Scraggly Cat, Moving Mouse

Yesterday, I got to listen in on a conversation argument between Olivia and Roscoe. Roscoe told Olivia that she looked scraggly and her makeup looked bad. 😂 Yes, he was being quite rude, but since Olivia is often rude to me, I found it rather amusing. She got a taste of her own medicine. 😛

Roscoe: I gotta say, Olivia, you've got a scraggly look going on today...

Of course, she got mad…and Roscoe just stood there laughing in her face. 😂

Today, I found a note in a bottle, and it seemed to be someone’s tax form! Interestingly, they made more in overtime than they did in salary.

Miscalculation. Salary: 28,200 bells. Overtime: 32,600 bells. Income tax: 15,700 bells. Total: 45,100 bells. Keep up the hard work!

Dr. Shrunk was in town, and I decided to ask him for a new emotion. I asked him to teach me fear, and he told me a story about going to the doctor and watching the doctor put on rubber gloves. My new fear replaced my existing blankness…and I’ll never be the same. 😛

Shrunk: Anyhow, you've now forgotten how to express blankness...

When I went in Samson’s house, I saw that he was all packed up and ready to move out. I decided to let him go. He’s not exactly one of my favorites, and I’ve already earned his pic, so I’m fine with letting him move out.

Samson: And to do it, I've gotta move to another town, slacker!

I spoke with Bob, and he told me that he just loves sea bass. And he wasn’t even being sarcastic!

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

He wanted to have a competition to see who could catch one first, and I agreed to the challenge. Not only are sea bass pretty easy to catch, but even if you catch a large ocean fish that’s not a sea bass, then you’re probably catching a fish that’s worth a decent chunk of change.

And that’s exactly what happened: In my first two attempts, I caught a red snapper and a football fish. They’re both semi-valuable fish worth at least a couple thousand bells each. I then caught a sea bass, and Bob gave me 510 bells for it. Not bad. 👍

I’ll see you all next time. Happy holidays! 🎄

J-Monkey, Missed UFO

Last Friday, Cyrano wanted to have a competition to see who could catch a pill bug first. I banged some rocks and caught the bug, and Cyrano said he was rewarding me with a plunger…in his nose. 😂😂😂

Cyrano: A pill bug? very cool! here, take this plunger...in my nose!

However, he was joking about the plunger. That’s actually not an item that’s in the game. 😛 So he gave me 510 bells instead. But his jovial attitude quickly shifted to rage! He said he hates losing to losers like me! 😮 This dude has some anger issues.

Cyrano: I am not that man. I HATE LOSING TO LOSERS LIKE YOU!

So I hit him with my net a few times. *whack*

Goldie was feeling better after suffering with a cold for a while, so she thanked me for the medicine by giving me a citrus carpet.

On Monday, Phyllis continued to complain about Pete.

Phyllis: A stupid guy is after me, and I've had about as much as I can handle.

Not only is she annoyed by Pete, but she’s also irritated by the fact that Pelly is supposedly “in love” with him. She wished Pete would just fly away, except that his flying isn’t very good. 😛

Bob is the latest animal to come down with a cold. I gave him medicine on Tuesday and Wednesday, and he was already feeling better by Thursday! That was unusually fast! He gave me a cowhide rug for helping him out.

Bob: I can really count on you... Thanks for attending to me in my time of plague!

Today, at the first x:x7 (which was 9:27 p.m.), I checked for the UFO as usual. It didn’t come. So I tried getting a few things done before checking again at 9:32. You know, banging some rocks, looking for fossils, and so on.

As I was starting to head up north for the next possible fly-by, Bob pinged me and gave me a new nickname: J-monkey! That’s an odd one that I don’t think I’ve heard before.

Bob: Whoa! It sounds even cooler when I say it out loud, J-monkey!!!

As the conversation was ending, I heard a UFO! I was nowhere near the northern part of town, so I was in trouble! I grabbed my slingshot from my pockets, which takes precious seconds, and then started running to the northwest (since the UFO was flying east to west). It wasn’t going to be easy to catch up to it, but my chances crashed from slim to none when I fell in a pitfall. Yeowch.

Falling into a pitfall.

I still tried, but it was well gone by the time I reached the river. It’s actually been a long time since I failed at a UFO crossing. It was totally Bob’s fault for pinging me. 😉 But I’ll try not to take it out on him.

I really struck out with special visitors this week. Saharah didn’t come to town, Redd didn’t have what I needed from him, and then I failed at shooting down Gulliver’s UFO. Oof. Maybe I’ll have better luck next week.

When I was visiting Roscoe, I noticed that he bares a resemblance to his black knight. 😛

Roscoe stands next to a black knight.

Have a great weekend, everyone! I’ll be back again next week.

Coffee-Flavored Gum

Just to follow up with last week’s post, I’ve confirmed that the safe can be re-ordered from the catalog…and for just 606 bells, too! Each safe can be exchanged for another of Tom Nook’s pics, so it’s not hard to get a replacement if you should ever destroy misplace it. 😛

By the way, if you have a safe in your pockets but refuse to give it to Tom Nook, he acts offended and says that he now views you as a competitor. 😂

Tom Nook: From now on, I can only think of you as a competitor!!!

Last Thursday, I shot down another UFO. One of the parts was right next to the UFO itself, which I don’t recall happening before.

A UFO part right next to the UFO.

After I gathered up the other parts, Gulliver gave me a Tower of Pisa. Unfortunately, that was another duplicate item.

Olivia was over her latest cold, and she thanked me for the medicine I’ve been taking her by giving me a mosaic wall.

At town hall, Phyllis had more gum-related dialogue. She revealed that she’s now chewing coffee-flavored gum. Even though I like coffee and I like gum, that combination doesn’t sound very good.

Phyllis: What? Oh... It's coffee-flavored gum.

But by Monday, Pelly and Phyllis were back to arguing about Pete. Even though Phyllis didn’t use his name, she referred to him as a “stupid little boy.”

Phyllis: But it's not me! It's that stupid little boy!

Today (Wednesday), Pascal was in town! So I grabbed one of my scallops and headed over to speak with him. I’ve already known that telling him you lost a golden axe gets you a golden axe, and saying “Uhh… what?” gets you his photo. But I didn’t know what happened when you said you lost a silver axe. So I chose that option, and…

Pascal: Maaannn, it really harshes me when I can tell you're lying...

He just says that he knows you’re lying, and he lets you answer the same question again. If you choose “silver axe” again, he just repeats the same response. So ultimately, you’re forced to choose a golden axe or his photo. So I opted for another golden axe.

I got the golden axe! This won't ever break!

So unlike most golden tools, you can get multiple golden axes. Even though the process is a bit complicated, it’s good to have the option if you should ever lose (or accidentally sell) the first one. But since Pascal swims away after talking to you, you can’t give him more than one scallop per visit.

Goldie has been sick, so I gave her some medicine Friday, Monday, yesterday, and today. Get well soon, Goldie!

At town hall, the pelican drama continued. Pelly told me she snapped at Phyllis, demanding Phyllis to butt out of Pelly’s business.

Pelly: I shouted at her, Phyllis! I know you're lonely because you don't have a love life!

By the way, even though I said last week that I don’t need to keep playing 4-5 times a week now, I still have been doing it. I really want to get those last two space items I need from Redd and Saharah!

See you all next time!