Fireworks Month Begins

Today, Big Top sold me a sleek carpet. I already had a sleek sofa in my newest room, and I really like the sleek set. So I figured maybe I’ll make that room a sleek room. The carpet isn’t quite as sleek as the furniture, but it’ll do.

My sleek furniture room just getting started.When I went back outside, Tex told me that he heard other people were calling me killer. He asked if he could call me killer too. Sure, if you want to be on my hit list.

Tex: Hey, J-bot, I've heard that people are calling you killer. I love the sound of that!I went to work a shift at the cafe, but Rooster wouldn’t let me because my pockets were too full.

Brewster: With so much in your pockets, you can't make good coffee...So he told me to lighten my load and then come back…

Brewster: Once you've lightened your load, come back... Coo...I ate a mango that was in my pockets and then I was able to work. I earned superb coffee beans once again today. When I went outside, Tabby asked me what I thought of her fashion. I responded with “what is it?” and she wasn’t very happy about that.

Tabby: What is it? What IS it?Next, I went up to Main Street. I saw my former villager Harry there, so I said hello.

Harry: Oh ho! Jeff! You haven't changed a bit!After having some fossils assessed by Blathers and updating my dream, I went into the post office. Today is the first of the month, and that means new DLC is available! August is fireworks month in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, so this month’s item is a fireworks table.

Pelly: Sorry to keep you waiting! I hope you enjoy your new fireworks table!I also went into T.I.Y., and the Nooklings have started selling fireworks as well. Today they had this fountain firework.

Timmy: Ah, a fountain firework! A fine item, yes?I bought it and then returned to town. I stopped in my house to take a look at the fireworks table.

My new fireworks table DLC. Bang.And over in my park, I set down the fountain firework to watch it go.

Setting off a fountain firework in the park.It’s pretty cool; it lasted about ten seconds or so. After that, I went up to the Happy Homes Showcase. I had heard there was another SpotPass home sent out by Nintendo, so I went to check it out. It belonged to Kate from the town of “Lizards!” It’s a very nice home, but I was a bit creeped out by her mannequin.

A creepy mannequin in the SpotPass home of Kate from Lizards!I guess that’s just a pacifier, but the pacifier itself looks a bit like a shrunken face. Anyway, Kate’s kitchen was far less creepy.

A kitchen in the SpotPass home of Kate from Lizards!Another room of hers had what I thought was a slow-moving race track. But it’s actually a conveyor-belt sushi! I’d rather have a race track.

A conveyor-belt sushi (not a race track) in the SpotPass home of Kate from Lizards!And her mermaid room looked nice. That must have cost her a whole lot of medals.

A mermaid furniture room in the SpotPass home of Kate from Lizards!Later on, my friend Wendy came over to shop. Tabby had asked me for some furniture, so I caught a fish for her. As I gave it to her, Wendy burned her with a sparkler.

Tabby: It's a carp!The interesting thing is that Wendy’s Super T&T had two firework items, the fountain firework and a sparkler. But my T.I.Y. (which is the next step up) only had one firework for sale! What’s up with that?

Anyway, we made a brief trip to the island. We played one tour, a gardening tour, which only earned us three medals each, in nearly five minutes. I’ll be sure not to pick that tour again anytime soon.

Lots and lots of flowers in the gardening tour on Tortimer's island.Just a reminder that I will not be opening my New Leaf gate this Friday. (The first Friday of each month will be my ACCF night instead). But I’ll still have a new blog entry tomorrow, so be sure to check back. Goodbye for now!

Katt’s Last Dance

Today, I saw Digby enjoying a coffee at the Roost. I don’t recall seeing him in there before.

Digby: Ah, hello and good evening!After working a shift and earning superb coffee beans, I went in to say goodbye to Katt. That’s right, this is her last day in Forest! I went inside and did a happy dance. Katt started dancing with me, clearly oblivious to the fact that I hate her guts.

I dance the Shrunk Funk Shuffle to celebrate Katt moving out. Katt also joins in the dance.Back outside, Rory suggest a new public works project: a traffic signal!

Rory: We need a traffic signal in this town, you know?That didn’t sound half bad. But when I went to take a look at it, it’s not quite as nice as I pictured. Where is the yellow light?

Traffic signal PWP: 82,000 bells.The red light tells me to stop. I have no immediate plans to go forward and install it.

I got my jolly painting in the mail from Crazy Redd, and it turned out to be real! Sweet!

Description on jolly painting: Arcimboldo's style was to paint a face as if it were assembled from a bunch of fruits and vegetables.And in T.I.Y., the Nooklings had an ogre mask for sale! Very cool!

Tommy: Ah, an ogre mask! A fine item, yes?I put it in my house, but not somewhere you’d normally see it. You’d only see it if you rotated the camera around. And at some point in the future, someone is going to move the camera around in my house…not knowing/remembering that it’s there…and get freaked out. It might not be soon, but it will happen eventually. I just know it. 😛

Wendy came over to shop, and then we made a quick trip out to the island. We did a gardening tour and an ore tour before I ended the session for the night.

Ugly Animal Visitation Day

I was moving some furniture around in my house today when Big Top came barging in.

Big Top: Yo! Boss!He hung out for a while and gave me a tree standee. After he left, I was able to take a look at it:

My new tree standee on display in my house.I took it to my basement for now. But while I was down there, I grabbed my double-neck guitar so that I could take it to Re-Tail for customization. Once there, I told Cyrus to paint it black.

Cyrus: OK, the body color gets the ol' Cosmos Black design. Good! Simple enough!His projects always take half an hour to complete, so I continued on with my daily tasks. That included working a shift at the cafe. Unfortunately, I’m used to seeing Tabby and Katt in there sometimes. But they’re small beans compared to what walked in the cafe today! It was the queen of ugly animals, Jambette herself!

Jambette: I'll stop by here again the next time I'm in town.
Please don’t.

Speaking of ugly ducklings, Gloria was camping in Forest today. She asked me if she should move into town. HECK NO.

Gloria: Of course if things work out, I may end up moving here. You never know...But her campsite wasn’t the only tent in town. That crazy “cousin” Redd also popped a tent in front of the tree plaza. I went with a hunch and bought a jolly painting.

Redd: I see! Ya seem to be really close to that jolly painting, yeah?A bit later, Rory approached me and suggested that we build a blue bench in Forest. While that’s not exactly an exciting addition, it is nice to finally have a new public works project suggested since it had been a while.

Rory: We need a blue bench in this town, you know?After a quick shopping run on Main Street, I returned to Re-Tail to pick up my guitar.

Take home the double-neck guitar?After that, I made one last stop: the island. Even though I generally only do tours when I’m on Wi-Fi with other players, I decided to play the official ore tour by myself today. I earned a gold Tortimer award and eight medals.

Tortimer: I hope you enjoyed the Official Ore Tour! Tell your friends!I’ll be back with more tomorrow!