically inclined
2.

Two Things You Are Thinking About Now
1. Sleep how much longer till I can sleep
2. I wonder what she thinks about me

Two Stores You Shop At
1. Wal Mart
2. Mejier

Two people I would like to see take this quiz
1. Brock Sieb
2. Brandon Wulf

Two people I haven't talked to in a while
1. Megan L.
2. My parents

Here comes the curveball

2006-03-30T08:14:50Z

So on this great mid to 4am shift this morning I have found out a lot. First off it is offically time for softball between the Merrill Men played for the first time yesterday and man did it feel great to be back on the feild. However that is not the curveball I am talking about. A certian someone brought somethings to my attention on this shift which caught me by surprise I not gonna lie. It was truly that curveball that came from left field. Now i'm not saying i'm complaing actually I was quit flattered.Wow is all I really have to say. Well it's nearing the end of my shift and theres so many things running through my head.

twice in one week wow

2006-03-25T07:20:24Z

Well I'm working the wonderful Merrill Hall Front Desk and i'm bored. Is it bad that it takes me being bored to update this thing? I really don't have anything to write about I figured this would kill about five mintues of my shift. Thats about all I got.

it's been awhile

2006-03-22T06:22:12Z

Well it's been awhile since my last post so there is so much to say. First off I realize from my last post I was discussing RA interview process and such. Well I got a job!!! I am going to be an RA in Merrill Hall for next year so it looks like my whole college experience will be spent in one residence hall. You would not believe how many people have yelled at me for not telling me that I got a RA position. It's to believe that it's already almost the end of the year. If you think about it after this week there is only 5 more weeks of classes. With the end of the year comes an end of an era here at CMU Ryan Phillips will officially graduate and his seven year stay in Merrill will be complete. It's been great living with him this year i've learned so much from him which will help me while i'm an RA. One thing I have officially realized is that I SUCK at physics! I think it's safe to say I will be getting my worse grade in college this semester. I don't think i'm going to fail the class but it's going to be close. DAMN BATMAN. Another thing to bring up while i'm rambling is that i'm single again. Yeah go me. :( Well that's enough for my once a month posting.

Another day

2006-02-12T12:38:15Z

So this morning i'm working a 7-10am shift on two hrs of sleep why you might ask? Well I couldn't sleep last night due to things running through my head. First this week starts RA interviews and my first one is with Merrill/Thorpe here in the south quad. I have two other interviews later in the week then it's a waiting game to see who picked me up if anyone. Then there is this whole little holiday called Valentines Day which I can't wait to spend with Allie. I just hope she likes what I have planed. Only time will tell though with both of these. Oh and most important it's my mothers birthday today! Mary's getting up there in age even though you prolly couldn't guess her age from looking at her. Oh well that enough rambling for one post.

it's been awhile

2006-01-18T04:32:33Z

so I haven't updated this in awhile and I figured I should. So two days after my last post I finally asked Allie out so it's been a little over a month offically. Being back at school is great i've realized how great of friends I have up here and how much fun we have. So there is another thing thats new I turned in my RA app last monday and the process begins in one week to see which halls would like to interview me for a postition wish me luck. Well I should get some sleep before BATMAN'S class in the morning.

That time of year.

2005-12-12T05:51:18Z

So it's that time of year finals begin tomorrow, the late night cramming, stressing, and ofcourse the feeling of bombing a test have already started to set in. Is that bad? Wow I just realized how long it's been since I updated my LJ. Things really haven't changed much since my last post excpet i've hit that part of the year where I being to lonely which normaly last till just past valentines day.(the worst day of the year). Oh well it happens. Is it bad that I really don't want to go home for break? I mean yes I miss my family and such but still it's monroe. Atleast while i'm at home I'll beable to work on my RA application so who knows I might get to add another title to my college career. From Merrill Hall Council VP to Asst. Desk Manager then maybe RA, who knows.

