Explorer’s Day

Today was Explorer’s Day (Columbus Day) and Tortimer was outside town hall to celebrate the occasion.

Tortimer: The finer points escape me, but today is all about exploring...stuff. I think...He was handing out sailboat models. Mine looked pretty nice with my wallpaper and carpet.

The sailboat model I got from Tortimer.I went around town to water my flowers and found a couple of new black roses. When I went into Octavian’s house, he was telling me about the “scandal” of Redd selling fake paintings.

Octavian: Hey, humanoid! You heard about the scandal? It's all about Redd, that shopkeeper in the city.You’ve got to love the faces he makes sometimes.

Trophy Time

I got a letter from Chip in the mail today, congratulating me for winning the fishing tournament yesterday.

Results Announcement: The ultimate champ of the October 12th, 2013, Fishing Tourney is Jeff's 41-inch sea bass! You're clearly the MVP! -From ChipThe prize was a gold trophy. I don’t know what I was expecting.

Jeff the mummy standing next to a gold trophy.While talking to Octavian over by town hall, he let it slip that he has been listening in on Blaire’s and Pinky’s conversations.

Octavian: Um, not that I've been listening in or anything! Don't tell them, OK?And Bob asked me to make a delivery to Avery. But he asked me to deliver it by 11 p.m., and it was already 10:49! That’s not much time to work with! But fortunately, I had just passed by Avery about 30 seconds before, so I knew where he was. I took him the gift, which turned out to be a blue pinstripe shirt. He tried it on.

Avery: It's not exactly my thing, but I'll try it on. Lemme know what you think. Yea? Nay? I drool?I then returned to Bob, and he rewarded me with a school chair. I finished watering my flowers and returned home for the night.

Fishing Tournament

I noticed the grass was a yellowish color today. Playing during daylight hours (for a change) almost made the grass so bright it hurt my eyes.

The yellowish grass of mid-October.I took the bus out to the city, and it looked pretty crowded. Phineas was also there, on the other side of the fountain.

Me and five animals all walking around in the same area.Sometimes you never noticed how similar two shirts are until they’re side by side. Here, you can see the kappa suit and frog top in Able Sisters.

The very similar kappa suit and frog top, side by side.The fishing tournament was going on today, so I went out looking for sea bass. After I caught about five of them, I was able to take the lead away from Lily.

Chip: Lily's 40.4-inch sea bass has officially been surpassed! Wow! WOW!Chip then gave me a mop as a prize. Now it’s MY MOP!!! Woooo! I returned after 6:00 to find that my fish held up as the top fish of the day.

Chip: The winner, with a fine sea bass of 41,8 inches, is you!A winner is you! Chip told me that my prize for winning will be sent in the mail. So I’ll probably get that tomorrow.