En route, I felt stuck on a prim or something and had to steer around it. Upon coming back it rezzed and I realized what I had almost run over. First duchesses and now Nessie? Oh dear...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sailing on the Firth and Over Nessie
I took the Seredipity out for a spin...well, slow-going cruise. Phin gave it to me last year as a present for our one-year anniversary of being together. I thought I'd finally take it out on the Firth and set out from Messmer Harbor in Mayfair...
En route, I felt stuck on a prim or something and had to steer around it. Upon coming back it rezzed and I realized what I had almost run over. First duchesses and now Nessie? Oh dear...
En route, I felt stuck on a prim or something and had to steer around it. Upon coming back it rezzed and I realized what I had almost run over. First duchesses and now Nessie? Oh dear...
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Capture the Flag
Playing a bit of catch-up here as I was away in Toronto recently for a history symposium...
Hotspur O'Toole held a charity RFL event in Port Merrimac, which was a lot of fun. Using Kandace Common's paddleboats and capture the flag system, we formed two teams and it was a blast! Literally. It's pretty simple. One gets situated in their paddleboat and after being assigned to/choosing your team (in this case, red or blue), you make your way to the opposite team's buoy where their flag is...
And when you get it, like I had in the image below, you try to avoid your paddleboat being attacked by the other team and make your way back to touch your own team's buoy! That simple!
We all had a splendid time and I look forward to perhaps playing again in the future. O'Toole, is Steelhead Port Harbor big enough to do so? We should have a regular weekly game of it there!
Hotspur O'Toole held a charity RFL event in Port Merrimac, which was a lot of fun. Using Kandace Common's paddleboats and capture the flag system, we formed two teams and it was a blast! Literally. It's pretty simple. One gets situated in their paddleboat and after being assigned to/choosing your team (in this case, red or blue), you make your way to the opposite team's buoy where their flag is...
And when you get it, like I had in the image below, you try to avoid your paddleboat being attacked by the other team and make your way back to touch your own team's buoy! That simple!
We all had a splendid time and I look forward to perhaps playing again in the future. O'Toole, is Steelhead Port Harbor big enough to do so? We should have a regular weekly game of it there!
Monday, March 23, 2009
The Great Tensainami Flooding of Steelhead
The waters started rising in Steelhead City and citizens scrambled to get themselves and their belongings, pets and livestock to higher ground. The Great Tensainami had struck the town!
I had run across the Sheriff, who muttered something about saying something to Tensai and well...
Many of us steered small vessels or took on mer form to navigate the flooded town. It was an odd feeling to paddle my canoe down Steelhead's main streets...
And see my home submerged up to its second floor! Oh no! My bunny!
Even Port Harbor was flooded. But this being Steelhead, it meant many of us staged an impromptu ironclad and paddleboat battle. I managed to get Emperor SteelCobra's ironclad down to 92% before he finally got me...
I do believe I will be surveying the water damage at Laval Point today. And Sunny Bunny? He is alright. He found safe harbor from the waters on the bridge until they receded.
I had run across the Sheriff, who muttered something about saying something to Tensai and well...
Many of us steered small vessels or took on mer form to navigate the flooded town. It was an odd feeling to paddle my canoe down Steelhead's main streets...
And see my home submerged up to its second floor! Oh no! My bunny!
Even Port Harbor was flooded. But this being Steelhead, it meant many of us staged an impromptu ironclad and paddleboat battle. I managed to get Emperor SteelCobra's ironclad down to 92% before he finally got me...
I do believe I will be surveying the water damage at Laval Point today. And Sunny Bunny? He is alright. He found safe harbor from the waters on the bridge until they receded.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Chugging Through Steelhead
I put on my sailor suit and chugged around Steelhead and its environs today after deciding to go out in my tiny coal powered boat by Ceorl Onlyone. This is the one I won the Firth Regatta in, but I have another by him as well and both are fantastic. They take sim crossings well and are FAST. What fun!
Friday, December 26, 2008
Final Caledon Firth Regatta
Her Grace Duchess of Sound, thought that throwing a regatta to celebrate the Firth and giving it one last send-off as we know it in the face of the recent openspace sim changes would be a fun event. I agreed. I missed the earlier one and went to the later regatta.
I had recently purchased a coal-powered vessel and was ready to make my trip around the Firth with the others!
I realized as I went around how well I knew these waters and how much I loved being upon them. As I chugged ahead towards the Sound Marina, I realized the others were now behind me!
That meant I won the race itself! Oh my! Yay! I was tickled to accept my trophy, and Mr Vivito Volare won one as well for "Silliest Vessel" for his catfish in a bathtub!
We celebrated as we Caledonians do best--with dancing! 
Even Mr Volare, and the Duke of Murdann, Lord Otenth, did so as well as a Viking ferret. A fun time was had by all!
I had recently purchased a coal-powered vessel and was ready to make my trip around the Firth with the others!
I realized as I went around how well I knew these waters and how much I loved being upon them. As I chugged ahead towards the Sound Marina, I realized the others were now behind me!
That meant I won the race itself! Oh my! Yay! I was tickled to accept my trophy, and Mr Vivito Volare won one as well for "Silliest Vessel" for his catfish in a bathtub!
We celebrated as we Caledonians do best--with dancing! 
Even Mr Volare, and the Duke of Murdann, Lord Otenth, did so as well as a Viking ferret. A fun time was had by all!
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Exhibit Openings and Armed Paddleboats
Today was the opening of my exhibit at the Caledon Library! I was so tickled that there was such a good turnout! Gabi played my interview on her podcast, Voices in the Machine, where you can hear me discuss the exhibit, my working process and a roundtable discussion about designing Victorian fashion with Mr Nix Sands, Miss Fuchsia Begonia, and Lord Edward Pearse. It is a lot of fun to listen to. Everyone seemed to really themselves and the exhibit will be up until the end of March. A thank you to all who came out today to see it...
Afterwards, I thought I would relax at Laval Point. I saw Col. O'Toole going by on one of his new little Mosquito paddleboats by Miss Commons. We chatted for a moment and he is settling in well at his new home here in Steelhead. If you'd like a paddleboat of your own, stop by his home's dock on the rock at Polymath Eyrie and look for a wooden box. It's only 1L, seems like a lot of fun and oh--did I mentioned it is ARMED?
Afterwards, I thought I would relax at Laval Point. I saw Col. O'Toole going by on one of his new little Mosquito paddleboats by Miss Commons. We chatted for a moment and he is settling in well at his new home here in Steelhead. If you'd like a paddleboat of your own, stop by his home's dock on the rock at Polymath Eyrie and look for a wooden box. It's only 1L, seems like a lot of fun and oh--did I mentioned it is ARMED?
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