Fishing Tournament

The fishing tournament was today, and it was the one where you have to catch a specific type of fish. This time, Chip would only accept horse mackerel.

Chip: No kidding, if it's not a horse mackerel, now, I won't measure it. No way, no how. Got that? No way.At the time, Rowan was in the lead with a 15.9 inch fish.

Chip: Rowan caught a respectable 15.9-inch horse mackerel. Yup. Ate it with my own mouth.Fortunately, there were plenty of horse mackerel out in the ocean, and it didn’t take me long to overtake Rowan. When I did, Chip gave me a toaster as a prize.

Chip: And of course, the prize... A toaster! Yes! All for you!I was in the lead, but I still caught several more fish just to be sure. I came back shortly before 6:00 (when the tournament ended) and gave Chip my remaining fish. And sure enough, I had no problem winning the tournament with my 18.8 inch horse mackerel.

Chip: The winner, with a fine horse mackerel of 18.8 inches, is you!I’ll get my prize in the mail at a later time, Chip said. It should be the silver trophy, which I have never received before. I got the gold fishing trophy before, but the tournaments for specific fish have a different trophy, which I only found out when marking off my item checklist.

Departed Sydney

Sydney moved out today; I got her goodbye letter in the mail.

Dear Jeff, Today's my last day. I'm leaving Forest. Good-bye, Jeff. I hope you won't forget me! Goodbye, -SydneyI opened my gate at 10:00. Yann came over to visit, and I showed her where I buried Sydney.

Jeff, standing by a dirt patch: I buried her here.We hung out in my house for a while. She wore a hat and stood behind my snowman to make it look like Frosty was wearing it.

A snowman wearing a hat?Yann told me she was going into labor and she gave birth to one of Del’s babies.

Jeff: Go to the DELivery room!In my golden basement, I wore the gold brick pattern to try to blend in.

Jeff, wearing a gold brick pattern in a gold room: You can't find me.It was snowing outside, so went fishing for a while–trying to catch a coelacanth. My first good catch was a tuna; Yann also caught one.

Jeff, holding a tuna: Hey, Big Tuna!And shortly after that, we both caught lobsters.

Jeff, holding a lobster: ROCK ROBSTER.We never did catch a coelacanth tonight, but we had a good time in Forest.


For anyone that missed the announcement, I have decided that I *will* buy a 3DS to play the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf. For more details, see my announcement.