Robin Returns

My Cupcake from last month was growing stale, and has now been disposed of. Well, she really just moved out of town, but I was trying to sugar-coat the story. I received her goodbye letter in the mail today.

My dearest Jeff, I'm sure you've become an emotional wreck looking for me, but I'm gone now! I'm sorry I left without saying a word. It isn't like I don't like you. It was just time to move on. Fare thee well! -Cupcake

Speaking of pink villagers with sweet names, I ran into Candi tonight. She asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “sweetie,” so I told her to say “in my ears.”

Candi: Hmph. It's still raining! I'm sick and tired of all this rain, in my ears!

She must not have enjoyed the new phrase, because she seemingly got revenge on me by forcing me to trade my dinosaur egg.

Candi: You see, I'm gonna take your dinosaur egg, and there's nothing you can do about it, in my ears!

She offered me blue flooring or a concrete wall in return. I picked the wall, but it wouldn’t have been a fair trade either way…and she knew it.

Candi: It doesn't seem like a fair trade for your dinosaur egg.

She wasn’t done yet though. She next offered to take my mammoth torso in exchange for a tulip table! But this time, I had the option to turn down the offer…so I did. And she got annoyed at me, even though she again acknowledged this wasn’t a fair trade either.

I kept talking to her over and over. At one point, she told me the chance of rain tomorrow was 47%. Another time, she said the chance of rain tomorrow was 97%! And even though she was complaining almost constantly about the rain, she told me she sometimes begs for rain!

Candi: That's why, when I just can't get out of bed, I lie there and beg for rain.

Why do I put up with this mouse? 😛 Sorry, this blog entry isn’t going to be just about Candi. I also met Cupcake’s replacement, Robin. She has lived in Forest before, back in 2012-13. But even though Robin has returned, there was no sign of Batman.

Robin: Don't play dumb with me! I'm talking about morning aerobics!!!
Uh, nice to meet you too.

Since it was raining, I went fishing for a little while. I caught three red snappers, and also, a coelacanth!

Jeff, holding up a coelacanth in Animal Crossing: Would you look at that!

Bonus trivia: The last time Robin moved into my town (May 20, 2012), it was raining and I caught a coelacanth…just like today.

I saw a huge fish shadow in the river, and it was considerably larger than the coelacanth shadow. So as you might expect, I was getting excited to fish it out. But when I did, it turned out to be just an old tire!

You caught a tire! Blech! Roll on over to the dump and drop it off!

That was so deflating. Not long after that, I ended my game for the night.

Cupcake Replaces Queenie… Again

It’s time for some more GameCube Animal Crossing, so I grabbed my tutu and hit the town! Well, at least that’s how Belle thinks it happened.

Belle: Heya! Are you ready to hit the town, in a tutu?

There was a thunderstorm going on in Forest tonight. I checked my mailbox and found Queenie’s goodbye letter. The queen is dead. Long live the queen.

My little Jeff, I can't stand for anyone to see me cry... You must know, that's the only reason I left without saying goodbye. Even now, the tears are... I can't bear it! Farewell! -Yours, Queenie

Lately I’ve had a bad habit of waiting until the last day of the month to play. The problem is that I can’t sell anything on those days, because it’s raffle day! Here’s a look at today’s prizes, although I didn’t have any raffle tickets to use.

Nook's Raffle Day: A covered wagon, jukebox, and a NES game are the prizes available.

I met up with Queenie’s replacement, Cupcake the bear cub. She just moved in, and she’s already called me a dummy.

Cupcake: Why? Because that's where you store stuff, dummy! Wake up, sugar pie!

But there’s an interesting coincidence involving Queenie and Cupcake. Not only did they both live in Forest in 2011, but on Sept. 25, 2011, Queenie moved out and Cupcake moved in. Exactly like what happened today!

Many of my villagers were talking about the fireworks festival that’s coming up on Saturday. Static even said he’s going nuts! Well, he is a squirrel, so I guess that makes sense. I don’t plan on playing on the 4th, though.

Static: Why? Because I'm going nuts waiting for the July 4th fireworks festival!

Baabara asked me to play a game where I buy a bag with a mystery item inside for 1,270 bells. I could be buying a geltao shirt, an apple, or a pitfall. I agreed to buy a bag, because I actually wanted the pitfall! Unlike the middle games in the series, pitfalls are hard to come by on GameCube. I picked the middle bag, and I got what I wanted!

Baabara: It's a pitfall! And here you go.

I didn’t use it yet, but it’s always good to have one on hand…for those times when I need one! 😉

After I was done chatting with everyone, I made sure to pull all the weeds I could find. After tracking down a few well-hidden weeds, I eventually got my town status back to perfect.

Thanks for stopping by, and Never Stop Crossing!

Basketball Puck

Elmer has trotted out of town, and rode off into the sunset. While it would have been nice to see him stick around (like glue), I guess our bond just wasn’t strong enough. 😉

How ARE you, Jeff? Well now, I bet your bottom bell you didn't expect me to cut out and split town, huh? Nope, I shocked the world! I'm turning over a new leaf--see you on the flip side! Laters, Elmer

Today is the last day of May, so that meant it was raffle day. One of the “wonderful” prizes that Tom Nook was giving away was a photo of Tom Nook! Wow, he must really think he’s something special. 😛

Tom Nook displays his own photo as a raffle prize in Animal Crossing.

I didn’t have any raffle tickets though, so I couldn’t enter the drawing.

Puck the portly penguin tried to convince me that he’s really good at basketball!

Puck: Hey, Jeff. It may not look like it, but I'm actually really good at basketball. Honest.

I told him I didn’t believe him, and he admitted he was lying. He was just disappointed that he didn’t fool me, even for a second.

Puck: Yeah, no one's ever accused me of being good at basketball. Not even once, brrrrrrrrr.

He should have said hockey instead. That might be more believable, and it could explain his name.

Queenie the ostrich is my newest neighbor, and she seemed quite rude. Maybe she’s been hanging around Tom too much. 😛

Queenie: Stop shouting! I'm right here! I can hear you fine, chicken!

Queenie has lived in Forest before, in the summer of 2011! At this point, it’s pretty common to see villagers return for a second (or even a third) stint in Forest.

Over at the wishing well, Hank told me to leave him alone! You know things are bad when even Hank is in a bad mood!

Hank: What do you want?! Leave me alone!

Just a few other quick notes about today:

  • Maple bought my kitschy clock for 3,000 bells. That was especially helpful because I couldn’t sell anything at Nook’s today.
  • Tom gave me a free cherry! I cut down a regular tree and planted it.
  • Wendell will be visiting Forest soon, and several of my villagers were talking about him.
  • I found a pear dresser in the dump.