Fun Time

2005-10-31T05:34:11Z

So this weekend was great I got to spend time with my family and my friends here. Friday night I went with a large group of friends to the Rocky Horror Picture Show @ the Broadway Theater. It was so much fun because Dave, Dave, and I were some of the only people who knew lines to say. We nailed a few of them and made the whole place laugh. Saturday was great because my family came up. It was the first time since I moved in freshman year my parents came up and the first time this year for my sister Holly. We went to the football game where the Chippewas beat those damn Rockets for the first time since 98 and took control of the mac west. Then later that night we went out to eat and to the casino. You know i didn't feel bad losing my parents money. I also went back to see RHPS again that night with Drew, Missy, Rach, Erica, Jess, Eric, and others. The sad parts is I lost my voice oh well it happens.

Going home.

2005-10-19T18:36:52Z

So this weekend i'm going home on friday night to see the family and friends. Then on saturday can you say DETROIT BASKETBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's only the preseason I know but still they're playing the Heat. Oh and some good news from this week I am the new Merrill Hall Assistant Desk Manager. I must have done something right in the interview. Well I should get back to work.

Homecoming week and weekend

2005-10-16T06:18:30Z

So at the start of this week I was streesed out due to my desk manager interview and other things. It was great to have alot of time to myself this weekend to sit back and relaxe. CMU won it's first homecoming game since 1998 and U of M won by a td pass as time expired. It was a great day of college football. Theres only one thing that could have and would have made this weekend better and that would have been to see and hang out with Allie. I'm looking forward to this weekend coming up can anyone say Piston's vs Heat. Then the weekend after that it's UT vs CMU so hopefully the family will be coming up I know my sister Holly is just so she can root for the rockets. I already lost to one sisters school it won't be good if I lose to both.

And so it continues

2005-09-25T03:56:38Z

I was so happy friday night Allie and I got to hang out for more than twenty minutes. Our alone time got interrupted by her roommates needing a ride home you can guess why. It was great seeing her.
Today we showed our room to tour groups for CMU and You day. Our room kicks ass there is no other way to describe it. It's got that cabin feeling to it. Well it's time for me do one of my favorite things SLEEP.

BLAH!!!!

2005-09-21T03:42:11Z

So i'm starting to hit the point of being lonely yet again this year. This sucks I know I shouldn't feel lonely because of all the great friends I have but theres just something missing you know what I mean? Then tallking to Andrea it hit me even more. Oh well it happens.

Here's something I found

2005-09-13T02:10:55Z

This is something I found.

Ode to the Nice Guys
This rant was written for the Wharton Undergraduate Journal

This is a tribute to the nice guys. The nice guys that finish last, that never become more than friends, that endure hours of whining and bitching about what assholes guys are, while disproving the very point. This is dedicated to those guys who always provide a shoulder to lean on but restrain themselves to tentative hugs, those guys who hold open doors and give reassuring pats on the back and sit patiently outside the changing room at department stores. This is in honor of the guys that obligingly reiterate how cute/beautiful/smart/funny/sexy their female friends are at the appropriate moment, because they know most girls need that litany of support. This is in honor of the guys with open minds, with laid-back attitudes, with honest concern. This is in honor of the guys who respect a girl’s every facet, from her privacy to her theology to her clothing style.

This is for the guys who escort their drunk, bewildered female friends back from parties and never take advantage once they’re at her door, for the guys who accompany girls to bars as buffers against the rest of the creepy male population, for the guys who know a girl is fishing for compliments but give them out anyway, for the guys who always play by the rules in a game where the rules favor cheaters, for the guys who are accredited as boyfriend material but somehow don’t end up being boyfriends, for all the nice guys who are overlooked, underestimated, and unappreciated, for all the nice guys who are manipulated, misled, and unjustly abandoned, this is for you.

