1. Which traits from your parents do you see in yourself?
Oh this is opening Pandora’s box. From both of my parent’s I received my love of the written word. Both are avid readers and instilled the importance of picking up a book rather than sitting in front of the tellie. My sense of humor definitely came from my dad. Anyone who can put a smile on his mother’s face while on the way to bury her husband has to be funny and no hell of a son. From my mom, I got my neurotic need for order (I have mentioned she is German, right?)



2. Which traits from you/your partner do you see in your children (if you don't have kids, which would you like to see)?
My daughter has my insane drive for neatness, she loves reading, and she extremely mature for her age but not in a priggish way. Let’s just say she looks at Hanna Montana as the anti-Christ. She’s a daddy’s girl so she’s picked up on his ability to read people.
 

3. How did you get the birds-and-bees talk?
Disclaimer: My mother is born and bred German and a head doctor-to-boot.
With that being said, our little chitchat was a very technical / medical type conversation when I was in the 4th grade. A couple of years later all of us kids got “The big talk”. This time it was in a group session which in hindsight my parents probably regret to this very day given that ALL of us kids picked up my dad's sense of humor. It was awesome! We all sat around and tried to make our parents feel as uncomfortable as we did.
 
My oldest brother Tim: You mean to tell me that if I stick my wiener into her cooter that this stuff you guys call sperm, but the guys next door call jizz, is gonna come shooting out of me like a rocket and that’s how babies are made. I’ma need you two draw a diagram illustrating the difference between sperm and jizz because I’m confused and a bit lost.

*For those who read Tim's blog, you've probably heard this story. I love him!


4. What was your favorite childhood book?
Anything from the “Little Golden Book” series. Every time we’d go to the market, the book section was our first stop. Screw food, we wanted a book! My mom would let us read to her while she did our hair at night. I remember having a terrible time with the word “there” for some reason.


5. What is your favorite piece of erotic literature?
“The Story of O” by Anne Desclos (aka Pauline Réage) is my all time favourite. Mainly because I admire her as a writer. If you don’t know her story, here the short version…when Jean Paulhan remark to her that no woman was capable of writing an erotic novel, she sought to prove him wrong and she did. Nuff said…


Bonus: What is the one thing you wish you could go back and tell yourself as a child?
Your brother Tim was the one who ran over your bike in the driveway.


Double Bonus: If your life were a book or movie, what would the title be?
“The Adventures of Thunder Cunt” I’m looking ahead folks. The way I see it future generations will look at my scribbling and say impressive or something akin to rubbish. For the sake of posterity, I've gone ahead and copy written that title just in case...:)
 
Happy TMI Folks!