Wind Turbine & Brewster’s Gyroid

I worked a shift at the cafe today, and one of the out-of-town customers was Fauna. She was one of the first new characters announced for Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Too bad they didn’t keep her Japanese name, Doremi.

Fauna: I'd like a cup of coffee, please.I did well at my second job today, and I earned some superb coffee beans. But then Brewster told me about how a customer once showed him a gyroid, and he couldn’t get it out of his mind. So he made one of his own, and he gave it to me!

Brewster: So I tried making one of my own... It's...not so easy to do. Coo.It’s called a brewstoid, and it looks a lot like him. It’s a bit creepy, actually.

The brewstoid (gyroid) that Brewster gave me.And yesterday, I got a suggestion from apple-cupcake on Tumblr. She said I should leave my toy hammer out, so dream visitors can use it to beat up Tabby and Katt. That sounded like a great idea to me, so I left my toy hammer near my town tree.

My toy hammer sitting near the town tree.I’m not going to leave it there forever, but I’ll try to leave it for at least a few days. So if you’d like to play around with the toy hammer and/or check out my town, my dream address is 4300-2003-9889 (update: it’s now 5D00-000F-7611). You can also find it in the left-hand column of this blog. Have fun in Forest!

I saw Benedict fishing in a holding pond. He said if he catches a big fish, he’s going to rub it in everyone’s faces. That’s pretty hilarious if taken literally, but I don’t think he’s going to catch a big fish in a tiny pond. Sorry, Ben.

Benedict: A huh huh huh! If I nab a big fish, I'm gonna rub it in everyone's faces, uh-hoo!After that, I made my way down to my brand new wind turbine!

My new wind turbine PWP.And of course I attended the project completion ceremony for the wind turbine. Hooray!

The completion ceremony for the wind turbine PWP.With that done, I went up to Main Street for my shopping run. T.I.Y. had the song “Pondering” for sale, although it has a questionable album cover.

Timmy: Ah, Pondering! A fine item, yes?When I returned to town, I spotted Phineas! He gave me a “Skilled Bug Catcher” badge. This is my 9th badge.

I got the Skilled Bug Catcher badge! It's proof I've caught a lot of bugs!Isabelle said Forest was still underdeveloped, so I decided to put in a police station. Even though I like Booker better than Copper, I went with the modern police station. The classic one looks too much like a dilapidated outhouse.

Lloid: Hey, contribute to a campaign to fund a modern police station!Later on, I went up to Club LOL to watch K.K. perform. He sang K.K. Groove for me.

K.K.: You back, Mack? You must be digging the cheers that I'm bringing to your ears.

A Disheartening Disconnection

Aurora was finally feeling better today, and she thanked me for taking medicine to her the past few days. She gave me a mini dharma as a reward. She also said if I get sick, she’ll nurse me back to health. Uhh, that won’t be necessary.

Aurora: Thanks for taking good care of me. If you ever catch a cold, I'll nurse you back to health, b-b-baby!Rolf also approached me today, asking if he was an animal, what kind of animal would he be?

Rolf: Hey, Jeff! Question. If I were an animal, what kind of animal would I be?Well he is an animal of course, so I said he would be a tiger. For some reason, he got really mad about that.

Rolf: What?! Oh. Yeah. Real imaginative. THAT'S WHAT I ACTUALLY AM!It seems like Rolf was more likable in City Folk.

Anyway, Big Top asked me for a new greeting. So I told him to say “junk in my trunk.”

Big Top: Junk in my trunk! Yay! Do I sound cool or WHAT?And when I ran into Aurora again, she suggested a wind turbine as a town project! YESSS!

Aurora: I'm just hoping you'll consider a wind turbine for the next public works project.I’ve been planting a lot of flowers around town, so I decided to check my town status. But all they said was that I still need more town projects. I guess they won’t comment about the trees and flowers until you have a certain number of projects? So I decided to build a new one.

I considered three possibilities: the police station, a third bridge, and of course the wind turbine. But my decision was an easy one when I realized that the police station and bridge cost more money than I currently had on hand. So I picked out a good spot for my wind turbine.

The spot on my cliff that I chose for my wind turbine PWP.And I paid it off right then and there.

Isabelle: We've met our collection goal for the wind turbine project! It should be complete tomorrow!I ended my game for the moment, but I started it back up around 10:15pm. I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest; Wendy and Valeria came over to visit. Some of my Youtube subscribers may remember Valeria from many of my early ACCF Wi-Fi Moments videos. Anyway, Wendy and I danced at Club LOL while Valeria did some shopping. Here, it looked like Wendy shot blue spikes out of her skirt. 😛

Jeff and Wendy dancing at Club LOL.Before long, Joey also came over to visit. He and Valeria joined Wendy and me in Club LOL.

Jeff, Valeria, Joey, Wendy, (and Shrunk) dancing in Club LOL.After we were done dancing, we headed to my house and hung out there for a while. Joey’s 3DS battery was dying, so he had to leave. After he did, Dash came in to take his spot. Some people might try to tell you I used the toilet in my wheat field, but they can’t prove it.

