MAX FIORI. 25.

charismatic ice king; very easy to talk to but actually very hard to get to know. Max lives at Bayside Apartments with his roommate Jude Gardel and reluctantly works at The Pit as a bouncer.

[oliviabautista]

Sarah, as ‘stick it to the man’ as she perceives herself, spends more time shopping at Sephora than I’m sure you do on your groceries. 

Of course not. If I knew that, I would give you a base cost going into the situation. I can, however, give you a discount - seems only fair, since we work together and all. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

We grew up in Orange County; it’s just part of her bloodstream. Though I do spend quite a bit of money on groceries. I don’t particularly trust store brands.

You don’t even have to start in the closet, if you find it too daunting. I have another room in my shared apartment you could inspect.

[oliviabautista]

Everyone has more than they need, it’s what happens when you live in a consumer capitalist society. 

Definitely by hour. A girls gotta eat, after all, and I can make far more bank on that than I can by day. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

And you can come cure me of my compulsion to contribute to this capitalist society. Sarah would be proud.

Smart. And I suppose you’re never sure just how long it’ll take, correct? 

[oliviabautista]

I don’t know, I’ve always found the closet is the hardest place to tackle - especially when guys have eighteen thousand shirts to go through. 

Besides, I find it hard to believe you are even remotely dirty; Jude, I can believe. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

I have a lot of items that needs special attention. I may be organized but that does not mean I don’t have more than I need. I happen to be overwhelmed by my materialism, Olivia.

What do you charge? Per hour, per day?

[oliviabautista]

Well, I’m always for hire if you want me to give it a run through. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

Maybe you should come see the place before you decide to devote hours of your life to me. I’d be more than willing to give you a trial-run. You can start with my closet. 

[oliviabautista]

It’s not crazy often I get a Saturday and Sunday off, which means I’ve taken total advantage of this rare opportunity and celebrated by cleaning out the entire house. Closets have been reorganized and rifled through, anything no one’s worn in years has been donated, I’m going to sell some old movies and things we don’t watch anymore tomorrow, and I even managed to try my hand at a new recipe from a french cooking book I forgot I had for whenever Cam breaks out of his current writing reverie. 

I’d say I’m winning wife of the year over here today. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

I wish I had the time to go through my and Jude’s apartment and give it that kind of treatment. We certainly need it.

[spotlightberry-deactivated20161]

I can’t remember the last time I was this sick.

I haven’t left my bed in days, I think I’ve marathoned every episode of That 70′s Show twice, and I have officially run the Pharmacy out of chicken noodle soup. 

Someone come and lay down with me until the world stops spinning around me? 

[themaxfiori-blog]

Actually, chicken noodle soup from a package is usually loaded with sodium, and therefore not a good remedy for someone struggling with a cold. You could end up prolonging it.

Of course, what I mean is, how are you feeling?

[judegardel-deactivated20160804]

And that’s why coffee’s no good, I keep saying this. It’s addictive and rude, the same as drugs.

[themaxfiori-blog]

Says the man who drinks flavored beer on a regular basis.

[rhodesamelia]

You might want to reread those pages, coffee can be bad for formal papers sometimes. Well, most of the time.

[themaxfiori-blog]

I ended up with a first draft, actually. It needs a lot of polishing up and of course, citations and footnotes, but I think this paper is finally coming together even if it’s going in a different direction than I thought it would.

[pipercorden-blog]

They struck me as a little too old-fashioned to buy their books online, you know? Honestly, they didn’t even seem embarrassed. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

I suppose there’s something to be said for unabashed confidence. It’s considered an admirable quality by most people. Or it could be they’re simply too old to care about being embarrassed anymore.

[pipercorden-blog]

I’m sure at least… 30% of it has to be usable, right?

Interesting. Better have at least three more cups just to be sure, right?

[themaxfiori-blog]

I can say with 100% certainty that I do not like the new flavor. It took me a few days, but I know better now. 

[raymondhart-blog]

Sounds like a complicated family history, but sure. Similar. It is exciting though, and gets my mom to stop hinting that I start having kids, which is even better.

[themaxfiori-blog]

I’ve never understood why parents would put pressure on their children to have their own children. 

[cordenharrison]

Coffee is nothing short of God’s gift to man-kind. If I still believed in the power of prayer, I’d be thanking the big man nightly for creating caffeine. 

Are you nearly done your draft? 

[themaxfiori-blog]

I crashed pretty hard after being up for, what I think was, three days and after those three days, I’ve decided I do not like the new flavor. However, my draft is complete and I should give credit where the credit is due. Coffee is indeed a beautiful thing.

[pipercorden-blog]

Hey, congrats. Just do that for another week or two and you’ll be done with your thesis.

Kidding. Mostly. What’s the new flavor?

[themaxfiori-blog]

I have no idea if anything I’ve written is viable, but I’ll see when I come down from the caffeine. It can’t all be good, but it can’t all be bad.

It’s this weird dark roast with an orange note in it, but I think there’s something else that makes it hard to decide if it like it. It’s a real tragedy.

[raymondhart-blog]

Not sure what to make of the fact that my little sister keeps beating me to some pretty significant milestones these days. On the plus side, I’m now an uncle to a precious baby girl. And my well-earned vacation hours are finally about to be put to good use visiting her for a week.

[themaxfiori-blog]

That must be exciting for you and your family. I don’t know much about sibling rivalry as I’m the only child my parents ever had, but my cousin and I are the same age and her father’s family adopted my father, so our families have always been close. I imagine it’s similar anyway.

[pipercorden-blog]

I just sold a Kama Sutra to an elderly couple. It was incredibly awkward, but at least after however many years they’re still in love and having fun and trying new things. I mean, it’s kind of beautiful.

[themaxfiori-blog]

I suppose they didn’t know they could find the exact content online in the privacy of their own home.

[themaxfiori-blog]

There’s a new flavor in the coffee shop. I can’t decide if I like it so I’ve had five cups. Today. My thesis is 13 pages longer as a result.

[cordenharrison]

It’s nearly impossible to get a word in edge-wise, let alone try to suggest something worthwhile. It’s not like they actually spend more than ten minutes discussing the books, anyway. And No, not really. I mean, it was thrown around as an option, but if I recall correctly they’d all read it already. 

[themaxfiori-blog]

It’s a tragedy anyone has read that book, much less an entire group o what  I assume to be, educated women. 

Why are you at Ladies Night to begin with?