Mine is going out tomorrow, lord willin' and the creek don't rise. It's been very difficult convincing myself it's enough. I'm hoping sending it priority will make it arrive at least early in the week after Christmas.
We're taking a moment ... and we're done.
Oz ,'Chosen'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2004: Well, I Wasn't Expecting That.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2004? Don't think we've forgotten about you.
Deena - Dec 20, 2004 7:31:57 pm PST #344 of 962
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Susan W. - Dec 20, 2004 7:45:16 pm PST #345 of 962
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
lord willin' and the creek don't rise
Sister! Someone else who uses that phrase!
Katie M - Dec 20, 2004 7:52:08 pm PST #346 of 962
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
I love that phrase! It's very useful. Though I say "God" instead of "Lord."
Susan W. - Dec 20, 2004 7:55:33 pm PST #347 of 962
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
My version's a little longer--"if the Good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise."
Ginger - Dec 20, 2004 7:57:03 pm PST #348 of 962
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I use "Good Lord willin' and the creek don't rise."
Deena - Dec 20, 2004 7:59:42 pm PST #349 of 962
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Mostly I say the whole thing like Ginger does, but I suddenly thought it might seem a little... unusual here, so I shortened it.
I say lots of those things, and yesterday I discovered that my accent southernizes when I'm cranky as well as when I'm tired. I hadn't realized.
Katie M - Dec 20, 2004 8:04:20 pm PST #350 of 962
I was charmed (albeit somewhat perplexed) by the fannish sensibility of many of the music choices -- it's like the director was trying to vid Canada. --loligo on the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
Now I'm wondering where my family got it, because the farthest south any of my ancestors has ever lived... well, my grandparents lived in Florida during WWII. But otherwise I think New Jersey wins.
dcp - Dec 20, 2004 8:09:31 pm PST #351 of 962
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
The full version has a better rhythm.
Deena - Dec 20, 2004 8:11:44 pm PST #352 of 962
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
I just googled. [link]
The originator of the phrase is "Benjamin Hawkins, and the phrase would be correctly written as 'God willing and the Creek don't rise'. Hawkins, college-educated and a well-written man would never have made a grammatical error, so the capitalizion of Creek is the only way the phrase could make sense. He wrote it in response to a request from the President to return to our Nation's Capital and the reference is not to a creek, but The Creek Indian Nation. If the Creek "rose", Hawkins would have to be present to quell the rebellion. I believe that the phrase is somewhere in his preserved writings."
Scrappy - Dec 20, 2004 8:16:11 pm PST #353 of 962
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Interesting, Deena! Charles Laquidara, morning DJ on WBCN in Boston when it was one of the most influential radio stations in the country, used to close his show with "Good Lord willing, creek don't rise, and there ain't no meltdown, I'll be here tomorrow."