Day 2000

Today (October 23rd) is the 2,000th day of Forest’s existence. Hard to believe it’s been that long already! The game doesn’t celebrate it or anything, but still, I thought it was an interesting milestone. If you’d like to revisit my entry from Day 1, here’s the link: Moving In.

Hornsby asked to visit my house today, and I agreed to let him come…but only because he wanted to come right then, as opposed to scheduling a time. I took him on a tour of my house, where I was surprised to see I’ve already decorated for Halloween! 😉

Hornsby, in a room of monster masks: Oh, wait! I get it! This must be your man cave, huh, skippy? Like where you do your hobbies?

I’m joking, of course. I haven’t redecorated that room in years. 😛 Upstairs in my frog room, Hornsby didn’t seem to like the fact that I have plants indoors? What an odd thing to complain about.

Hornsby: But there are already so many plants outside. Why would you bring one inside? You're a weird one.
Why did I bring *you* inside?

After taking him to every room, he finally decided to go home.

Next, I visited Bones, and he said he just cleaned his house.

Bones: I actually just did a big clean, updog.

But that’s kinda funny, because he has a lot of furniture in his house. You don’t normally see animals’ houses this packed.

Bones' crowded house.

I found a lost item outside (a mitten), and Molly said it was hers. But since I was standing on a bridge when I gave it back to her, she was holding it at the height of my feet. It looked kinda funny, I thought.

Molly: Oh! This IS mine!
It’s a mitten, not a boot!

She gave me a cycling tee for my trouble. Shirts aren’t ideal rewards of course, but it’s fine because I didn’t do much work. She was literally the first person animal I asked about the lost mitten. 😛

And over at Re-Tail, Big Top’s eyes nearly popped out of his helmet when he saw a portable toilet. He couldn’t wait to buy it…and break it in. That poor toilet won’t know what hit it.

Big Top: The second I laid eyes on the portable toilet, I was sold!

My recent dream visitors have been Preston from China and Haku from TranTown. Lolly also mentioned dreaming of Jannie from Nintendo. Thanks for visiting, and have a good day and week! 🙂

Return Flea

Just like last week, Lolly asked me for a butterfly tonight. And just like last week, I went down to the dock box to get an emperor butterfly for her. In return, she gave me a stripe wall.

I spoke with her again, and she offered to sell me her pickle jar for 800 bells. Sounds like a good dill!

Lolly: So I'm selling stuff to make up the difference. Would you like to buy my pickle jar?

I visited Bones, he was already looking to replace the flea I gave him two weeks ago.

Bones: I'm thinking I should replace my flea with something else.
A tick, perhaps?

I just happened to have a piece of furniture that can be placed on a table like fish and bugs can…the pickle jar from Lolly, of course! I handed it over, and he said it was perfect. To thank me, he rewarded me with the flea.

Bones: Well, I don't need my flea anymore, so take it as my way of saying thanks!
This reward sucks.

Up at Club LOL, Cally and Kabuki were enjoying some music from K.K. Slider. I asked K.K. for a random song, sat next to Kabuki, and listened to a performance of Mountain Song.

K.K. Slider performs for Cally, Jeff, and Kabuki at Club LOL.

My recent dream visitors have been Angelle from Lunaria, Obi from Hogsmead, Yuna from Sredapar, Peter from Clayton, Even from Unicorn, and Lena from Madrid. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Monarch Moth

Monday was Explorer’s Day (Columbus Day in the U.S.), and Isabelle was at the event plaza to hand out sailboat models.

Isabelle: It's a sailboat model! With it, you can really get into the excitement of Explorer's Day!

I also stuck my face through the standee to sail with Kapp’n and two headless peeps.

The holiday face-cutout standee for Explorer's Day (Columbus Day) in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Lolly asked me for a butterfly, so I went to the dock box and grabbed an emperor butterfly. I took it back to her, and she said it looked like me!

Lolly: Oh, an emperor butterfly! Nice! Hee hee hee. It actually kind of looks like you, Jeff.

She then gave me a shower stall for my trouble. Wait, is she saying I stink? Right after saying I look like a butterfly? 😛

Last night, around 1 a.m., I spotted a monarch butterfly! I did have my 3DS in sleep mode since the afternoon, so that could explain why it was still out so late (even though I did walk halfway across town before I saw it). But the weirdest part was that it kept flying by the street lamp. Did it think it was a moth???

Animated GIF of a monarch flying at night, near a street lamp.

The fishing tournament was held today, but as usual, I played too late to participate…or even attend the winners’ ceremony. However, I saw the results on the bulletin board: Vivian got 1st place, Aurora got 2nd place, and Rolf finished in 3rd. However, Vivian was unaware that she won!

Vivian: I wonder if I made the top three...

I caught a flea that was on Vivian, and Rolf really seemed to want it. He gave me a relay tank for it.

Rolf: You're into the fine art of the flea too?!

And I found Boots’ secret lair…in a river! Actually it was just in his house.

Boots: Oh! Champ! You, uh, found your way into my secret lair... In a river!

My recent dream visitors have been Rianne from Paradise, Sophie from Wibblin, Jackson from J-Nation, Marissa from Anthos, Alex from Richards, Carby from Smashvil, Frog from Tinymill, Teagan from Brekton, Erin from Wynvale… Also, Bones mentioned dreaming of Taura from Myrefall and Fauna from Esterway, and Lolly mentioned Kaleb from Meadow and Kai from Awvillle. Thanks for stopping by!