Davey Jones Just Died.

My first tv boyfriend (who wasn't a cartoon). And if you weren't alive by 1975, you probably have no clue who I'm talking about.

Co-worker K (past 50 yrs of age): Ohhhh, Davy Jones died.
Co-worker M (28 if that, early 30s): Who is he?
Co-worker K: The Monkeeys.
Co-worker M: Oh, classic rock. I'm not into classic rock.

Co-worker W: wasn't he famous for singing hey,hey, we're the Monkeeys?
Co-worker C: Well amongst other things...Marsha Brady is certainly in mourning.
Co-worker W: who is Marsha Brady?

Co-worker K: He sang Daydream Believer.
Co-worker W: I thought that was Susan Boyle.
Co-worker K: No...it originated with Davy Jones.

I actually met him in 2003, got his autograph and everything. That's how I learned he was originally a jockey (as in racing horses not music), got injured and went on to perform in musicals like Oliver! He performed a mucial number from Oliver! on the Ed Sullivan show right before the Beatles performed on Ed Sullivan for the first time. As a result of his performance, he got cast later in The Monkeeys. And 6-7 year old me was in love with him.

Oh forgot...he died of a heart-attack at 66. Young, very young. (When you are turning 45, anything below 95 is young. It's all based on perspective.)

Buffy Poll results and other stuff

1. The good news...I feel better today. Much better. The irritability seems to have dissipated. ie. I no longer want to kill people or fling myself in front of a wayward bus (which I've decided would be a painful way to go, also not necessarily effective...people have survived. Albeit easy - I decided on the way to work this morning that I had a better chance of being hit by a wayward bus in Jamiaca, Queens than I do of finding a mate, winning the lottery, getting a better job, getting a book published, and a whole host of other things I won't depress you or me with.). Still struggling with focusing...

2. The Buffy Favorite Season Poll was rather interesting and far more entertaining than expected. (And so far no kerfuffles, yay team!) Also a bit perplexing...proving once again that there are a variety of ways to interpret what appears to be a fairly straight-forward question. (I should know this already from work, or at least you'd think I would.)

So far? Or the last time I checked...

* 69 people had taken the poll. (Come on, let's see if we can get up to at least 70..., it's still open if you want to participate.)

* Of the 69, 85.9% did not consider S3 their favorite season.

* Okay, now this is bewildering..
( poll results and discussion of poll )

[ETA: Well, more people have taken the poll now, we're at 74 last count, with 9 who saw S3 as a favorite, and roughly 5 as their "favorite" out of all of the seasons - dead heat with S4. Meanwhile S7 has jumped ahead of 3 and 4 both, and landed in 3rd place. Go S7. S2 is stuck in second to last place.
And there is no joy in mighty lj land for poor old S1. Who's in first? Lucky S5, with S6 behind. But no gains there. S5 is holding steady at 49% of the vote, and way ahead of the pack. This is actually not that suprising, considering S5, S6, and S7 are my favorite seasons and we do tend to attract people who look at the world in a similar manner to ourselves. ]

[ETAA - 3/2/12- It's Friday and good lord, S3 and S7 are still tied - they have 6 each.
And S2 is gaining on S4...it's at 4 people to S4's five. With S5 still way ahead of the pack with 35 votes. And S6 a distant second with 18. No love in mighty mudville for
poor old S1. Also, with 79 votes, only 9 people see S3 as their favorite or a favorite, not sure which at this point, considering only 6 voted for it as the favorite amongst the other seasons. After four or five days...I'm declaring S5 the winner, and no...S3 really isn't much of a fan favorite on my lj. ]

Off to watch tv. I'm tired and it's getting late.