New House, New Mouse

In the northeast corner of town (near the homes of Midge and Guest), I found a new house. Inside the house, I found a new mouse. Welcome to Forest, Samson!

Samson: SWEEEEEET! Good to meet you. My name's Samson!In the western part of town, Opal gave me a new shirt–a kiwi shirt. I decided to put it on, since I was in need of new clothes. And this isn’t one of my usual shirts, so it’s nice to try something new occasionally.

Opal: I don't want to get your hopes up, but...this present is exceptional!While standing on the town’s southern bridge, Tangy told me that she was feeling bloated. She just ate 50 pounds of fruit salad! Wow.

Tangy: I just ate, like, 50 pounds of fruit salad, so I'm feeling kinda bloated.
Well, you are what you eat.

Opal asked me to make a delivery to Midge, so I agreed to help out. The package contained a bone shirt…just like the bone shirt I recently gave Rhonda in Wild World. Well, with Halloween coming up in a few weeks, this is a good time to wear your bones on the outside of your body.

Midge: Oh, is that what I think it is? A bone shirt? Well, it's a sweet gesture. I guess I should accept!Kitty locked herself out of her house, and I wasn’t interested in fishing for her key. But I was a bit surprised when I realized what she was wearing…the star bikini! Doesn’t she feel cold wearing it this time of year?

Kitty, wearing a bikini: Wow.

Autumn Moon 2017

I received Tank’s goodbye letter in the mail today.

'Sup Jeff, Today's my last day in Forest. Best thing I did here was be buds with you. I might be sweating in a different gym, but I'll always be lifting for you! -TankI spoke with Tangy, and she informed me of something that I didn’t even realize: Today is the autumn moon (aka harvest moon) celebration!

Tangy: Hey, Jeff! Guess what? Today's the Autumn Moon celebration!
By the look on her face, she was surprised too.

Midge was also in the area, so I spoke with her too. She asked me if I’ve seen the mayor yet today. Hmmm, what do you think?

Midge, standing next to Mayor Tortimer: Oh, yeah! Have you seen the mayor yet today, tweedledee?Since Mayor Tortimer was right up in my face, I chatted with him. He gave me a wheat bundle for the occasion of the autumn moon.

Tortimer: Here, sprout. Take this wheat bundle to celebrate the Autumn Moon festival!I didn’t take a picture of the wheat bundle, since I’ve shown it multiple times before. But if you really want to see what it looks like, check out this entry from 2013.

The grass is now yellowish and ugly (in my opinion) for October. To see how much it has changed, check out my crop circle patterns compared to the grass now. The crop circle blended in pretty well when I first put it in back in June.

My crop circle grass standing out dramatically from the yellow October grass.When I visited Opal, she was sick with a cold. I gave her some medicine I already had in my pockets. I definitely don’t want any elephants sneezing on me. Talk about having junk in your trunk. Yuck!

Opal flips as she takes some cold medicine.I rode the bus out to the city, and I was quite surprised when I took a look at the new model room in the Happy Room Academy.

A small empty room as the model room at the Happy Room Academy.What was going on? I asked Lyle about the model room, and he said this month’s theme is the room with the most grown-up feel. And apparently, none of the rooms in Forest even qualified! So the empty room was just a default room for when nothing matches the theme.

Lyle: ...No rooms matched. None. Zero. Zip. Nada. Ixnay. You guys are bustin' Lyle's chops here!Later on tonight, I returned to the game to take a look at the autumn moon. Have a good night, everyone!

A full autumn moon (harvest moon) in Animal Crossing: City Folk for Nintendo Wii.

Tanks Away

I visited Dotty tonight, and she was talking about what kinds of parties we could throw. She suggested an iced coffee party or a zydeco dance party (whatever that is).

Dotty: Ooh! An iced coffee party sounds fun! Oh oh! Or a zydeco dance party!
You had me at iced coffee.

Today was Tank’s last day before he rolled out of town. He told me to take a good look, because he flexed for me one last time. 😛

Tank: Glad I got the chance to flex for you one last time. Check out these pecs, tank you!Midge was outside, rocking her bikini. Although I’m starting to wonder if she was trying to flirt with me. 😛

Midge, wearing a bikini: What do you think of this top I'm wearing? Nice, hm, tweedledee?She told me that Sophie from Solotown designed the pattern. I wonder if Sophie would be surprised that animals are still wearing her bikini after all these years.

I visited Tangy, and I hopped into her bed. As I jumped out, I temporarily merged into her face. It was like dunking my head into a bucket of orange juice. Sweet! 😛

Merging into Tangy's orange head.