Al Be Here

On Sunday night, I played during the fireworks festival. They take place on each Sunday in August, and that was the first of four. Also, I was wearing the full knight outfit after receiving the armor suit in the mail from Nook ‘n’ Go.

Tortimer: This is the first fireworks show of the summer, an event to commemorate! With explosions!

As I stood there, I got bit by a mosquito. Or…was it Tortimer that bit me?? You be the judge!

Itchy itchy itchy! I got bit by a mosquito!

As you can probably tell from those pictures, I’m switching from the green brick path back to the nicer paths from Wendell. The only problem is that they take up 11 pattern spaces (at least with my custom three-way intersection pieces). I’m still in the process of switching over, and I’m probably about 70% done.

I collected some Roman candles from Tortimer, and then I made sure to fulfill my annual tradition of giving Tortimer a turtle wax. I burn his shell real good. This was something that started in the Wi-Fi days, with Kimmy/Megan blowing bubbles to soap him up and then I brought the heat to seal it. 😛 You may remember seeing the process in some of my old Wi-Fi Moments videos.

Jeff heats Tortimer's shell with a Roman candle.

Elsewhere in town, I found a new house. Al the gorilla was inside, as he just moved in. While I don’t hate him or anything, I’m not a big fan of the big ape.

Al: Whew... Unpacking sure is hard work! I think I'm actually breaking a sweat for the first time in years...
But you haven’t unpacked anything yet…

I played again tonight, and I found Tabby in the trash. Or at least eating out of the trash.

Tabby appears to be in the garbage can.

I realized that neither Guest nor Scott had the Wendell paths in their pattern storage. Ugh. So I had to use Jeff to display them in Able Sisters, and Scott picked them up. I’m letting Jeff use the three most common pieces (vertical, horizontal, and intersection), so that he still has some free spaces to work with. Scott will hold the corners and three-way intersection pieces. I’ll probably finish placing the paths by next week.

By the way, I may be posting a new ACCF video on Monday. 😉

Luxurious Octopus

On Monday, I found Clyde all packed up and ready to move out of town. So I said my last goodbye before he gallops off into the sunset.

Clyde: Well, Bro J, I guess the time has finally come.
Sure you’re not just horsing around?

Over by town hall, Opal told me about her new side business, selling luxury items. So she expected me to buy a luxurious octopus for 2,460 bells. I wanted to tell her NO WAY eight times.

Opal: I've started a side business selling luxury items. Like this octopus, for example!

As I’ve been doing lately, I went fishing and bug-hunting. I caught about 100,000 bells worth before ending my game for the night.

Today, I received Clyde’s goodbye letter in the mail.

Dear Jeff, It's almost time for me to leave Forest. 'Cause of you, every day I lived here was tons of fun. Thanks for everything! -From Clyde

Able Sisters had a knight’s helmet for sale, so I made a rare impulse purchase. It’s fun wearing some of the goofy hats in the game sometimes. I also ordered the armor suit to go with it.

Mabel: That's a knight's helmet. The price on that item is 1,000 bells.
I’m going to have a good knight.

Forest’s resident frog asked for a new greeting, so I told him to say “Catch my Drift?”

Drift: Catch my Drift?!

I did some more fishing and bug-catching, but I only earned about 30,000 bells tonight. That’s because I stopped when I reached my goal of hitting 33 million bells in my bank account.

Your current balance is 33,000,000 bells.

I first hit 32 million bells on June 22nd, so it took me just over a month to earn a million bells. That’s probably the quickest million I’ve made in a long time.

I recently put up my latest ACCF video, City Folk Moments #4. Please give it a watch if you haven’t seen it yet (or feel free to watch it again if you have seen it :P).

I actually have another City Folk video planned for later in August, too. (But it’s not a “Moments” video). See you next time!

Letting Clyde Go

On Monday, Clyde informed me that he was leaving town. I thought about it (for about two seconds), and I decided to let him go.

Clyde: Y'know, Bro-J, I've been thinking of moving out of Forest.

Over by the museum, a balloon present did me a favor by blocking my view of Tabby! What a thoughtful balloon present! Thank you, balloon present!

A purple balloon present floats by.

Still…it was a balloon present, so I shot it down. An office desk was inside. It’s too bad that the desk didn’t fall on Tabby, but that’s okay. I made sure Tabby still had a mishap. 😉

Tabby, in a pitfall: LIKE, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I had nothing to do with it. At least, that’s what I’m going to tell Copper and Booker. 😉

I took advantage of the summer nights while they’re here, and I went bug-catching and fishing. I caught about 120,000 bells worth.

I played again tonight, and Static had a good suggestion: He wanted to plant some ugly rumors about Tabby. Sounds like a plan!

Static: I wonder if now's the time to plant some ugly rumors about Tabby and watch the fun?

He asked me to catch a sweetfish for him, so I kept my eyes open for one as I fished. Eventually, I caught one and took it back to Static. He rewarded me with 752 bells.

Static: Fine work, J-boo. Fine indeed. Take 752 bells for the effort, buzz off!

Opal asked me for an octopus, and I caught that for her as well. She also rewarded me with 752 bells. This must be the new bell trend, replacing my recent rewards of 528 bells.

Tonight’s fishing and bug-catching netted me an additional 100,000 bells.