Cranky Horse, Fishing Tourney

There was a new house in town, and I found Roscoe the black horse inside.

Roscoe: Wait a minute, who are you? Were you in one of these boxes? Oh, you live in this town?

Roscoe isn’t bad, but of course he is another cranky villager! So once again, I have eight crankies in town! It may have been an interesting novelty at first, but it’s really annoying for my cranky count to keep going back up to eight every time I get rid of one. Ugh!

Anyway, the fishing tournament was held today, and only pond smelts were eligible. But that wasn’t a problem, because the river was loaded with them. I had no trouble catching this one.

I caught a pond smelt! Whew! This guy's ripe!

I took it over to Chip, and he measured it for me: 4.9 inches.

Chip: Ah, it's...a 4.9-incher!

That wasn’t big enough, because Boomer had a 6.1-incher. But I didn’t give up; I caught two more fish. The next one was 6.2 inches, and it took over the top spot! Chip rewarded me with a siphon. The other one was 7.0 inches, and Chip gave me a folk guitar.

In the recycle bin at town hall, I found a country guitar. I wonder if this was someone else’s tourney prize that they didn’t want? 😛

I rode the bus out to the city, and I asked Phineas for a bubble blower. It’s nice that the bubbles are unlimited in this game. 🙂

Phineas: Have you ever noticed when there are bubbles in the air, it's impossible to frown? Or is that just me?

Later on, I returned to the game to see if my 7-inch pond smelt held on for the win. Chip confirmed that it did! I’ll be getting my trophy in the mail next time.

Chip: Today's winner was a fine, succulent 7.0-inch pond smelt. Caught by you!

At the Roost, I told K.K. Slider I was feeling grumpy, and he played K.K. Rock for me.

K.K.: I've got the tune to nix that frown and kick it clean out of town. It's a little ditty called K.K. Rock.

Curt Out of Town

On Monday, I found Curt all packed up and ready to move out of town. 👍

Curt: It's like I was sayin' before. I've made my mind up, and I'm saying good-bye to this little burg.

By today (Wednesday), he was gone. I found his goodbye letter in the mail.

Jeff, Well, I'm finally moving out of Forest tomorrow. If it makes you feel any better, you're the only reason I stayed as long as I did. Thanks, pal. -Curt

Vladimir was enjoying some coffee at the Roost tonight, even though it was after midnight. He may be up all night now! 😉

Vladimir: I got nothing to complain about...as long as the refills keep coming.

I don’t do much fishing in winter, unless I see a huge fish shadow in the river. And that’s what happened tonight; I caught this big stringfish!

OH MY GOSH!

I’d like to think this is the same one that got away on Christmas Eve. 😉 Maybe I just let it enjoy the holidays, then I came back and got it for good tonight. 😆

Harry has been sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine Monday, and then again tonight. I want him feeling better so he can move out soon. 😉 Of course, I’ll have to get a new villager before someone else can move out…so I’ll see what happens next week.

See you next time!

New Year’s Shirt 2023

Today is New Year’s Day (Happy 2023!) and many of my villagers sent me New Year’s greetings in the mail. Boomer wondered if this was the year we get hoverbikes and jetpacks. 😛

To Jeff, It's finally the year 2023! Sweeeet! Is this the year we finally get hoverbikes and jetpacks?! I sure hope so! -Boomer

Just seconds after clearing out my mailbox, I got my first bit of good news of 2023: Curt wants to move out of town! He’s the one I wanted out most! Yay!

Curt: I've been starting to think maybe I've gotten a little too comfy here in Forest, ya know?

But the main reason I played today was to see Tortimer, and to get a gift from him.

Tortimer: But first, since it's the new year and all, I need to give you something.

He gave me the New Year’s shirt for 2023, which has a rabbit on front. (And 2023 on the back, of course.)

The New Year's shirt for 2023 in Animal Crossing: City Folk.
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit

Cranky villagers do a little dance on New Year’s Day, which consists of a few emotions in a row. They call it the Dance of the Lonely _______, with the blank filled in by a random food. Since my town has lots of crankies, I saw quite a few variations of the dance today. 😆

Grizzly, Vladimir, Tom, and Hopper perform their lonely New Year's dances.

And Gaston asked if I was looking forward to 2023, if he shaved. 😛

Gaston: Hey, boss! Happy New Year, buddy! Looking forward to 2023, if I shave?

Happy new year, everyone! I’ll see you all next time. 🙂