Funky Forest Air

I usually ignore the normal letters from the HRA (Happy Room Academy). But today, I noticed that this one mentioned me completing the mush furniture set. Even though it didn’t exactly congratulate me for the feat, I thought that was  a nice touch.

Jeff, your room gets 71,989 points! You've completed the Mush series! That took determination. -Happy Room AcademyNookington’s was already closed by the time I played tonight (because I was busy writing a particularly long New Leaf blog entry). But outside of the shop, I ran into Joey. He told me he was going to use his net to catch air, and then bottle it, and sell funky Forest air in other towns!

Joey: I'm gonna use this net to catch air. Then...Joey: I'll bottle it and sell funky Forest air in other towns!Why do you think the air is funky? And if that’s true, why would other people want to buy it? And even if they did, why would you need a net when you could just open the bottle? I have so many questions about his business plan. We could have another Crazy Redd in the making.

This week’s Message of the Week on the bulletin board warned against making mountains out of molehills. But only because the moles don’t like it.

*Message of the Week* Don't make mountains out of molehills. It leads to angry moles.When I visited Puddles, I saw that she had her belongings packed up in boxes. I decided I would only try to save her one time, and if it didn’t work, I would let her go. But fortunately, she mentioned a cancel penalty, and I think that means I saved her.

Puddles: What am I supposed to do about the cancel penalty, rib-ribbit?Crazy Redd was in town, and I used the password “mice shop” to squeak inside his tent. I bought the worthy painting he had for 3,920 bells. I took it over to the museum, and Blathers told me it was a real work of art! I donated it immediately.

Worthy painting. Donor: Jeff.

Curly the Cannibal

I visited Curly tonight, and he told me that he put a fossil in his room. But then, he told me he prefers spare ribs to fossils! Wow, he’s a cannibal!

Curly: But, to be honest... I like spare ribs better than fossils...Why don’t you come over for dinner? I’ll chop up some spare ribs and maybe make some Curly fries too. You It will be delicious.

It’s funny because I remember seeing a post somewhere (probably Tumblr) that said all of the food dishes mentioned in Animal Crossing games didn’t include meat (fish yes, but not beef or pork, etc.). Wish I could find it now. 😛 Maybe it just referred to New Leaf, although I don’t think it made that distinction.

When I spoke to Rhonda, she said she was so glad she got to know me and become close to me. She said we’ll be best friends.

Rhonda: I want to be very close to you, captain! We'll be best friends, on my horn!
Yeah, I’ve heard that before. Get out of here.

I visited Joey, and he was telling me that fossils smell really good. Apparently they smell like dirty gems.

Joey: They're sweet and earthy at the same time. Like the smell of, uh, dirty gems!A new “Talking to Myself” message posted to the bulletin board says that pelicans are the symbol for savings. According to Katrina, at least.

-Talking to Myself- Katrina told me that the pelican was the symbol for savings. I'm not sure how I feel about that.I went to the Roost for the Saturday night musical performance, and K.K. Slider played K.K. Country for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Country!I didn’t make much money tonight–just the bells from the money rock and from selling the one fossil I found. So I only made a 10,000 bell mortgage payment this time. I’ll try to do better next time, if I can.

Dainty Painting

Crazy Redd was in town today, and I rushed to his tent after reading his letter. It was mainly so that I didn’t forget today’s password, which was “is often empty.” He had a dainty painting for sale.

Redd: Ah! I see you've noticed the dainty painting! That's a very nice item!

I bought it for 3,920 bells and took it over to Blathers at the museum. It turned to be a legit piece of art, so I donated it.

Dainty painting. Donor: Jeff.

Outside, I ran into Joey. He told me that the number of fossils you’ll find in life is predetermined. He said that he’ll be able to find three per day. That’s nice to see the game acknowledge the daily fossil limit, even if there’s not a logical reason for it.

Joey: My calculations say that I should be able to find about three per day...

I’m also a bit relieved that there are just three to find each day, since I’ve never found four in Wild World (New Leaf has four per day). I was afraid there was a really well-hidden one somewhere in town that I’d never locate. 😛

There was a new Message of the Week on the bulletin board, and to be honest, I didn’t get it at first. But then it clicked (or should I say snapped).

*Message of the Week* The early bird gets the worm. The late mouse gets the cheese!

Puddles was once again impersonating Katrina the fortune teller. This time, she told me to drink buckets of cocoa before bed. If I do that, she won’t be the only Puddles in town.

Puddles: Drink buckets of cocoa before bed...or else!

I had a little chat with Curly outside, and he informed that he was all banana. Alrighty then.

Curly: H-hey! I'm not rotten! And I'm sure not mushy! I'm all banana, baby!

His mood improved a bit later. He asked me for a fossil, and I gave him a dinosaur track that I dug up. He gladly accepted it, and he rewarded me with 510 bells.

After selling some stuff at Nookington’s, I made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall. I then ended my game for the night.

But there is one other thing I’d like to share. My latest Wild World video is done, showing highlights of events from late September through last Saturday. It’s episode 11 of my series. Hope you enjoy!