Joining the Roald Club

Mom sent me an interesting letter in the mail today. She said that she put one of her old sweaters in the dryer and it shrunk. In fact, it shrunk so much that she put it on my old teddy bear! For some reason, I’m picturing it on Mr. Bean’s teddy bear. 😛

Dear Jeff, I accidentally put one of my sweaters in the dryer and it shrunk. Now your old teddy bear wears it. He looks great! -Mom

Big Top told me how much he loves sea bass. That made me wonder if everything was alright with him. But he suggested a competition to see who could catch one first.

Big Top: I'll show you just how much I love the sea bass!

Roald approached me and gave me a free tartan rug. He said I was now an official member of the Roald Club. But that meant I would have to start jogging, because he scorns flabby members! Man, what is with chubby penguins always calling me fat? Puck does the same thing in the GameCube game.

When I visited Margie, she wasn’t officially sick, but she told me she had a sore throat. So she was sucking on a sweet tea lozenge.

Margie: I'm sucking on a sweet tea lozenge to soothe my throat.

Bree was sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine. How come Margie can get herself a lozenge, but Bree can’t buy her own medicine?

I went fishing, and caught a sea bass for Big Top (after catching not one, but two tires). I took the fish to Big Top, and he was disappointed that he lost the competition. He rewarded me with 500 bells for the sea bass, though.

Jeremiah asked if I had ever eaten shark fin soup. I said no, and he was shocked. He said that was like not living half my life in a pond. 😛

Jeremiah: It's like not living half of your life, in a pond!

A few other notes:

  • It was raining today, so I didn’t have to water any flowers. Whew!
  • Kiki tried to move out. I stopped her.
  • Crazy Redd had an amazing painting for sale. Not so amazing, because I didn’t need it.
  • Jeremiah gave me a free shanty wall.
  • I only found one of today’s fossils. That’s the one downside of having green grass again. Less contrast for finding dig spots.

Lemon Drinks

Crazy Redd had a perfect painting for sale today, but of course, I didn’t need it.

Tonight, I listened in on a conversation between Roald and Jeremiah. Roald said that someday, he’s going to fill a pool with lemonade and swim laps while he drinks.

Roald: Someday, I'm gonna fill a pool with lemonade!
Sorry to break it to you, but if you saw a pool with yellow liquid in it, that was not lemonade…

Jeremiah responded that he would rather fill a pool with crème brûlée. Roald did not like that idea.

Roald: CREME BRULEE?! What kind of sissitude is that?!

Jeremiah then said that he doesn’t have a pool, and he wondered if Tom Nook would dig one for him.

Jeremiah: Do you think Tom Nook would dig one for me, in a pond?

Roald said that Tom Nook was too flabby to do that much hard work.

Anyway, I later visited Bree. She told me it was hard work being pretty. I wonder how she found out? Maybe Margie or Rosie told her.

Bree: Phew! It's not easy being so pretty, cheeseball. It's hard work!

She tried making an analogy about love and affection, comparing them to lemon tea and mango mousse. But I think she got a bit confused somewhere along the way.

Bree: I'd rather have a lot of lemon tea or lemon tea.

And why are lemon-flavored beverages the main topic of discussion today?

Gaston asked if I wanted to have a competition to see who could catch a pond smelt first, and I declined the offer. So he asked if I was an antisocial freak.

Gaston: Hey! Are you some kind of antisocial freak or something?
Maybe.

And on that pleasant note, I ended my game for the night. See you all next time!

Snow is Lazy?

It was snowing in town tonight, and that was a huge relief. That meant I didn’t have to water my (many) wilted flowers.

There was a new Message of the Week posted to the bulletin board: It said advice is easy, but listening is hard. Very true.

*Message of the Week* Advice is easy. Listening is hard.

Crazy Redd had a worthy painting up for sale, but I didn’t need that one. I can’t wait until I complete my painting collection so I never have to deal with this painting nonsense again. Well, at least not in this game.

I ran into Roald the penguin, and he told me that snow is so lazy that it’s disgusting. I didn’t really understand what he meant.

Roald: Snow is so lazy! It's disgusting! Look at it, loafin' around like that!

But then he said something I totally was not expecting. He said it reminded him of me!

Roald: Kinda reminds me of you, b-b-buddy!

Is he trying to get on my bad side? Because it’s working…

When I visited Big Top, I saw that his house was completely empty. He was trying to move out of town! But of course, I made him reconsider.

Big Top: Wow. I wasn't expecting that response... Maybe I'll think it over once more.