Posts by Max
Dishwasher Day
Dear Jevandre, The Lettuce House has been having trouble with the dishwasher the past few weeks. Since our house didn’t come with one, Lorenzo and I had the noble idea to permanently install a portable one that would also function as a kitchen island. One day it gave out, and I’ve spent the time since … Continue reading
Open Time
Caleb Senecker, you just made the biggest mistake of your fucking life. ***An inside joke*** With that out of the way… Last Friday, I went to update the Scrapbook and realized that not only had I failed to start a Gallery for June, I hadn’t started one for May, and the one for April was … Continue reading
Back To Business
Oh, the ol’ blog. How I’ve missed you. What’s up? How’s it going? ***No, no, we want to hear from you!*** Thus spake the one-sided communication channel. What a whirlwind it’s been since the last post. It’s not that I haven’t been writing… I feel like I’ve been doing nothing but. Anyone who’s kept up … Continue reading
Epilogue
[This Blog Post Is A Novel-Exclusive. It Has Been Blocked By Quit Your Day Job Records© (A Registered Trademark Of Thanks LLC) And Has Been Replaced By A Link To A Free Digital Copy Of Said Novel.] That’s because it’s not really a Blog Post; it’s the closest thing I did to actual literature. Whatever … Continue reading
A Boy Called Marcello
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] At the airport, like I always am. Not really. I’m writing this at my parents’ kitchen … Continue reading
After The Long Dream
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I just had the craziest dream. My childhood band moved down to LA, but a worldwide … Continue reading
True Modern Romance
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Dear Codename: Didi, I thought about you this morning. What are you doing? What are you … Continue reading
The Marcello Rule™
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] PROLOGUE: It’s cold on the Upper East Side, but I could wear a T-shirt if I … Continue reading
To You, Five Months From Now
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “To You, Three Months From Now.” It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Well, did it work? ***I would … Continue reading
Cut To Black
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] What is possible? What was possible, what stopped being possible, what might yet be? This blog … Continue reading
Rage On, Eternal Optimist
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “On The Origins of Max Bennett Kelly.” It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] This is a journal entry … Continue reading
The Theory of Goodbyes™
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Yesterday I sold my old Honda Prelude. I thought there would be more Pomp & Circumstance … Continue reading
Catching Bees in Gachapon Capsules
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] We were lucky — the clouds were barely wisps, so there was enough sun to say … Continue reading
The Book of Max
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Dear Codename: Emily – thanks for reading the blog. ***In showbiz, that’s what we call a … Continue reading
Stories
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “Stories™.” It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I’ve been eating a lot of Pimento cheese. It’s kind of … Continue reading
Possibility™
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled Codename: Max Noir. It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Been a while. I’ve been struggling to blog properly— … Continue reading
I Made It Rain Before, I Can Probably Do It Again
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “Blue French Horn.” It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I finally finished How I Met Your Mother. I … Continue reading
Onwards
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “Quit Your Day Job.” It was then repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] New music, huh. Where do we begin? Well, … Continue reading
Closing Time
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] There are times in my life where I feel Open to the universe, and times where … Continue reading
Friday Was My Birthday
> [Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and retitled “Signs.” It was repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I spent my birthday in San Diego this year. I didn’t … Continue reading
Why Do We Still Seek Fire In A World Full Of Flashlights?
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I can’t say for certain, but I am 99.9% sure my ancestors – at one point … Continue reading
8, 18, 28
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] One day you’re 18 and the entire world is a mysterious, wondrous, massive place bursting with … Continue reading
Leaving Los Angeles
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I find myself again thrust into my subconscious. It’s a bit scary, but it’s where all … Continue reading
Austin Tacos
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and re-titled “Breakfast Tacos.” It was repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I end this year entirely different than I began it. I … Continue reading
10,000 Spoons
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] I will write no resolution. I say this every year~ 12/31/21 It’s New Year’s Eve and … Continue reading
Well, The Blog Works Now
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] Going into a bit of a blog overdrive as I’m finishing up this site. As you … Continue reading
Travels
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] At the airport, like I always am. My family doesn’t travel much. I was raised with … Continue reading
A Meta-textual Analysis Level of Navel-Gazing Headassery
[Author’s Note: this Blog Post was eventually heavily changed and repurposed to function as a chapter in the TMR Novel. This is the Original & Unedited form. To read the Revised & Refined version, find its corresponding chapter here.] 1,237 journal entries since 7/1/19. There are scattered entries before, but 7/1/19 is the day I … Continue reading