Jeff uses the surprise emotion while standing in the wheat.When we went outside, I spotted some pitfall seeds Dash had buried. I was able to dig one of them up, but I fell into a different one before I could dig it up. Wendy also fell into one.

Jeff and Wendy struggling to get out of pitfalls buried by Dash.Dash soon told me that he found a time capsule. Not long after he did, Benedict asked me to dig his up!

Benedict: I'm thinking it might be about time to open up that time capsule you buried.I went and got it for him, and he opened it up. It contained a kettle, which he then gave to me. How exciting.

Benedict: I put a kettle in there? Wow, I totally forgot about that!We then headed off to the island. We first did a balloon-hunting tour. Of course, the play area was littered with pitfall seeds.

Me in a pitfall, although the view of me is obscured by a passing balloon.Valeria won the balloon game; I got third place.

Tortimer: Valeria gets 6 medals, Wendy gets 4 medals.We then did an item-matching game and a beetle-hunting game. Wendy won the latter.

Tortimer: Wendy gets 4 medals, Jeff gets 2 medals.After those tours were over, we did some bug-catching, fishing, and diving on the island. Here, a jellyfish stung Wendy as I surfaced with an acorn barnacle.

I got an acorn barnacle! Maybe I can grow a barnacle tree?We stayed on the island for a good while, and then headed back to Forest. But after just a few minutes, we disconnected. We had gone the whole night without disconnecting at all, but now it did. I was thinking the game saves when you return from the island, but it does not! My entire basket of catches was gone! The game doesn’t let you save while you’re on the island for some reason, which is really stupid. And I should have saved when we got back from the island, but I was thinking it already did that.

Be sure you save your game as soon as you get back from the island! I need to remember that, and it’s a good tip for all of you as well. I probably lost at least 100,000 bells worth of fish and bugs. After that, I was too peeved at the game to reopen my gate. I was having a good time tonight, but losing that much money completely ruined the night.

Doing the Shrunk Funk Shuffle

Late last night, I had a little chat with Molly.

Molly: You're right, of course! Putting your heart and soul into something always makes it better!Big Top was upset because he couldn’t wait for the next Animal Intersection game to come out.

Big Top: Booooo! Why can't the next Animal Intersection game come out sooner?Molly told me something very interesting about Cyrus at Re-Tail. Apparently if you take a song and a giant clam shell to him, he can make a music box out of them!

Molly: If you take him your favorite music and a giant-clam shell, he'll turn them into a music box!And today, Tom Nook expanded my upstairs room, so I went to check it out.

My newly expanded (and cloudy) upstairs room.Outside, Big Top approached me and asked if I knew what a time capsule was. Haha, I guess this means he forgot about what I did to his last one. 😀

Big Top: Do you know what a time capsule is, boss? It's kind of like a message for your future self.But he once again asked me to bury a time capsule, and this time I’ll be sure not to accidentally open it.

I then headed up to Club LOL. I gave Shrunk a cherry and he taught me the Shrunk Funk Shuffle!

Shrunk: To celebrate your debut... Well, it's not a joke, but I'm going to teach you the Shrunk Funk Shuffle!The Shrunk Funk Shuffle is a ridiculous (and hilarious) little dance that’s sure to make people laugh. And that was the last emotion there is for me to learn, so my joke book is now complete.

I've filled all the pages of my joke book. Now I'm a certifiable emotion comedian at last!He also gave me his hideous, tacky jacket. Naturally, it’s called Dr. Shrunk’s jacket.

Me wearing Dr. Shrunk's jacket, which was my reward for completing my joke book.I’m not a fan of Dr. Shrunk’s jacket, but that last emotion has already become one of my favorites.

Next, I went over to the Roost to work a shift. Coco came in from out of town for some coffee.

Coco: I'd like a cup of coffee, please.
Wouldn’t you rather have some cocoa?

I did pretty good today (but not perfect) and earned some superb coffee beans. I went up to Main Street for a shopping run. The Able Sisters had a King Tut mask, so I bought it.

Labelle: The King Tut mask? That's a pretty good choice.After I was done, I opened my gate for best friends so Wendy could come and shop too. She just happened to be dressed as Cleopatra, so I thought it would make a good picture if King Tut and Cleopatra posed by my pyramid.

King Tut and Cleopatra (Jeff and Wendy) posing by the pyramid PWP.I also showed her my funky Shrunk Funk Shuffle dance. It’s not every day you get to shake your butt for Cleopatra. She really seemed to enjoy it.

Jeff dancing the Shrunk Funk Shuffle for Cleopatra (Wendy).Later on, Molly approached me and said she wanted to move out of town!

Molly: So I wanted to talk to you about something... I'm leaving town on the 16th of this month.Absolutely not! I wasn’t going to let her waddle away until the very next day, I stopped her right then and there!

Molly: I was about to make a big decision based on a whim! Thanks so much for making me reconsider!That’s all for today, but I’ll back with more tomorrow. In the meantime, if you’d like to take a look a behind-the-scenes look at how the stalk market works, here’s a video from TheWarpZone that explains it all: