The Orange Smuggler

Big Top told me he was moving out of town on July 30th, but I quickly changed his mind. All it took was a handful of peanuts.

Big Top: It's settled. I'll stay put here in Forest. I guess we'll still be neighbors after all!Lauryn asked if she could use my salon this evening, so I opened the gate for her. She got her hair done and I let her have some fruit too.

Lauryn stopped over for a visit.Up at the Dream Suite today, Luna told me Hannah from Boston was my most recent dream visitor.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Squishy came over to visit…and to smuggle in some foreign oranges!

Squishy arrives in Forest.She made a few trips between Re-Tail and her locker, leaving a suspicious trail of orange juice leading to her squishy pockets. I considered reporting her to Copper, but I was afraid Squishy would beat me to a pulp.

Before long, MaryAnn also came over to visit. I showed her the tree stump glitch, since she hadn’t seen it before.

The three of us standing in one spot.While I was there, I had a little snack.

I turned into a giant after eating a famous mushroom.I also dug holes around the bench and we fell into them. (As a suspicious person peered over the bench).

Jeff and MaryAnn stuck in holes.Squishy and I net-glitched into the river and turned into fish. Then we went…fishing?

Fishing in the river while standing in the river.After making a bunch of fish puns and wood puns, we headed out to the island for some tours. The selection of tours was pretty decent for a change. We went on two hide-and-seek tours, an ore tour, a bug-catching tour, and a balloon-popping tour. Our performance as a group wasn’t that great; we earned the bronze awards at least twice. Personally though, I won two of the three individual tours.

Tortimer: Jeff gets 4 medals, Squishy gets 2 medals, and MaryAnn gets 1 medal!I won the balloon-popping and ore tours, while MaryAnn won the bug tour. It probably didn’t help that I spent my time typing things like this:

Jeff: Yay! A deku stick!We then returned to the mainland. MaryAnn was catching some bugs while I ended up chasing Squishy around. I lost her at one point, but just as she was starting to gloat, I found her again. 😛 She was hiding behind a tree, but Dotty led me right to her. She must’ve been drawn to the sweet citrus smell.

Squishy: Bwahahaha!By then, it was around midnight (which was 5 a.m. for Squishy), so I ended the session for the night. Thanks for coming, Squishy and MaryAnn! And have a good weekend, everyone! Beware of anyone with sticky hands and orange juice stains on their pants!

Leo Sculpture DLC

Gulliver sent me some gladiator sandals in the mail today, from Greece. I wish you could give shoes to animals; it would be pretty funny to see an elephant wearing sandals.

There’s a new DLC item available now, the Leo sculpture! For this horoscope/astrological DLC set, they are sending the items out on the dates that each Zodiac sign begins (usually around the 23rd). So you don’t have to wait until the first of the month to get them.

Phyllis: OK, all right. Here's the Leo sculpture!The Leo sculpture is a lion’s head that hangs on the wall. You can jump up to turn it on, and that makes its eyes glow.

Jumping up to turn on the Leo sculpture.It can be re-ordered from the catalog for a price of 4,800 bells.

Leo sculpture - 4,800 bells.While I was on Main Street, I updated my dream town (in the daytime for a change). Also, Luna told me that Willa from the town of Rakuen was my most recent dream visitor.

Luna: According to the latest feedback, a client named Willa from Rakuen enjoyed your dream.After making my rounds, I took a trip out to the island. I decided to go on an easy balloon-hunt tour. Tortimer was telling me he used to be really good at shooting balloons, but I think he’s just full of hot air.

Tortimer: Got all that? Let me know if you need help using that slingshot. I was quite the sharpshooter in my day!The easy tour doesn’t have pitfall seeds scattered around, so it’s extremely easy to pop all of the balloons you need here.

Popping a balloon with a slingshot.I won the gold Tortimer award and earned six medals.

Tortimer: Wow! You must really hate balloons! Please accept this Gold Tortimer award and 6 medals!When I returned to the mainland, Sprinkle told me that her outfit would totally flop if she wasn’t wearing her icy shirt. Well, considering that’s all she was wearing, I would say so!

Sprinkle: I think my outfit would totally flop if it wasn't for the cute icy shirt I have on!

Just to let you know, a couple of people have submitted some designs, and I’ll be adding them to the QR Codes page later tonight.

Dreamer Badge

Today, Drago told me that he wants to move out of town on July 28th.

Drago: I wanna have adventures too, or at least ONE adventure. So I've decided to move someplace new!However, I’m not letting him leave yet. There are a few other animals I’d like to get rid of first.

I ran into Gala, and perhaps she was feeling the summer heat, because she asked if I like baking ham.

Gala: Do you like baking, ham?Just ignore that comma. 😉 I bet Gala wishes she had a nice mud puddle to roll around in. Too bad, little piggy. You’re gonna roast. Wanna come over for dinner?

Phineas was in town today, and he gave me the Dreamer badge for visiting a lot of dream towns!

I got the Dreamer badge! I've had a lot of good dreams!Here’s an updated look at my badges. I now have at least a bronze badge for every category except for letter-writing. That one’s going to take a while, since I never write letters.

My badge collection as of July 23, 2014.I didn’t make any dream visits today, but I did update my own dream town (as I usually do). I also saw that Ashlee from the town of Ratty was my most recent dream visitor.

I went from the Dream Suite over to the Emporium; I wanted to see if that celebration hat could be re-ordered. The answer is yes. That’s good, because I didn’t want to have to hang on to that ugly thing.

Celebration hat - 240 bells.Back in town, Dotty asked me for something new to say. I told her to say she’s evil, and she said it fits her to a tee!

Dotty: So "I'm evil," is that right? It fits me to a tee! Thanks!I then did a little traveling to give away a few items. I gave that celebration hat to Megan.

Delivering a hat to Megan.I also gave a Cancer table to Courage.

Taking an item to Courage.Courage also let me have this cool Agent S design.

An Agent S shirt that Courage designed.And last but not least, I dropped off a smoker at Loren’s town. It was winter there!

Visiting Loren's town.When I returned to Forest, I found Gulliver down on the beach. I figured out he’s headed to Greece next, so he will send me a gift from there tomorrow.

Gulliver: How did you get into my brain?I also found a lost item on the beach, and I eventually returned it to its owner, Rolf.

Rolf: My mom stayed up all night knitting these gloves for me!He gave me a bubble-gum tee as a reward.