This is for that time she left 40 urgent messages on your cell phone, and when you called her back, she spent three hours painstakingly dissecting two sentences her boyfriend said to her over dinner. And even though you thought her boyfriend was a chump and a jerk, you assured her that it was all ok and she shouldn’t worry about it. This is for that time she interrupted the best killing spree you’d ever orchestrated in GTA3 to rant about a rumor that romantically linked her and the guy she thinks is the most repulsive person in the world. And even though you thought it was immature and you had nothing against the guy, you paused the game for two hours and helped her concoct a counter-rumor to spread around the floor. This is also for that time she didn’t have a date, so after numerous vows that there was nothing “serious” between the two of you, she dragged you to a party where you knew nobody, the beer was awful, and she flirted shamelessly with you, justifying each fit of reckless teasing by announcing to everyone: “oh, but we’re just friends!” And even though you were invited purely as a symbolic warm body for her ego, you went anyways. Because you’re nice like that.

The nice guys don’t often get credit where credit is due. And perhaps more disturbing, the nice guys don’t seem to get laid as often as they should. And I wish I could logically explain this trend, but I can’t. From what I have observed on campus and what I have learned from talking to friends at other schools and in the workplace, the only conclusion I can form is that many girls are just illogical, manipulative bitches. Many of them claim they just want to date a nice guy, but when presented with such a specimen, they say irrational, confusing things such as “oh, he’s too nice to date” or “he would be a good boyfriend but he’s not for me” or “he already puts up with so much from me, I couldn’t possibly ask him out!” or the most frustrating of all: “no, it would ruin our friendship.” Yet, they continue to lament the lack of datable men in the world, and they expect their too-nice-to-date male friends to sympathize and apologize for the men that are jerks. Sorry, guys, girls like that are beyond my ability to fathom. I can’t figure out why the connection breaks down between what they say (I want a nice guy!) and what they do (I’m going to sleep with this complete ass now!). But one thing I can do, is say that the nice-guy-finishes-last phenomenon doesn’t last forever. There are definitely many girls who grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted. The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single.

So, until those girls are found, I propose a toast to all the nice guys. You know who you are, and I know you’re sick of hearing yourself described as ubiquitously nice. But the truth of the matter is, the world needs your patience in the department store, your holding open of doors, your party escorting services, your propensity to be a sucker for a pretty smile. For all the crazy, inane, absurd things you tolerate, for all the situations where you are the faceless, nameless hero, my accolades, my acknowledgement, and my gratitude go out to you. You do have credibility in this society, and your well deserved vindication is coming.

Fu-zu Jen, SEAS/WH, 2003

Peaceful weekend

2005-09-04T19:34:58Z

Well this weekend I stayed up here at CMU and i'm glade I did. Friday night was a blast even though we lost the football game spending time with Drew, Missy, Steve, Jon, and all the rest was a great time. Jon, Swanda and I started doing the row when the C H I PP E WAS chanted started and we pretty good at it then Missy and Drew joined in. It was great seeing everyone before the game tailgating too. This weekend I was here all alone because Brock and Ryan left town. Joey ICE and I hung out saturday night and watched the movie 61. Today i've been lazy doing some laundry and just relaxing I realize that most weekends aren't going to be like this so i'm soaking it up.

To race or not to race

2005-08-31T23:44:49Z

Well i'm loving being back at CMU it's been great to see everyone. This weekend is the last points race for the series I race in but have you seen gas prices lately. yeah thats a downer. So I have a tough decision to go home and race or let my fourth place in points slip away??? hmmm what to do. I realize prices hopefully will start to drop in a few weeks but the fact is that it will cost me $100 to get home and back to CMU atleast then $100 to race if not more. fun times.

It's been awhile

2005-08-15T21:23:59Z

Well my last post came when i was home for all of a week but now summer is over and it's time to head back to CMU. I can't wait to get back up there and see everyone. The one downer is that i have to come back from school on the 20th to go racing so i'll be there two days then leave for two. Oh well i can't let third place in points pass me by.

Monroe

2005-05-11T01:38:03Z

Well i'm back in good ol' monroe which sucks. It's only been a few days home and i'm bored as hell. So for those of you that read this call me sometime and let's do something. This sucks how boring this town is. Oh well it's going to be a long summer.