1. I was born in San Francisco. 2. I was a stagehand for the legendary Bill Graham while he was still alive. 3. I was a teenage carny. 4. I’ve been on my own since the age of sixteen. 5. I am a writer and photographer. 6. I love cheese - aged Amsterdam gouda, to be exact. 7. I lived in an underground missile base in Kansas. 8. I hate roses and chocolate - I prefer Casablanca lilies and pickles. 9. My drink of choice: whatever gets me there. 10. I've been in the sex industry since 1992. 11. I studied at UCLA to be a sound engineer and worked at Sound City Recording Studios. 12. I love getting older (with the exception of my rapidly declining metabolism). 13. I wrote most of my first memoir during slow shifts at the strip club.