Even though this isn’t my real birthday, I entered my character’s birthday as July 1st. So when I started up the game today, Aurora quickly dragged me away and took me into her house. SURPRISE!
That’s right, Aurora threw me a surprise party!
Aurora and Big Top are two of my three favorite villagers, so it was really nice that they remembered my non-birthday. But wait… why is Katt here?! Party ruined. Just kidding…maybe.
I then had to blow out my candles…by literally blowing in the 3DS microphone. The problem is, I don’t know where the microphone is! So I started blowing all over my system until my character blew out his candles. This party is a really cute addition to the game. But when I was done partying and wiping the spit off my screen, I headed back outside.
In the mail, I had letters (with gifts attached) from Mom, Aurora, and Big Top.
The new month brings new DLC, so I headed to the post office to check out what the new item was. It’s a palm-tree lamp.
That was the regular DLC for this month. But Best Buy also has another DLC item available: the cat tower.
Here is a look at both the palm-tree lamp and the cat tower. They’re both tall items.
After that, I went to work at the cafe. My notes are paying off, as I was able to get Big Top’s coffee perfect today.
And I also got Aurora’s coffee just right too. I’m glad I could repay them both for their kindness earlier.
As for the other two customers, I got their orders partially correct, but not perfect. But Brewster still gave me some superb coffee beans for my work.
After that, I headed back outside and found my four fossils. I took them up to the museum, but all four were duplicates. When I went into Club LOL, I gave Shrunk a peach and he taught me the mischief emotion. I like this one a lot.
After I finished my shopping run, I ended my game…for the moment. But since it’s July now, that means there are lots of new summer bugs (and fish) available. So I opened my gate tonight to do some late night bug-catching. But once again, disconnections were a problem tonight.
First, Nick came over. Then we got disconnected. I reopened; Kyle, Wendy, and Lauren came over. Wendy made me a Jif peanut butter logo pattern.
We caught some bugs and showed them off near the top of my east ramp.
Unfortunately, we soon got disconnected and lost those bugs. When I reopened, Wendy, Pelon, and Marcey came in. Pelon had asked me if he could have the funny glasses when I first mentioned them in a blog entry from June 3rd. At first though, he didn’t even remember. But I gave them to him and he tried them on.
A bit later, I saw someone running around wearing a sombrero and a gas mask; that’s an odd combination. I didn’t know who it was!
Turns it out it was Pelon. He actually gave me a silver axe as a gift. With a silver axe, stumps will have special patterns (like the butterfly stump I had before). I cut a tree down with it, and it had a heart symbol.
We also dug holes around the stump so that we could fall from the stump into the holes. But because there was so much lag tonight, the people who fell into the holes didn’t struggle at all. They just stood there motionless in the hole! It was an odd sight to behold.
A bit later, we saw Katt. So naturally, we tried to kill her.
And shortly after that, Aurora asked me to find her some perfect fruit. Yeah, okay. I’ve only seen one perfect piece of fruit in two months, yet she expects me to give her some.
But the interesting thing wasn’t what she said, it’s what Wendy did in the background. She ran across the bridge, but apparently because of lag, her legs did not show up! She looks like a happy ghost, floating across my bridge! Take a look!
Wendy decided to go hide somewhere in town, and she told us to find her. Marcey was the first to find her; she was on my private beach. I joined them, but Pelon couldn’t–he didn’t have his wet suit with him.
But before long, we got disconnected again. So I lost some bugs and the silver axe. But that’s okay, because I prefer to get the silver tools on my own anyway. I was done in Forest at this point. But Wendy invited me over to see her police station, so I went to Oakville to take a look at it.
Unfortunately, Copper wouldn’t let me take items from the lost and found.
Back outside, I saw Kabuki. He asked how much I liked my town, and I said I liked it a lot. So he said he may have to check it out sometime.
Wendy also showed me her wind turbine, complete with sound effects.
And she had so many colors of flowers around her house that it looked like a box of Froot Loops threw up.
And inside, the demon cow admired her house.
And Fuchsia told me that she’s moving out of town on the 4th of July.
I didn’t try to stop her.
Over on the bridge, I ran into Benedict. He wanted a new greeting, so I told him to say “buhk buhk.” That was Hank’s catchphrase in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing.
And then I heard a balloon present flying by overhead. By the time I got my slingshot out, I saw something strange. The balloon was moving vertically (well…to the south). It confused me for a second, but then I saw it resumed its horizontal path (to the east). The reason? There was a house in the way! It altered its path to go around the house!
I did not know balloons would do that. So I didn’t shoot it down right away; I followed it to see if it would happen again. And sure enough, when it encountered a tent, it moved south one space to fit around the tent. It does not go back north to resume its original path, though; it stays on its new path. With no further houses in its way, I then shot it down before it went over the river.
After that, I went to go work at the cafe. Thanks to my previous notes (and the process of elimination), I was able to get Isabelle’s order correct. It’s funny how they never give the full details of how they like their coffee until after you’ve already figured it out.
In addition to good coffee beans, Brewster also gave me a siphon. I really don’t plan on filling my house with coffee-related items, but it was a nice gesture.
I’m still hoping for shock or disbelief, but surprise is a decent (but less dramatic) alternative to those. Looking at my list of emotions, it seems I only need 11 more of them to complete the collection.
It really would have been ideal if you could build it on the beach, since an Egyptian style pyramid like this should be around sand. But unfortunately, no projects can be built down there. If you even try going down the ramp, Isabelle will stop you.
But I did the next best thing: I put it just to the right of the ramp, just one space from the edge. So you’ll be able to see it from the beach (if you press up on the control pad) and even from the dock. So I’m looking forward to seeing that. Unfortunately, it’s a very expensive project–698,000 bells. So it may take some time to pay it off.
I spotted Phineas in town, and he gave me a Skilled Diver badge.
He also gave me a Good Samaritan badge for helping out my neighbors a lot.
I now have a total of six 
I heard a balloon present above, but it was no ordinary balloon present. It was a silver slingshot!
I shot it down, and now I can start shooting two pellets at a time.
The fruit Wendy brought me a few days ago really paid off today, as they were all producing fresh fruit! Here you can see two of my lemon trees. Stay away, Shelbyville!
I then saw Katrina’s tent and went inside. Katrina talked about a row of golden model homes. But the key to this fortune was a royal crown. Nevermind. As if I have a million bells to spend on a crown.
Not far away, I spotted a new house. Rolf has moved in!
Forest now has ten villagers for the first time!
She even gave me a blue-trim wall as thanks. But enough about that. It was time for the ceremony commemorating the completion of the modern clock!
But the modern clock wasn’t the only new clock I got today. From Ireland, Gulliver sent me a shamrock clock. I hung it on the wall of my museum exhibit room.
Try to ignore those balloons. I’m in the process of splitting that stuff into two separate exhibits. But while I was up on Main Street, I took some fruit to Shrunk. He thanked me by teaching me the “worry” emotion.
After that, I went into T.I.Y. to check out the wall-mounted monitor. I bought it and tried it out in my house. It’s basically just a TV, but it’s flat and hangs on the wall. And it’s not in color…
At this point, I was done playing. But later on, in the evening, Wendy asked to use my Shampoodle to try out the color contacts. So she came over, only to find that Harriet did not give her an option for color contacts. I tried it myself and got this message:
Apparently, you can only get color contacts in your own town (when the gate is closed). It seems weird that visitors can have their hair done, but not their eyes.
But I think Katt knew what we were planning, so she quickly headed off to another part of town. That’s all for tonight, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow!