i watched tv in bed and checked my email and then after a while started crafting an email to peter van houten about how i could n't come to amsterdam but i swore upon the life of my mother that i would never share any information about the characters with anyone , that i did n't even want to share it , because i was a terribly selfish person , and could he please just tell me if the dutch tulip man is for real and if anna 's mom marries him and also about sisyphus the hamster .