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1. Which traits from your parents do you see in yourself?
Gahhh! Really? Let me see ...
I definitely have my father'sstubbornness persistence and was lucky enough to "inherit" his love of writing. My mom? This is a little more difficult as I am far more like my father, but I would say her sense of justice and her wanderlust.
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)?
I must say that Cameron is proof that nature, not only nurture, plays a critical role in who we all become. He has his father's charisma (which terrifies me at times) and he has my love of numbers and creativity.
3. How did you get the birds-and-bees talk?
I don't know that I ever did - at least not from my parents. I think the only time I ever even formally got the basics was 6th grade health - and that was very basic. I do remember the family vacation we took that summer though. When walking through the Grand Canyon I exclaimed, "I'm so hot I could ejaculate!" The horror on my parents faces was priceless! I guess I was a bit confused on that definition.
4. What was your favorite childhood book?
I have two! Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, which, coincidentally, Cam is currently reading in his literature class.
5. What is your favorite piece of erotic literature?
Do I earn bonus points if I say Ms. Inconspicuous' blog? This might come as a surprise, but other than the "Reader's Forum" column in my mom's Playgirl magazines (if she only knew how much of an education I received from her naughty drawer), I've never read much erotica ... until I found the virtues of sex bloggers.
Bonus: What is the one thing you wish you could go back and tell yourself as a child?
My 6th grade teacher introduced me to Shel Silverstein. Each day, he would write one of Silverstein's poems on the blackboard. Although I identified with many of them, there was one in particular that I wish I had heard as a very young child:
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child.
Anything can be.”
~ Shel Silverstein
Double Bonus: If your life were a book or movie, what would the title be?
Well, "Amid Life's Crises" of course!
Gahhh! Really? Let me see ...
I definitely have my father's
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)?
I must say that Cameron is proof that nature, not only nurture, plays a critical role in who we all become. He has his father's charisma (which terrifies me at times) and he has my love of numbers and creativity.
3. How did you get the birds-and-bees talk?
I don't know that I ever did - at least not from my parents. I think the only time I ever even formally got the basics was 6th grade health - and that was very basic. I do remember the family vacation we took that summer though. When walking through the Grand Canyon I exclaimed, "I'm so hot I could ejaculate!" The horror on my parents faces was priceless! I guess I was a bit confused on that definition.
4. What was your favorite childhood book?
I have two! Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, which, coincidentally, Cam is currently reading in his literature class.
5. What is your favorite piece of erotic literature?
Do I earn bonus points if I say Ms. Inconspicuous' blog? This might come as a surprise, but other than the "Reader's Forum" column in my mom's Playgirl magazines (if she only knew how much of an education I received from her naughty drawer), I've never read much erotica ... until I found the virtues of sex bloggers.
Bonus: What is the one thing you wish you could go back and tell yourself as a child?
My 6th grade teacher introduced me to Shel Silverstein. Each day, he would write one of Silverstein's poems on the blackboard. Although I identified with many of them, there was one in particular that I wish I had heard as a very young child:
“Listen to the mustn'ts, child.
Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child.
Anything can be.”
~ Shel Silverstein
Double Bonus: If your life were a book or movie, what would the title be?
Well, "Amid Life's Crises" of course!
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