Fish and Junk

Last Wednesday (September 3rd), Belle started complimenting my eyes. First, she said they were pretty…but then she changed it to “intense.”

Belle: Jeff, you've got really pretty eyes! No, that's not the right word... What is it? Intense? Yeah...intense!

She said I had the eyes of a wrestler, and said they’re not the eyes of someone who does a lot of thinking! Wow, I think that’s rude.

Belle: Yeah! They're not the eyes of someone who does a lot of thinking.

That made me wrestle with the idea of tipping her over, but then she’d be crying over spilled milk. (Just kidding. Be nice to cows.) 😛

Early September is the best time of year for ocean fishing, since there are no sea bass (or jellyfish) in sight. Last year, I waited for a rainy day and then fished for two hours to make a million bells in one night. I didn’t want to do that this time, though. Instead, I played (and fished) a little bit each day. I’ll recap how it all went later in the entry.

Last Thursday, Static informed me that I was looking as awful as ever. (My villagers all seem to love me so much.) He gave me a misty shirt to wear instead, and I decided to put it on.

I found Gulliver down on the beach, and he gave me a gift and said I wouldn’t find anything like it anywhere.

Gulliver: You won't find another like it anywhere! At least, I don't think you will...

But it was a matryoshka, so I did find something like it…right inside the first one! 😉

As I was speaking with Kody near the wishing well, Tom came up and his face passed right through Kody’s umbrella. 😛

Tom's head passed through Kody's umbrella as Kody says: I'll train even harder, so that I bring more sunshine for us.

On Sunday (September 7th), I received a goodbye letter in the mail from Mitzi. I’m sad to see her go, but I’m used to this happening. The revolving door of Animal Crossing on GameCube goes round and round.

Jeff, FYI: I recently decided to move for reasons I prefer not to go into. I can't tell you where I'm going, but I will say this: I won't forget you! Best of luck--to both of us. Goodbye! -Mitzi

I found a note on the message board about a buried treasure in Acre D-1. Even though I didn’t specifically seek it out, I didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary when I passed through there. More on this later, though.

To the folks of Forest. I buried valuable treasure somewhere in Acre D-1! Take a peek out there--maybe you'll find it... -from Puck

Tom said that Genji told him about money trees. He asked if I knew about them, and I said yes. So he wanted me to tell him about them, but all of the options were variations of “no.” I said “that’s my secret,” and he started crying!

Tom: Why?! Why won't you tell me!? Haven't I been good to you!? See what you've done! You've made me cry, dang it!

I’m not sure what the big deal was, because he supposedly knew about them from Genji! 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, I’ve continued fishing most days lately, and the dump has been filling up with the junk I’ve caught from the ocean. Here’s how the dump looked Sunday (before the Monday pick-up).

Nine heaps of trash in the dump.

Over by the wishing well today, Ursala said she found my blue bench for me. But she then took half the money in my pockets as her reward! That was over 17,000 bells!!

Ursala: Oh, you have only 17,351 bells with you?! Wow, no morals, no cash... You're really depressing.

I didn’t have any pitfalls with me, so I started pushing her around and I hit her with a net. Villagers shouldn’t be allowed to just reach in and take our money. 😡

Ursala: ....... You filthy ogre! I hope you get stung by a thousand bees!

Mitzi’s replacement moved in today, and it’s Hazel the squirrel! She’s cute! 😊

Hazel: So...are you new in town? How splendid! Would you... Uh... Would you like to be friends with me?

While walking around the museum, I fell into a pitfall behind the museum that was completely out of sight! I checked my map, and it was in Acre D-1. This is the “buried treasure” that Puck left for me! Thanks a lot, old friend.

After some more fishing tonight, I noticed my savings balance was just 85k from a big milestone. So I went back out to fill up my pockets a couple more times. When I was done, my balance reached 25 million bells!

Pelly: Your balance is 25,000,000 bells.

That meant I earned over 1.2 million bells just in the past week or so. I’d call that a productive September fishing season!

See you all next time. Never Stop Crossing!

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