OCCUPATION: Event Planner (& heir to the Palermo fortune)
LANGUAGES: fluent in Italian, English, Spanish & French. Knows some conversational Portuguese
GLASSES/CONTACTS: Both
TATTOOS/PIERCINGS: 2 tattoos ("Chi vive vede molto, chi viaggia vede di più" in cursive, inner right bicep, & praying hands w/ rosary, left pec) ; 0 piercings
ALLERGIES: Seasonal allergies
OTHER HEALTH ISSUES/DISORDERS: Anxiety disorder; former drinking problem & former drug use problem
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Aquarius
CHINESE ZODIAC: Ox
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Slytherin
FAITH/RELIGION/PHILOSOPHY: raised Roman Catholic; current Omnist
NEGATIVE TRAITS (3): Defensive, self-indulgent, vain
PET(S): 1 dog; Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
HOBBIES & ACTIVITIES:
Spending time with friends/family
Traveling
Exploring entertainment spots (bars, clubs, restaurants, lounges, music venues, etc.)
Singing
Exercising/Cardio
Fencing
Boxing
Bar-hopping (former)
Wine-tasting (former)
LIKES/FAVORITES:
color– Orange and purple
foods/cuisine– Italian
movie genres– Comedies
flower– Roses
snacks– taralli, gelato, & flaming hot Cheetos
music genres– 80′s & 90′s hits/top 40
season– Summer & Autumn
book genre– N/A
animal– Horses
candy– Chocolate
quote– “Remember just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there." --Robert Downey Jr.
-BIOGRAPHY-
[drug use, alcohol & violence cw/tw]
Born in Milan, Italy--his father’s hometown and the city where his parents met in their youth--Aldrich Palermo was the one and only biological child his parents had. The pregnancy and labor created lifelong complications that no longer allowed his mother, Rebecca, to carry or birth anymore children. They knew they wanted more children and, after Aldrich, they adopted all of the children they had thereafter. Aldrich being the eldest was the only one to spend all of his formative years in Milan, studying languages, mathematics, sciences & extracirriculars at the best schools his parent’s money had to offer. As Aldrich approached his early adult years the family moved to Los Angeles, but Aldrich accepted his admission to Stanford University where he studied Business Management & Entrepreneurship. But he was often taking single night and overnight trips to San Francisco with friends when his partying & clubbing escalated exponentially, or close to it.
While Aldrich enjoyed his partying and getting to know people in ‘the city by the Bay’, (which greatly lent to how he currently has so many connections with his event planning), he started to party hard. Heavy drinking, some drug usage became commonplace, making him reckless but the life of the party at pretty much every event he went to. His Palermo name became known around some of the circles he hung out with and sometimes it went to his head. One night in his mid-20s, his partying went too far. Having overdone it with everything he’d consumed that night, and Aldrich left himself virtually defenseless to strangers at the party he attended. Said strangers took advantage by mugging the young heir. He was founder much later, beaten, unconscious and without most of his belongings.
His family had to do damage control to make sure it was dealt with as quietly but forcefully as possible. Aldrich was admitted to the hospital for over 1 week for his injuries and thanks to his father’s connections, he was able to avoid media attention. The experience, along with the heavy reprimand from his parents had been the wake-up call Aldrich needed. While he knew he could not commit to absolute sobriety, he's been turning his life around from that moment on. After a semester-long hiatus, he finished his undergrad, eventually went on to acquire his masters all the while establishing and growing a [really] successful career of his independent event planning business. And although he has made a massive turnaround and appears to have “it all” to nearly everyone on the outside, secretly, he’s constantly fighting the demons of his past and of his own making. Aldrich has not forgiven himself for all he’d cost himself, the stress he put upon his family, and nearly losing his own life. Admittedly he still drinks, and sometimes, he'll smoke medicinal marijuana for his anxiety (a disorder that stated with him after his hospital stint) but he goes through a regular internal battle not to overdo it ever again.
Today, Aldrich is continuing to do what he can to move forward with his life. It’s now included his interest in sharing his life with someone special. He doesn’t quite trust himself to meet people “the old fashioned way” of at a bar, for instance. He’s decided he’s too old for clubbing now, and internet dating is something he simply refuses to engage in. In true, somewhat extreme Aldrich fashion, this led to him deciding to go for Ship-Wrecked.
