childhood survey:

how would you describe the family you grew up with?
Very middle-class Jewish family until I was 7. Then everything fell apart, my parents divorced; subsequently my step-father abused me. My mother basically lost her mind.

did you have your own room as a child?

Yes, I did.

did you grow up in a house, flat, or someplace else?

A fairly large house in a very suburban neighborhood.

do you know what time you were born?

2:53 p.m.

faves:

as a child, what was your fave:

toy: My dolls, but mostly I loved to read and play dress-up with my friends.

food: I didn't like food much.

tv show: Little House on the Prairie and The Partridge Family.

drink: Milk

memory: Driving around in the VW Bug with my mother; my mother hysterically screaming at me.

did you have a best friend? The same two I have to this day...Mary and Cindy.

do you know if you were a good baby?
I think I was...my older sisters gave me plenty of attention.

did you have a fave song as a child?
All the rock music my older sister listened to. I loved it!

fave subject at school?
Art

did you have a fave teacher?
Only in high school. A very dear teacher with whom I am still in contact decades later.

were you good at school?
I was well-behaved in school until high school, when I went pretty wild. It was the late-70's, after all...

one subject you couldn't stand?
Algebra, and I still can't comprehend it.