Captain Jack: You recently celebrated your 50th birthday and you're still going strong! You look fantastic!Syren de Mer: Thank you. Genetics, where I live; being in Seattle where there's higher humidity, but I think most of it has to do with genetics. And I try to live a low stress life and that probably plays a part in it too.CJ: You mentioned how you and your husband were in the swinging lifestyle and that's how you got into porn. Were you very sexual before you met your husband? Or did he bring it out of you?Syren: That's really an interesting question. I was somewhat promiscuous when I was younger. My mom tells me that I kissed in the back of the school bus when I was 5 years old. I played kissing games in elementary school. My first boy/girl party was in 5th grade but I didn't lose my virginity until I was 15. Yes, I started young but didn't go crazy until later. Early 20s had my first girl experience, side-by-side sex, that kind of thing but didn't really get into BDSM until I was in my 30s when my husband got me into it.CJ: Are you submissive or dominant?Syren: I am submissive. I'll say sexually submissive. I have an A personality so I'm very organized, very anal retentive, independent, confident...all of those. But everything else is submissive. But it also depends on who my partner is. Through trial and error, I have found that because I am an A type, I don't submit to just anyone. They definitely have to have a stronger personality than myself.CJ: You also said that you are really shy off-camera. That's strange, you're in porn, you're a swinger, yet you're shy.Syren: I am really shy. (laughs) I am shy in large groups so you will never, ever, ever, ever see my publicly speaking. Small groups, I'm fine. That's all good and, at AVN, the convention part, I don't consider that a large group because that's basically still one-on-one. One person comes up to talk to you then another person or a few people. If I'm ever put on stage, it would be difficult for me. I don't have anxiety, I'm just quiet. If you see me at a large party or a club, I'm happy just sitting in my little corner watching people. I don't go up to people first, I wait for them to come up to me.CJ: How long have you been in the industry now?Syren: Since '06. …and then things took a turn



