Without You.. Saturday 9

Welcome to another weekend! They are moving along so quickly it is hard to keep track of the days! 

I am joining in for Saturday 9.. How about you?

Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants posts and leave a comment. Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!

 
 Without You (1972)

Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) Nilsson sings that he can't forget this evening. Did anything happen this evening (or last night, if you're answering during the day) that you expect you'll recall for a long time?
Nothing of note really. 
 

2) In the 1960s, he worked in a very "un-rock-star" job: computer programmer in a bank. Looking over your career, have you more often worked in or out of an office setting?   Outside of an office setting.

3) He fibbed to get the job, telling the bank he'd graduated from high school when in reality, he was a drop out. Have you ever fudged a fact on your resume?   No.  I never used a resume to get a job. I just showed up for an interview and got hired most of the time.

4) The bank found out the truth but was so pleased with Nilsson's personality and performance they kept him on. Tell us about a friend or loved one's misbehavior that you have overlooked.     No, those things are private and not for sharing with the public.


5) Before finding success as a singer, Nilsson was a songwriter. He composed "Cuddly Toy," recorded by the Monkees. Do you have a favorite Monkees song?    Daydream Believer! I also like I'm a Believer... oh heck I like them all.
 
6) In 1976 Nilsson married Una O'Keeffe. They met in a New York restaurant, where she was a waitress. He asked her about her accent -- she was from Dublin -- and a romance ensued. While the waitress and the rock star seemed like an unlikely couple, they remained together until his death in 1994 and had six children. Do you know how your parents (or grandparents) met? 

I have no idea how they met. I never heard them talk about it at all and I didn't ever ask.

 
7) Nilsson was a night owl and found he felt most creative late at night, right before he fell asleep. When are you at your best: morning, noon or night?
 It depends on what kind of thing. I am best at some things  early in the day and some later on.

 
8) In 1972, the year "Without You" was a hit, Alice Clark Browne made history as the first African American aerialist to perform with Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey Circus. Did you ever attend the circus?   Yes, the Ringling circus at Madison Square Garden in New York City and another circus but I forget where it was.  I was also at Cirque du Soleil.
 
9) Random question -- Think about last week. Would you prefer this week to be more exciting, or more boring?   I am happy to be middle of the road. There is less drama that way and I do not like drama and I am not good with being bored either!