Jeff's New Horizons Blog

Last Tuesday (July 2nd) was Agent S’s birthday. I crafted her a matryoshka and customized it to be blue. I’m not entirely sure that she enjoyed the gift, but she thanked me regardless.

Bones was also at the party to help Agent S celebrate. He was looking sharp in his top hat. 🎩

The next day, I was happy to find that Agent S had displayed her new gift. Maybe the dolls can be mini-agents in training. 😛

Last Thursday, June had a flea on her…so of course, I caught it for her. This gave her a good opportunity to use a catchphrase I gave her recently: “in my hair.”

On Sunday, Julian the unicorn was camping at the campsite (for the 2nd time). I had him in New Leaf before, and I like him…but I did not invite him to move in.

Yesterday was my other squirrel’s birthday, Static. I headed over to his party, where I also found Ankha helping him celebrate. I gave him a log bed that I crafted and customized, and he said it was one of the best gifts he has ever received. 🙂

Happy birthday, old friend!

Today, C.J. was in town with a seasports challenge for me. It was freestyle day, so I just had to catch any five fish in a row without letting any get away. Easy enough. After I sold him my initial catches, I got 16 valuable fish from storage. He paid me 192k for them all.

Hear are a few other quick notes about the past week:

• Last Tuesday, I helped out Gulliver. He sent me yet another sombrero in the mail.
• On Saturday, K.K. performed K.K. Marathon (🥱) for me, Ketchup, Bob, Agent S, and Louie.
• Flick was in town on Monday. I sold him 20 bugs for 146,250 bells.
• Last night, Celeste was in town. She gave me a Cancer fragment.

That’s all I have for now, but of course I’ll be back again next week with another entry. Hope to see you then!

Last Tuesday, Gala the pig was camping at the campsite. She’s cute, and she is one of my favorite pigs in the series. But I did not ask her to move in at this time.

On Friday, I let Merengue visit my house for the first time. In my bedroom, she said it felt like we were on an exotic vacation, because of my rattan waste bin. Um…okay. If you say so.

I shot down a balloon present, and it contained some 3D glasses. That inspired me to dress up like Zeke from Zombies Ate My Neighbors, so I added a skull shirt and dyed my hair too.

At 10:00 p.m., I opened up my gate for Friday Night Forest (my first of 2024). Bran and Sacky were the first to arrive. I raced Bran on my Zelda obstacle course (since Sacky didn’t want to race), and then we went to see Merengue.

Alex also came over, and we all hung out on the new structure I built. I literally built it ten minutes before opening my gate, and it isn’t necessarily going to be here forever.

We talked about the arrival of summer, and the (eventual) release of Switch 2.

After a little while, Alex raced Bran on the Zelda obstacle course, and also my other mini-obstacle course. (Alex won on the Zelda course, and Bran won on the other one.) Alex then raced Sacky (Alex won by a narrow margin), and I raced Bran (I won).

After briefly seeing my fountain erupt at 11 p.m., we went over to Peach Park.

Sacky then disconnected, then Sam came over, and then Sacky returned.

We searched for Bob and chatted with him. Sam saw the Zelda obstacle course and he wanted to race on it too. So I raced Sam, and I defeated him easily. Sam wanted another chance, so we raced again. Sam got out to a pretty big lead, and you can see it in this screenshot:

He was already across the pond. But at that point, I kicked it into turbo and actually won the race at the end. 😆 Yes, it helps that I know the course better and I know the optimal way to get through certain obstacles, but still, I was pumped to win after being so far behind. 😁

Sam then raced Alex, and Alex won. Sam was getting really frustrated that he couldn’t win a game. So I raced him again, and I messed up a couple times. Sam got out to a lead again, but I still caught up and won again. 😆 Sam wanted to go again, and this time he raced Bran. Sam finally won a match, and he stopped to flex and pose on the final podium for a while. 😆

We then went to my house for a bite. I mean, a bit.

I mentioned that my “Zombies” outfit would be more complete if I had a squirt gun. That would be such a fun addition to a future Animal Crossing game, although I can’t imagine them ever doing that. We didn’t even get the toy hammers back from New Leaf. 🙁

We then had a spontaneous session of Marios watching TV. I don’t know why, it just kinda happened. 🤷

I noticed it was almost midnight, so we went out to my fountains for a group photo.

We took more photos on my new structure, this time with some ocean sunfish.

And we got our umbrellas out, too.

After that, we got some coffee and I ended the session around 12:30.

Today, Hippeux was camping at the campsite (for the 2nd time). I was definitely not interested in him; he seems even uglier in HD than he was in New Leaf. 😛

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

• Wisp gave me a green painted-wood wall last Tuesday, and a busing station yesterday.
• On Thursday, I caught a dorado, but I was forced to release it. I was standing on a bridge, so I couldn’t drop anything instead. Oof.
• On Friday, I sold 10 bugs to Flick for 41,250 bells.
• I returned a lost book to Rio, and she rewarded me with a tricycle.

See you all next time!

On Saturday, I started up the game shortly after 6 p.m.; Ankha just casually mentioned that the Bug-Off was a lot of commotion. I was thinking…”what Bug-Off?” 😆 Oops… I guessed I missed it this time.

Later on, I headed over to Alex’s town Pawnee. Jac and Matthew were also there, and I joined everyone in Alex’s house. I was an ogre. 😛

Jesse also came over, and we hung out in Alex’s kitchen for a while. I was playing with the nutcracker and wondering where he kept getting infinite nuts, while Alex whipped up some pancakes. (I was a frog at this point.)

Logan also came over, and we hung out in Alex’s yard for a bit. After an ocean sunfish gave birth to my head, Alex told us that Jacques was celebrating a birthday. So we headed over to his house, and I gave the birthday boy my silly glasses.

Back outside, I ran into Marina…who was surprised to see me there in Pawnee!

For a moment, I thought it was my former villager Marina! But Alex told me that she came from Logan’s town (Moonscar), so that’s why she recognized me.

We tried to watch a movie at Alex’s outdoor theater, but somebody was blocking the screen. It was Logan pretending to be Alex. 😛

Before Alex ended the party, we gathered for a group photo. (Jac had to leave early, so he wasn’t still around at this point.)

Thanks for the invite, Alex! I had a good time! 🙂

Last night, K.K. Slider was in town on a Sunday (due to the Bug-Off on Saturday). He performed “Steep Hill” for me.

Tonight, I gave June a shell lamp that was customized to be pink. She thanked me for it, and gave me a barista uniform in return. I need to start giving her gifts on a regular basis, because she’s been in town for three months and I don’t have her photo yet.

Believe it or not, I’m finally planning on having my first Friday Night Forest of the year this Friday (June 28th). Okay, technically, I did have a FNF in New Leaf this year, but this will be my first one in New Horizons for 2024. 😲 Anyone on my roster is welcome, and this will probably be the last time I’ll be hosting Zelda obstacle course races.

Update: The next Wi-Fi Moments video is here!