Virtual weed

I've tried virtual pizza and hot dogs. I've had virtual beer, redwine and champagne. I've been out to dinner and had a virtual steak and salad. It's all been a little bit fluffy and not very satisfying. Then I've had virtual drinks that made me dizzy. Three sips of "Sex on the Beach" and my digital me start stumbling over my own feet. This, however, tops it all...

Zoso weeding smoking in his Laser

I met this guy, Zoso Zepp, at the Tradewinds dock. Amazing outfit. Complete with rastafari hair, knitted cap and all. However, the first thing I noticed was the sail. First thing I said was "You look like you're too far north". He laughed ans said he was about to cruise south. So I pulled out my Laser and we took off.

Heading south, me in the dirtwind, sniffing

Zoso said he knew the Laser from RL, but this SL Laser was rather new. We took it slowly. I tried to sail in the dirtwind to get a sniff of Zosos ever pulsing not quite ordinary cigarette. You get the idea, right? Suddenly I felt like singing. "Weed is in the air, everywhere I sniff around. Lalalalala...". Turns out this guy runs a virtual weed store. Not seaweed! Smokes and plants and what nuts. I will most definately have to check that out.

Smokin...

I am not really sure what virtual weed will do to the SL experience; It could be fun growing it. Like those virtual plants on the desktop. Perhaps virtual weed will make the virtual sailing experience better. Perhaps it will make you a better virtual sailor? You never know what's gonna happen. Maybe it'll psych you out completely. Get you a bad case of hydrophobia, hehe. SL never stops to amaze me. Peace out...

Peace in...

Here's a weedy sailing haiku to go with this post:

I like dirty wind

trying hard to stay in it

windward dude smokes weed

... and out...

Summer sailor

lazy winds blowing

choppy waves and clear blue sky

bow splash lullaby

...

Had a beautiful day at sea in the dreaded first life. There's a few pics over at my tumblr for those who care... Besides, I promised Bea to post some real life sailing pics from my summer cruise.

Cat Nutters Disease

carbon cats set sail

get your mousie by the tail

black cat bone for sale

cats looking to win 

fighting for that starboard pin 

gun, sheet in, sheet in

racing knife in teeth

two people in the trapeze 

cat nutters disease

...

Is the cat therapy working? You tell me...

Snowy hot weekend

This is just where I wanna be, when it's freezing outside, snowflakes falling and all that. Beautiful place with palms and sandy beaches; Blue water and a beautiful boat, probably one of the prettiest boats ever made in SL.

but baby it's cold outside

In fact, let's have a haiku to go with that:

...

white snowflakes falling

gently covering my boat

how I miss summer

...

Have a great weekend...

The virtual sailor

leaves begin to fall

windy winds begin to howl

winter ends it all

birds stop their singing

afraid of next months bringing

frost will be clinging

come rain, shine or hail

still a true sailor must sail

no sailing means fail

a bit of blue sky

makes me ecstatically high

it is sail or die

I set sail in Blake

don't care much the sun is fake

sanity at stake

...

You guessed it! King Winter arrived yesterday, and while I like snow and skiing, it also makes sailing impractical. 

Flying Fizz Haiku

sail the Flying Fizz 

sweeter than creme de cassis

oh what sailing bliss

...

We're in the middle of the Flying Fizz Cup 2012.

Summer sailing haiku

Lazy waves splashing

Heavy sun and shifty winds

Wet and salty skin

...

Just me trying to capture that summer lazy afternoon sail. Wish I was there right now.

Depressed sailors haiku

Strong winds on the bay

Still inside I choose to stay

It's a rainy day 

Boats shiver and rock

Kinda like sheep in their flock

Drip says the windsock

Marina looks dead

Golfing pops up in my head

Alert flashes red

Walking home all wet

My mind made up, I am set

to take the next jet

Down south to the sun

Warm waters and sailing fun

sailor on the run

...

Rust for the ice cream man

Back in february I posted a few shots of a beautiful, sleek, wooden ten meter, the Ten by Manul. Just the type of boat, many sailors dream of. I hate to admit it, but usually it is the female part of a relationship that goes, where's the walk in closet. After a few years the man can't take it any more, and he swaps the racer for a "Bavarian Beauty". Peace restored. Universe left unbalanced...

A rusty boat

Well, not my cup of tea. My dad used to tell me "It's a SAIL-boat, not a fashion-boat". So even as a teen I left most of my wardrobe at home. Cruised in old jeans and tshirts. Brought one dress just in case we'd hit a beach party. Whole family crammed into a boat with no standing headroom for weeks. Wouldn't do it any other way now...

Anyway, Doc here wasn't really able to handle the beauty of all the virtual boats in mint condition. In fact Doc was so unhappy, he even left a comment about it. So, I promised to find a rusty boat for him. I've seen a rusty Shelly Fizz, the virtual optimist, sailing somewhere. Doesn't really make much sense to build an Optimist out of iron. Then I remembered this... You've probably seen it before...

Again

A iron boat this size makes much more sense, so here it is... just for you Doc. Enjoy the thought of endless and overdue work removing rust, priming and then repainting. It has full living quarters down below. That'll probably need a complete overhaul too. To be fair, this is not a  "B-Boat". They're made of plastic, hehe. Honestly, I sailed the release version yesterday, and this is a truly wonderful cruiser. The first commercial BWind 2, I am told. Very lively and fun to sail. I'd better do a full review sometime...

... and on land

And here it is on land. You can see all that underwater work that needs to be done. Woohooo... It is gonna be a great couple of weekends at the Marina. Full of joy. Noisy tools, poisonous liquids and lukewarm  burgers. Of course, in SL it is just clickety click et voila... all the rust is gone... I feel a poem coming on. Let's call it:

Blues for old boats

Sad old rusty boat
All my time I will devote
Let's give you an antidote

Sad old rusty boat

Clickety click, new primer coat
Once again, you are afloat

I know. The clickety click never happens in RL. Unless you're Larry or sum ding...

Sailing Haiku

Maybe I had a little too much schnapps at the Easter Lunch today, but this little sailing Haiku kept messing with my mind. Inspired by a poet friend I suppose. Here it is:

The Racer

Seaspray and sunshine

Currents and windshifts in mind

I tack on layline

There... Not much, but I just had to get it out of my head. Right after I typed it, these two popped out of nowhere...

The Racer 2 & 3

Spinnakers on line

Shadows and shifts intertwine

I gybe on layline

Competitors whine

As I cover the front line

The first place is mine

That's it. WWC sailing in a nutshell. No more schnapps for this lil girl. At least not today. How much Haiku it really is, I am not sure. I probably broke a million Haiku rules. And I am not entirely satisfied with the third one. Not easy in a foreign language. Bottoms up and peace out...