Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Today, I received Pompom’s goodbye letter in the mail. She has waddled away after two months in town.

The fishing tournament was underway, and Hank said he may need me to help carry the fish he was going to catch. 😆

Purrl, on the other hand, wasn’t as pleasant. Snooties are very hard to like in this game. Even Purrl.

Puck and Belle were fishing together at the northeast part of the lake. Puck thought it was a good spot to catch fish.

Chip told me that Hank was the current leader, with a 19-inch fish. Of my first few fish (all regular bass), the biggest was 18 inches. I continued to fish as I made my rounds.

I found a mistake when I spoke with Maple: She said she accidentally bought two “peach” (instead of peaches).

But she gave me one for free; that was nice of her. 🙂

It was raining in town, and many of my villagers were complaining about it. Baabara said there’s not much to do in the rain (even though a tourney was underway?), and she’s going to go to the bakery if it’s still raining tomorrow. Yeah, good luck with that.

I was surprised to see Tortimer out and about; I forgot he pops out of his shell during tournaments. But he wasn’t even near the wishing well this time, he was several acres away. He told me if I was tired, he would catch a lunker for me! Yeah, right. He couldn’t catch a fish if it was in a fishbowl in front of him.

I noticed there were only six minutes until the tourney ended, so I decided I better get serious about fishing! When I caught a large bass at 5:56, I felt pretty good about my chances. Even my 18-incher was a regular bass, and that was only an inch shorter than Hank’s. So I rushed it over to Chip. But he told me it was also 19 inches, so Hank was still the leader! Uh-oh!

With just two minutes to go, I was unable to catch another large bass in time. 🙁 So I officially lost the tournament. But it was nice just to participate. In fact, this was my first time competing in the GameCube fishing tournament since 2012! 😲

On the bright side, I got to meet my new villager, Freckles. I like her, she’s cute.

So one duck replaced another. 😛 Freckles also lives in my town of Ohio, and she previously lived in Forest back in 2011.

When I got back around to my house, I checked the bulletin board. To my surprise, Puck was the winner with a 26-inch fish! So he must have passed Hank in the final two minutes! I guess that makes it easier to take the loss then, since I wasn’t tied with the winner.

Of course, I would have been even more upset if I had taken the lead with a 20-incher and then lost in the final two minutes. Oh well. Maybe next time…whenever that will be. 😆

Thanks for stopping by, and Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

I played briefly on May 1st, and I got to see the windsocks that fly every year in early May.

Today, I received Mathilda’s goodbye letter in the mail. She bounced after three months in Forest.

I ran into Pompom, and she said her mood was as ugly as the weather. I thought ducks liked the rain, though.

Ursala was being as rude as ever. First she insulted me…

…and then she tried to rip me off. I’m starting to wonder why she’s not my least-favorite villager in town. Even Baabara and Belle weren’t as rude as Ursala, at least today. 😛

But just seconds later, I forgot about Ursala’s unkindness when I ran into Mathilda’s replacement: It’s Purrl! She’s such a good kitty. 🙂

She previously lived in Forest back in 2012.

Wendell will be in town on Sunday, and several of my villagers were talking about his upcoming visit.

Emerald asked me to catch an insect for her, so that she can study it.

The problem is that not many bugs show up when it’s raining. I went around banging rocks, and then I tried shaking a few trees. I wasn’t having much luck for a while. But I eventually found a pill bug; I took it back to Emerald, and she rewarded me with a perfect painting! Of course, I already have one in the museum, but that’s a really good reward for a bug!

I posted a video of today’s full gameplay session, if you’d like to see it:

See you all next time! 🙂

I received a goodbye letter from Penny the mouse yesterday. She has squeaked her way out of town.

At Nookington’s, I bought myself a deep blue tee and changed into it. I also purchased some sky blue paint for my roof. Hopefully it will last a while.

Since last month, I realized that I can still visit the island even though my GBA SP has a dead battery. I remembered that I can use my GameCube + Game Boy Player to function as the GBA! So I hooked everything up (even though the GameCube wasn’t even connected to a TV), and I headed off to the island. I was able to chat with Ankha for the first time in a long while.

She gave me a mega strumboid back, which I apparently gave her at some point in the past. She then asked me to bring her a harp and a pachira. When I returned to the mainland, I ordered both items from my catalog.

I met up with Penny’s replacement, Pompom the duck. She lived in Forest previously, back in 2011.

Hank was being his usual cheery self, and he made me smile. 🙂

Today, I got my two ordered items in the mail, and I took them out to Ankha on the island. She bought both items from me.

I then left the island and returned again. I wanted to see if she displayed the items; it turns out that she displayed the harp, but not the pachira.

She then asked for my cow print shirt, which is a valuable Gracie exclusive! I decided to give it to her, just because I thought she would look stupid dressed as a cow. 😆

But seeing her look like that was my only reward. She didn’t pay me for the shirt, or even offer anything in trade!

She bought a ptera skull that I had in my pockets, and then she asked me to sign her guestbook once again. I always like dating the notes that I leave.

I helped her out a lot more than I usually do! I then returned to the mainland and headed up to Nookington’s. Today is raffle day, so I couldn’t sell anything. But I always like looking at the raffle prizes, even when I don’t have enough tickets for an entry.

See you all next time! Never Stop Crossing! 🙂