Avocado Argument

On Monday night, Nana was talking about the upcoming Bug-Off. She warned me that she doesn’t like to lose…not to a bug, and not to me. 😛

Nana: And I should warn you, I don't like to lose. Not to a bug, and not to you! So watch yourself!

There seemed to be a lot of giant beetles out that night. In fact, five of the first seven bugs I caught were giant beetles! That was very unusual!

My first seven bugs caught on Monday night, including five giant beetles.

Fang told me he was planning on moving out of town, and he even packed in an accidental wolf pun! 🐺

Fang: We'll just have to pack in some extra time together before I take off.

However, I was able to get him to change his mind and stick around a little longer.

Felicity used her new catchphrase in a fitting manner, talking about how she likes to gossip. ☕

Felicity: I'm like a gossip MACHINE, in my tea, and I'm running 24/7!

On Tuesday night, I listened in on a conversation between Marina and Biskit. Marina was wondering if avocados were fruits or vegetables.

Marina: Are avocados fruits or vegetables?

Biskit didn’t know and didn’t care. As long as a food tastes good, he doesn’t care about such labels. The conversation left Marina depressed, and Biskit cheerful. 😛

Today, the August Bug-Off was held…although I played too late to participate. Nat told me that Rosie won, with a 68-point jewel beetle. But as I was still talking to Nat, Rosie showed up and pinged me. Now she wanted to move out of town! Nat-urally, I told her not to go.

Rosie: All right! You changed my mind! I'll stick around and save us BOTH the tears, la-di-da!

I saw a huge fish shadow in the river, and I cast my fishing rod. It took the bait and bit on the first attempt, and I pressed the button to reel in an arapaima. I was very lucky though, because my batteries went dead right after it bit down! If it had taken even just one more nibble, it would have gotten away. After that, I immediately swapped in some new batteries. Close call!

When I went to visit Big Top, he was talking about his outfit (the guard uniform that Wendell designed). He said it makes him want to shake a leg and bust a move, in a coma!

Big Top: It's so rockin', it makes me wanna shake a leg and bust a move, in a coma.

That is a recent catchphrase I gave him, and it might be hard to do those things if he was actually in a coma. Be careful what you wish for, big guy!

Up at the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed “K.K. Cruisin'” for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Cruisin'.

Over at town hall, I found a lovely lamp in the recycle bin.

I might participate in the fireworks festival tomorrow, although I probably won’t be posting a blog entry tomorrow. Lately, I’ve been playing at least three nights a week to get plenty of bug hunts in. But there may be some fireworks screenshots in the next entry, whichever day it may arrive on. See you soon!

Mint’s Hand-Me-Down

On Thursday, Biskit sent me a letter telling me he was over his cold. He sent me a caladium to thank me for the medicine I gave him last week.

My rare catches haven’t been limited to nighttime bugs; I caught a banded dragonfly in the afternoon yesterday!

Did you see that? Did you? I caught a banded dragonfly!

I spotted Saharah in town, and she was looking for old carpeting. I started asking around, and Mint was the first to give me one. But she was adamant that I shouldn’t tell anyone about it for some reason.

Mint: If word gets out, that'll be the last hand-me-down you get from me!
You know Felicity is right behind you, right?
With her big ears, you know she hears you.

Biskit also had an old carpet to give me, and he was much nicer about it. He was very happy to be able to help out!

Biskit: Isn't it funny how old carpets make you, me, and Saharah all happy? It's like they're magic carpets!

None of my other villagers were able to help out, though. Fortunately, I had an old flooring in storage. I took the three of them over to Saharah, and she gave me a concrete floor in return. That’s always a hard thing to accept.

I played last night to hunt some bugs, and Marina asked me for a new catchphrase. I told her to say “I’m afraid,” although I’m not yet sure how this will work out. Hopefully she’ll use it in some funny ways in the coming weeks.

Marina: ...It's decided, then! From now on, I'm going to say I'm afraid!

Monty wanted to trade a skull shirt for my fruit beetle, and I agreed to the trade. I don’t care about fruit beetles. But his catchphrase made it sound like he was handing me his poop. 💩

Monty: OK, first things first. Take this off my hands, it's pooop!
On second thought, you can keep it.

Today, I gave out another new catchphrase, this time to Felicity. I told her to say “in my tea.” We’ll have to wait and tea how that one turns out too.

Later on, I attended K.K. Slider’s concert at the Roost. I asked for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Mambo” for me. It may not be one of the more popular songs, but it’s a pretty good song.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Mambo.

I found a doghouse in the recycle bin at town hall. Even though it looked a bit ruff, I took it so I can give it a new leash on life. 🐶

I went on another late-night bug hunt tonight, but it was a relatively short session (at least compared my other ones lately). But I still made about 170k on the night. There’s still three weeks to go in peak bug season, and I’ll have to go on a bug hunt during a fireworks festival this month. It may not be this weekend, though.

Big Top’s Big Tub

Last Sunday night, I ran into Marina. She said she was going to spend the rest of the day painting pictures.

Marina: Speaking of hobbies, I think I'll spend today painting pictures, blurp.

That’s a great hobby for her, because she can use her own ink! 🐙

I went bug-hunting, and I continued hunting even after Nook’s shop closed for the night. I was planning on saving everything for the next day, until I realized…it was flea market day! So I put a few bugs on display in my house and waited for someone to come in.

Fang: Heya, Jeff! Looks like you've got a real business going on here!

Fang wouldn’t pay 15k or 13k for a scarab beetle, but he agreed to buy it for 12k. That’s double what Tom Nook pays! Nice! I normally don’t sell things on flea market days, but I now see how useful it is during bug-hunting season.

On Monday night, Antonio gave me a Corinthian post that he had for me, up his nose. I know his nose is big, but I didn’t think he could fit one of those up his nose! 😛

Antonio: Whoa... Boy J! Have I got something awesome for YOU, up my nose!

On Thursday night, I listened in on a conversation between Mint and Nana. Nana told Mint that she looked especially lovely today, so she asked how much she spent on cosmetic surgery to look that good. 💀

Nana: How much money did you spend on cosmetic surgery?

That made Mint furious, understandably. She said it was the face she got from her parents.

Poor Biskit was sick with a cold lately, so I gave him some medicine on Thursday and again tonight. Get well soon, Biskit!

Tonight, I headed over to the Roost for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song (as I typically do), and he performed “K.K. Dixie” for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Dixie.

I later spotted a tarantula on the shore, and even in the water!

A tarantula standing in the water.

I approached him slowly, and he wasn’t moving. So I was able to catch him without much trouble.

Big Top asked me for a fossil, so I gave him a fern fossil that I dug up. He rewarded me with a library wall, and he said he felt like he had just eaten a big tub of happiness! Aww!

Big Top: Awwww, shucks... I feel like I've just eaten a big tub of happiness.
Big Top’s big tub.

But despite all that happiness, Big Top was thinking about moving out of town! However, I kept talking to him until I was able to change his mind. He’s staying. 😮‍💨

Just today, I posted the latest City Folk Moments video! Check it out!

The first (of five) fireworks festivals is tomorrow night. Have fun if you’ll be playing, and enjoy the show! 🎆