June Bug-Off 2025

On Sunday, Pascal popped up in the rain to talk about yoga poses.

Pascal: Downward-facing dog might be a yoga pose, maaan, but upward-facing otter is a way of life.

Bob sent me this letter on Wednesday, along with a gift. He found it under his bed while looking for candy, and he wondered if it was a piece of toffee…

Hey, boss! I was looking for a piece of candy I dropped under my bed and found this. It's hard as a rock! I'm pretty sure it's not the candy I dropped. Unless it turns out to be a toffee bar...then it is and I want it back. -Toffee-love Bob

But the attached item was actually coprolite. That’s fossilized dino poop! Wow, he’s lucky he didn’t lick it to taste what it was! Yuck! 😆

On Thursday, I dug up the daily glowing spot money, and then a zigzag pattern led me to three of the day’s four fossils! That was four of the five buried items all in one area.

A zigzag pattern led me from the glowing spot to three of the day's fossils!

When I visited Bones, he told me to pick a color. He said he would tell me what food I’m most like. I picked red, and he compared me to a “hababa-ben-erioh” pepper. He’s wrong, of course, but I thought it was cute how he struggled to pronounce habanero. 😛

Bones: Red! That means you're fiery like a hababa-ben-erioh pepper! One taste of you and everybody's jumpin'!

I know some of you have had issues with Joy-Con drift, and I’ve been having issues with Pro Controller drift for a while. I sometimes don’t get the full amount of bells from money rocks, because the controller wants to move my character down. And the problem is getting worse, too. The other day, I walked into Nook’s shop and my character left the store by himself! 😆 It’s annoying, but I don’t want to buy a new Pro Controller when I’ll be getting Switch 2 within the next few months.

Today, the June Bug-Off was held, and I participated in one round. But as I was trying to catch a drone beetle, Static was in my way and I kept talking to him by mistake!

Static: Kiddo, this here's a bug-catchin' contest, not a jaw-flappin' contest. Get back in there and compete!

But despite the setback, I still ended up catching 14 bugs…which was good for 16 points.

I caught a common bluebottle!

I sold my 14 bugs to Flick for 4,110 bells, and then I redeemed ten of my points for a bug wand.

Due to the Bug-Off, there was no K.K. Slider concert tonight. Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

  • Last Saturday, K.K. performed “Marine Song 2001” for me, Ketchup, Peanut, Agent S, and Bones.
  • Ketchup was sick on Sunday, so I gave her some medicine. In return, she gave me an attus robe.
  • On Tuesday, I helped out Wisp and he gave me a portable record player.
  • On Wednesday, I had a whale of a fishing day; I caught three whale sharks! And also a great white shark, a saw shark, and a coelacanth! 💰💰💰
  • Yesterday, I helped out Gulliver; he sent me a tubeteika in the mail today.

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