Max was a castaway on Survivor: Worlds Apart and was part of the Masaya (White Collar) tribe originally.
Max became well known prior to being cast due to the fact that he taught a class about Survivor at Northwestern. He even made the casting finals for both Survivor: Caramoan and Cagayan but was cut both times. On Worlds Apart, he found himself on the Masaya tribe, where he quickly bonded with Shirin. He joined the majority in voting out So at the First Tribal Council. In order to pay an homage to Richard Hatch, Max stripped naked on the beach, with Shirin following suit. The two would later form an alliance and the two superfans fangirling over everything and over strategizing despite Masaya鈥檚 winning streak began to annoy the other White Collars. After winning three immunity challenges, the three tribes became two and Max, Shirin, and fellow White Collar Carolyn were swapped over to the new Nagarote tribe. They lost their first immunity challenge as a new tribe. Max and Shirin continued to annoy their tribe mates, especially the former No Collar tribe mates. Max and Shirin assumed the tribe was going to vote out Will for being the worst at challenges, but the 5 remaining tribe mates voted out Max for being annoying in a 5-2 vote on Day 14.
Despite performing terribly in his first Survivor go-around, producers was chosen as one of 32 castaways eligible to compete on Survivor: Cambodia if voted in by the viewing public. Max did not receive enough votes to make the cast. Max made a total of $7,000 for his 14 day stint on Survivor, roughly $500 a day. Max spends his time now discussing Survivor on Survivor fansites and sharing his opinion of the show, which he is still a super fan of.
Someone once told me that to write well, you have to write what you know.
This is what I know.
I am twenty-five years old. I have never really plussed a user on Tengaged. A fish to the core, I spent most of my childhood years joining castings plussing my allies. High school was more of the same. Then, at seventeen, it seemed as if my luck was about to change: I was going to win stars. The cutest user on Tengaged asked me to join stars with him. But it turned out to be a cruel joke. I have never fully recovered.
Yes, it is embarrassing to share this with the world. But it would be hard to explain what I learned, and how I learned it, with out sharing this humiliating history. I received an assignment, my first as a reporter, to join another stars on Tengaged, to gain some insight into kids today.
Understandably, returning to Tengaged was my worst nightmare. What I found? Those girls are still there. The ones that, even as you grow up, will still be the most beautiful girls that you've ever seen close up. ( Shayybayy) The athletes, and the immense sense of fraternity and loyalty that they share (#FriendsOverWins) The Beer Society, who everyone else always knew as the drunks. But who I just knew as my soul mates, my teachers, my friends. And there's still that one user, the one who is so perfect in every way. The user you get up and log into Tengaged for in the morning. Tengaged would not have been the same without him. Stars would not be the same without him. I would not have been the same without him ( blogs).
All of these things made me miserable at seventeen. But at twenty-five I finally see that this-all of this-is just the way it should be. It is all part of this thing called high school. A time in out lives that we can never truly repeat. A time that makes us who we are, for years to come.
Tengaged. Stars. Going through it the first time helped me make who I am. But going there a second time made me see that who I am is okay. I always wanted to be "in," but six years later, when they finally opened the door, I somehow gained the confidence to stay outside, firmly, happily.
A certain user was hurt in my path to self-discovery, and though this blog may serve as a step, it in no way makes up for what I did to him. To this user, you know who you are, I am so sorry
And I would like to add one more thing. I think I am in love with you.
And so I propose this. As an ending to this blog, and, perhaps a beginning to a new chapter in my life. I, Blue Barracuda, will be in the stars house, where my friends, my fellow castaways, are playing for the title of winner of Stars 421.
I will sit in the pollbox for the 24 hours prior to daychange. If this user accepts my apology, I ask him to come plus me, in front of everyone, for my first real 'plus'. Five minutes may seem like a short time, but trust me, when you've been waiting twenty-five years, it's usually the last five minutes that kill you.
I went back to Tengaged and discovered I was a loser, again. And then I discovered it wasn't so bad. I wasn't so bad. So now that I'm ready to start living the rest of my life, it would be magical if I could live the rest of it with him. Because inside, everyone is a loser afraid to be loved, and out there is the one person who can kiss us and make it all better.
Max was a castaway on Survivor: Worlds Apart and was part of the Masaya (White Collar) tribe originally.
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