Rubicund

“Underground control, M3 requesting permission to take off”

“M3, Underground control. You are cleared for take off. Right turn to 15Lima-33Romeo”

“Roger, I am rolling”

“Maverick is reengaging, sir!”...:-) always wanted to use it.


Truth Fairy tagged me with this interesting task that brought me out of my hibernation:

1. Flip open a dictionary and point to a word / get word of the day from dictionary.com
2. Type the word into google images.
3. Pick an image that strikes you.
4. Write a 10 line riff off the image.
5. Use the word or the meaning at least once within the first 5 lines.
Tag 3 other bloggers on your list.

Here’s my assignment -
Rubicund \ROO-bih-kund\, adjective:Inclining to redness; ruddy; red.

(What a word! Really wish I had something different. But then, I won’t be able to blame the disaster to follow on anything. So, we shall stick with Rubicund. Of course, we shall modify the other tag rules to make life easy)

Let’s try something here. How about two versions – one in classic rock style and the other in… hip-hop to mix it up a li’l bit, what say? ;-)
Ok, before you read on, listen to ‘Echoes’ from Pink Floyd. Or if you remember the tune, sing it…you’ve got to make it fit, darn it! I ain’t no Roger Waters! (Yeah, like I need to issue that disclaimer)

Distant mountains hide the sun, still the rays come streaking through
and find my soul in its crystal home, on a frozen lake that your fears brew
The rays still weary from the journey settle around the rubicund dream
admiring and praising the ruddy eye of the translucence so serene
As they sigh in their borrowed glow, they know the secrets that the heavens forebode
or so they say until the dusk's last bus takes 'em back to their fiery abode...

Ok, 50 cents , let’s see what ya got. No picture for you, just the word Rubicund...means red-

ma homies n me drivin thru da hood
in ma thug caddy, blingin wheels as it should
got the 22s from ma nigga for a steal
ain’t no niggaz ride if you ride on a lessa wheel
took a wrong turn in downtown baltimo
lip-smacking niggaz rollin dirt, low chip ho
east side thugs got their 38s for da sting
ma homies did their time for all da rollin
booster hustling da blocks, with da rocks for his college fund
benjys for diamonds, blood on ma stone make it rubicund

So, thanks to TF's tag, I surfaced for a breath. I had a few laughs while I was away, just wanted to share it (one for now, more later).

I was having a conversation with this person who had an interesting filler phrase - "something along those lines". It sounded normal when he used it about a dozen times. But I bit my tongue and punched myself in the face to kill my laughter in its infancy when he said " little kids and something along those lines". What was he trying to say there?