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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.
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.
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.
The full version has a better rhythm.
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."
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."
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.
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.
And I got a cute haircut and some nice shoes.
sounds like a great 2004 to me!
Susan, aren't you part Creek?
Congratulations, Rio! I missed that you were fixing to tie the knot!