About

I was born on Valentine's Day and my last name is Valentino. 

I come from a big family and family is big for me. I'm the youngest of six siblings. Ask me anything about my eleven nieces and nephews.

Conversations usually involve music. Mostly bands and songwriters. If you’re ever on a gameshow and stumped by a question involving ‘90s indie rock, please allow me to be the friend you phone. I take notes from fictional heroes such as Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities, Lloyd Dobler of Say Anything, the protagonist from Office Space and The OC’s Seth Cohen. I may not be anything like them but I continue to take notes. I detest the Oxford Comma. Unconfident in my spelling, I’m bailed out by spell check. I like to use pop culture references to help explain myself and learned to embrace how most people won't catch 'em all. Together, let’s debate the zenith of the Star Wars saga: I believe it’s the scene in Empire when Luke sees the vision of Vader as himself — signifying the thin veneer between good and evil. To me, this illustrates how action is propelled by the power of individual choices.

I’m an enthusiast. A bonafide Enneagram 7. I wish I had a scar on my face (à la LOST's John Lock) so that I could tell a lively barstool story about it. I tend to fancily embellish my vocabulary with ten-cent words but sometimes confuse their meaning or how to properly pronounce them. ("Clandestine" and "zenith" included.) If writing you a text message or biography, I'll certainly deploy some independent clarifiers wrapped in parentheses to add humor, tempo and (if done well) grace. I keep my room and personal spaces clean. My childhood dream was to write about rock music. Three women during three separate concerts said I looked like Bon Iver. My wife thinks I look like Dave Matthews.

Once, as a teenager in the parking lot of my hometown grocery, my father told me a riddle. He said I wouldn’t understand the meaning until the morning of my 21st birthday. What do you think?

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too, but you can give your word and keep it.”

Contact

Email: silasNvalentino at gmail dot com

Twitter: @SilasValentino

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/silasvalentino