August Bug-Off

Last night, I saw some cumulonimbus clouds again. That makes at least three times that I’ve seen them in New Horizons, although I still have yet to see them in New Leaf.

Another picture of cumulonimbus clouds in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, as viewed from Peach Park in Forest.

Today, the Bug-Off was held. I spoke with Flick and started my bug-catching journey.

I caught a stinkbug! Gotta keep this up!

I scored 9 points in the first round, 9 again in the 2nd round, 13 in my third round, and then 16 in my final round of the day.

Flick: Well done. You earned 16 points!

I redeemed 40 of my 48 points for a bug aloha shirt, a bug cage, an artisanal bug cage, and a butterfly backpack.

Due to the Bug-Off, K.K. Slider was not in town tonight.

I posted my latest video yesterday, New Horizons Moments #10:

See you all next time!

Not Everybody

Yesterday, Label was hanging out at the plaza. She wanted to see me in a sporty outfit, and she gave me a bulldog jacket as an example. So I put it on, but I also added some basketball shorts, basketball shoes, a skateboarding helmet, and some ski goggles. It may have been an odd combination, but everything was sporty, so Label loved it. She gave me some Labelle socks for my trouble.

Label hands my sporty self some Labelle socks.

Raymond was camping up at the campsite, but I was not interested.

Raymond: Ha HA! Got you. I'm not THAT fancy-pantsy. My name actually is Raymond, though.
Not everybody loves Raymond.

When I visited Apollo, he had an odd question for me. He told me to imagine a fishbowl in front of me, and then he asked me what was inside it.

Apollo: Imagine there's a fishbowl sittin' in front of you. Now...what's inside the fishbowl?

The choices he gave me were odd, but I picked an octopus because it seemed like a more appropriate choice than the other two options. Apollo said it was a personality test, and it meant I was a softie at heart…just like him.

Hornsby asked if my hobby was still annoying Rizzo. Not anymore, thankfully! At least not in New Horizons. (City Folk is a different story.)

Hornsby: Is it true that your hobby is annoying Rizzo?

Today, Bones was telling me that singing is a free activity, and anyone can do it. He just warned me to be careful, because a bug recently “fwooped” into his mouth while he was hitting a high note…and he ate it. Yikes. 🐞

Bones: Just be careful when you're hitting the high notes--a bug fwooped into my mouth last week and I ate it...

Saharah was in town, and I bought everything except the small rug. I ended up with a misty-garden wall (cool), a peach checked rug (nothing special), a stormy-night wall (amazing–it has animated rain and lightning!), a racetrack flooring (alright), and an Earth rug (cool). I put the Earth rug up in my space room.

My space room as of August 2021.

Wisp was also in town. I found four of his spirits rather quickly, but the 5th one took me a while. But once I did find it, Wisp gave me a hammock for helping him out.

Have a great night (or day)! The next New Horizons Moments video is coming very soon!

Artsy August

On Sunday, I found a scallop while diving. Pascal popped up and said that when we feel dizzy, maybe we’re just noticing that the world is spinning. 😵

Pascal: Maybe when we get really dizzy, that's actually us noticing how the world is always rotating.

Yesterday, Bones sent me some art in the mail. It was a common painting, and it was authentic! That’s the third authentic piece of art my villagers have mailed me this month!

Dear burrito's brain, Do you like artsy stuff? 'Cause I found something real neat when I was cleaning. It made my brain think all kinds of weird thoughts just by staring at it! Isn't that cool? Now it's your turn! -Thinker Bones

The only disappointing thing is that I already had a common painting in the museum. But I’ll hang onto it for a future prize or giveaway.

Gullivarrr the pirate was in town, and I went diving to find his communicator for him; I found it on my third dive.

Marina told me that she loved the weather, because it’s great for air-drying her laundry. Wait, wouldn’t she prefer her laundry to be wet? She is an octopus, after all.

Marina: I'm glad for weather like this that's perfect for air-drying my laundry!

Later, I found her sitting on the ground near a bridge. It looked a bit odd because of all the extra legs. Uh, arms. Whatever. 😛

Marina sits on the ground in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

Today, I received some pirate pants in the mail from Gulliver.

Marina was home today, so I finally got to see the inside of her house now that she’s unpacked. Her house is very pink. Unfortunately, she was sick with a cold. But I gave her some medicine, and she’s already starting to feel better.

Marina takes some medicine in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

I noticed some cool cumulonimbus clouds in the sky tonight. I believe this is only the 2nd time I’ve seen them; the first time was last July.

Cumulonimbus clouds in ACNH.

I posted a (short) new video today, showing the names that jocks give to their abs in two different Animal Crossing games. Most of you probably know about the New Horizons names, which all start with “Ab-,” but the names in Wild World are completely different.

See you all next time!