Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

I received Carmen’s goodbye letter in the mail today. She said it was time to move on, but where in the world was she moving to? San Diego, perhaps. 🌎

Unfortunately, I couldn’t clear out my pockets at the shop. Today was raffle day, and I didn’t have any tickets for it. Based on the prizes, I don’t think I was missing out on much this time.

Maple was talking about summer being the best time to catch bugs, and of course that’s true. But I was a bit surprised when she seemed to endorse the practice of forcing beetles to wrestle each other! 😂

I actually caught a few tree beetles tonight, but I couldn’t sell them since it was raffle day. 😛 But that didn’t stop Genji from asking about one of them; he wanted it because he was hungry! 😮

Unfortunately, he didn’t want to buy it. He wanted to trade it for a shirt (a gray tartan). I was not interested, so he called me rude and then erupted in anger. 🌋

Belle asked if I was an early bird, and I said no. She said she’s not one either, so she basically laughed at all the suckers who do summer aerobics early in the morning. It feels like this is the first time Belle and I have ever agreed on anything, but that might be a stretch. 😉

When I spoke with Baabara, she had camping on her mind. When I told her I would like mac ‘n’ cheese while camping, she told me had her recipe for it printed in Animal Chef magazine! I wonder if that’s a true story, or if she’s just pulling the wool over my eyes.

I guess Animal Chef is another magazine in the Animal Crossing universe, along with Ms. Nintendique and Fauna. 😛

I found a new house in one of the free spots in Acre B-1. Carmen’s replacement is Portia the dog. That’s not a bad trade.

She also lived in Forest a decade ago (in 2012). That’s more than 101 months ago! Actually it’s more like 127 months, but who’s counting? 😀 While Portia isn’t one of my favorite dogs, I do like her. Welcome (back) to Forest!

I received a goodbye letter in the mail today, and unfortunately, it was from Rio (not Carmen).

Candi had the “Nintendo Power maze” dialogue for me tonight. It’s the one where you have to pick left or right to help her get through a maze. It took me a whopping nine tries to get through it. This is one of the most annoying bits of dialogue in the entire series. And I don’t even get a reward for it. 😡

Dotty the rabbit has just moved into town. I found her fresh off an argument with another rabbit, Genji. In fact, Genji’s umbrella was slicing through my head as I spoke with Dotty. 😛

Static asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “krzzt,” so I told him to say “get zapped” instead. He then complained about the heat, saying that it was the one bummer of summer.

Maple asked me to get her a pear to snack on, and I agreed to help out.

After fetching a pear for the bear, she rewarded me with 527 bells. That’s a whole 27 bells more than Tom Nook pays. Now I’m rich! 🤑😂

Carmen was talking about how much she loves summer, especially with the fireworks festival coming up on Monday night.

As I walked around town, I noticed a lot of arguments going on tonight:

• Dotty and Genji
• Belle and Ursala
• Puck and Genji
• Hank and Baabara

And of course, most of them took out their anger on me, even though I had nothing to do with it. 😛

I wish this game had more pitfalls, so that I could give them a reason to be angry. 😂

See you all next time!

I got some good news in the mail today: Tabby has left town! 🙂

When I ran into Genji, he reminded me that the fishing tourney is coming up soon. Actually, a bunch of fishing tourneys are coming up: One is held every Sunday in June. (The same thing happens in November, too.)

Puck was also talking about the tournament, and he warned me that he views me as a rival until he wins.

Carmen was nagging me about paying back my debt to Tom Nook. She even called me a burden to society! 😮

Time to go buy a mousetrap.

I found Gulliver washed up on the beach, and he gave me a Chinese lion.

I visited Tom, and he wondered where I had been lately. So naturally, he assumed that I got arrested for smuggling exotic fruit. 😂

That actually reminded me of New Leaf, when Squishy used to bring her oranges to my town to sell them for a better price. I joked that she was smuggling oranges. 🍊

In the southwest part of town, I found Tabby’s replacement: It was Rio! She’s my favorite ostrich, and I almost added her to my New Horizons island recently. But I’m glad I got her here!

Unfortunately, she didn’t wait long to ask about my Chinese lion…under the guise of recycling.

She wanted to trade it for a rose wall. Even though I didn’t want to stick my neck out, I declined the offer. But still, I hope Rio stays in town a while.