My version's a little longer--"if the Good Lord's willin' and the creek don't rise."
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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.
Susan W. - Dec 20, 2004 7:55:33 pm PST #347 of 962
Good Trouble and Righteous Fights
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."
Rio - Dec 20, 2004 9:18:40 pm PST #354 of 962
Are you ready to be strong?
My 2004 sucked because of my time-sucky job. I've gotten tireder and sicker and crankier because of. It's affecting everything--my yoga practice, my relationship, my home, my health. And there's nowhere around here to move to in my field.
Also I need a dog, which I can't have because (see above).
But my 2004 was great because my boyfriend and I decided to get married and maybe possibly move to New York, where there are lots more jobs for people like me.
PLUS I got to hang out with erinaceous and meet Hec. And I got a cute haircut and some nice shoes.
Consuela - Dec 20, 2004 9:43:38 pm PST #355 of 962
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
If the Creek "rose", Hawkins would have to be present to quell the rebellion.
Man, that's so fascinating it sounds like an urban legend. It's just too interesting.
Because really, what's more likely? The Creek Nation rising, or the creek rising? I'd bet on the water body, myself.
At any rate, I shipped my package last Monday or Tuesday Priority Mail and it hasn't been received yet, which bothers me.
I'll be in Chicago from the 23rd to the 27th.
Megan E. - Dec 21, 2004 2:58:23 am PST #356 of 962
And I got a cute haircut and some nice shoes.
sounds like a great 2004 to me!