Rosie’s Birthday

The winter’s last snowman, who I built on Saturday, sent me a snowman lamp in the mail. I put it in my main room with the rest of my snowman set. I used it to replace the candle I had in the corner; now I can just use the lamp instead. I guess I’ll have to wait a while before I can complete the set, though. 😛

The snowman lamp in the corner of the room. I'm hiding behind the sofa.
I’m hiding.

Curly wanted to move out of town, but I bugged him until he agreed to reconsider.

Crazy Redd was in town, as he is on most Tuesdays, and he had a worthy painting for sale. But I already had that one. It seems like Redd isn’t being very helpful to me lately.

When I visited Rosie, I was a bit surprised to see Big Top was also there. It’s Rosie’s birthday! I didn’t plan ahead, so at first, I was afraid that I didn’t have any furniture to give her. But then I saw I had the candle in my pockets. It sounds like a cheap gift (and it is), but I figured she could put it on her birthday cake…if she had one. 😛

Rosie: Like, no way! NO WAY! A candle?!

I thought that was a bad reaction at first. But it turned out that she really seemed to like it! She gave me a regal dresser in return, and she said we’re gonna be BFFs.

Rosie: We're gonna be BFF, silly!

The latest Message of the Week said that “maybe” is a good answer…but not on a test. Very true.

*Message of the Week* Maybe is a good answer. But not on a test.

Baabara asked me for some new clothes, so I gave her a scale armor suit that I had in my pockets from somewhere. Not only did Baabara refuse, but she said that her scale armor suit would look better on me! If you refuse it, then it’s not yours! How rude!

Baabara: I really think that my scale armor suit would look better on you.When I visited Rhonda, she also asked me for some clothes. I gave her the scale armor suit, and she was very grateful. She loved it, and she gave me 500 bells in return.

Rhonda: Whoa! Thanks, bigfoot! That's so nice of you! I'm going to try it on right now!While walking around outside, I saw a very large fish shadow in the river. I fished it out, and it was a stringfish! Wow! My first one took me forever, but this one came quick with no effort at all! Yay!

I completely rock! YIPPEEEEEE!Just one minute later, Bud approached me. He wanted the stringfish. Normally that’s a bad thing…but not this time. He offered me over 23,000 bells for it! That’s over 8,000 bells more than Tom Nook pays for it! Good deal!

Bud: Here! 23,490 bells for you, maaan!Kiki was sick with a cold, so I took her some medicine. Fortunately, the shop was open this time. 😛 She started to feel better right away. Unless she was lying to me. Nah, Kiki wouldn’t lie to me.

Before wrapping up my game for the night, I went to town hall. I made a hefty mortgage payment of 55,000 bells. Just 230,000 more bells to go! See you all next time.

The Snowman’s Short Life

When I started up the game tonight, I quickly gathered all the fruit I could. I only had a few minutes before Nook’s shop closed, so that was my first priority.

After that, I started my usual routine of talking to villagers, checking for the money rock, etc. When I visited Kiki, she asked me for medicine. But I didn’t have any medicine on me, and the store was closed by this point. Sorry, Kiki.

Kiki: You gave me hope, only to steal it away from me! How cruel... Achoo!Outside, I saw Baabara from across the river…and waved to her (by tapping her on-screen). I don’t think I’ve used the waving feature in Wild World before, although I have used it in City Folk. (In City Folk, you do it by pointing the Wii remote at a villager and pressing the A button).

Waving to Baabara from across the river in Animal Crossing: Wild World.When I went to see Hopper, he was angry that I visited him without bringing him anything good to eat! What a grouch.

Hopper: What?! You didn't?! Why did you even bother coming here then, slushie?!

Since the snow will be all gone tomorrow, I decided to make one last snowman.

Snowman: I didn't know what was gonna come first... You or spring!
Guess what, jerk. You’ll be dead in six hours.

Then I went down to the Roost, and K.K. performed Marine Song 2001 for me. I’ll always remember this song as the song that got stuck in my game in the ACCF music glitch.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Marine Song 2001!

I shut off the game after that, but I later realized I forgot to make a mortgage payment. So I started the game back up, after midnight. To my surprise, the snow was gone from the ground…but not from the trees! I thought it all disappeared at 6 a.m., not at midnight.

So I went back to where the snowman was, and he was gone. So he actually lived less than one hour! That’s what he gets for rushing me. 😀

Snow covers the trees, but the grass is green.

I made a 45,000 bell mortgage payment, and then ended my game for the night. Enjoy the newfound grass, everybody! 🙂

The String is Out

Crazy Redd was in town yesterday, and he had a solemn painting for sale. But I didn’t need that one, so I left his tent without purchasing anything.

The latest Message of the Week says that it hurts to think…so the author tries not to. 😛

*Message of the Week* It hurts to think. I try not to.

For some reason, Baabara was telling me about a boy she once dated. He apparently told Baabara that she was just trying him on like a shirt.

Baabara: It happened many years ago. I was dating a boy, and he said this one thing to me.Baabara: "You're just trying me on like a shirt or something."

So Baabara said she should have hung him out to dry.

Baabara: Can you believe it?! I should've hung him out to dry way before that!
Like a shirt? Maybe he had a point… 😛

I found a note in a bottle on the beach, and it seems to have been written by Resetti…

To youze, Remember that ya gotta save when you're done playin' your game, ya hear me? -Alliance Against Resetting

At town hall, I made a 23,000 bell mortgage payment.

I played Wild World again tonight, and Big Top told me about a bad experience he had with Gracie. He said he learned one thing during the encounter…that he’s stupid! 😮

Big Top: But I did learn one thing from the experience. I'M STUPID!

Fortunately, he was only kidding. He said Gracie’s rude comments don’t faze him. That’s good to hear, because Gracie can be a witch sometimes. 😛

Once I made my rounds, I decided to spend some time fishing. After 20 minutes, I found what I was looking for. Over by the waterfall, I caught my first stringfish! 😀

Whoa... I caught a stringfish!

I quickly took it over to the museum and donated it. However, my glee was dampened a bit when I looked at my fish encyclopedia. It turns out, I still need to catch about a dozen types of fish! Yikes! I was thinking I only needed a few more! That’s a bummer. But still, it is nice to get the stringfish out of the way. Not only is it a rare fish, but it’s about to go out of season.

I then headed over to town hall, and I found a blue table in the recycle bin. I paid  another 25,000 bells towards my mortgage.

Back outside, I ran into Baabara. She wanted to give me a new nickname, “gorgeous.” The interesting thing about that, is that it already was her nickname for me.

Baabara: Hey, gorgeous! I just came up with the absolute PERFECT nickname for you!Baabara: It's gorgeous! PRET-ty awesome, huh, shear me!

See that snowball in those pics? I made a snowman out of it, along with another one I found. Except the snowman I built didn’t think he looked very snowman-ish.

Snowman: Y'know, I always thought I'd be a little more...uh...snowman-ish, y'know?After that, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you next time!