Saturday, July 20, 2013

Well, that was a long wait

I think an explanation is in order.

I've been in summer school taking an advanced English credit for the past few weeks. I wish I could have posted, but I just haven't had the TIME. But anyway, posts should be regular again until further notice, because I'm just wrapping up some summatives. Of course, since I've missed about 20 days, I'm not going to report on EVERY day, but I'll do a general summary.


I dedicated some of my limited time to catching nice, summery things with the players that aren't Cassidy. Because, as of late, they have not been getting a lot of love. At all.



Also, I dressed my mayor character up a little. Usually, I just have her wear random things, but I actually put some thought into this outfit. Unfortunately, she doesn't look good in too many dresses. :s


I also went to visit Cheryl of BlueBell sometime a while back. (Yes, even though her town's date says today, I'm pretty sure it wasn't today...) Her house is just... I don't even have words for the splendor of this estate. I hope it hasn't changed since I've seen it last. It's PERFECT.


And her paths are also. I especially like how she softened the harsh diagonal of the path with shrubbery. I rarely copy other people's ideas entirely, but I might have to copy this one. ;)


We also hung out in Cheryl's rococo room for quite a while, playing with emotes and messing around. :D At this point, I didn't even have my own gothic rococo room!


We also toured a bit to cap off the stay in BlueBell. That was an incredibly fun Wi-Fi, though, Cheryl -- sorry I didn't thank you sooner!


I also went to an amazing town via the Dream Suite sometime last week. I'll get back to you with the town name and Dream Address on the "Recommended Dreams" sidebar when I have them both. This town blew me completely away, though. It was just so unbelievably done. I BADLY wanted to get some of those patterns, but Wendell was nowhere to be found. >_<


One of the houses in the above town had a wheat field (that you can actually walk in!) for a front room and a midnight quarry-type thing for a basement. Simple, but very cool.


What seems like a long time ago to me now, Brewster moved in with The Roost. Cassidy and Saffron are both serving coffee now (Micah keeps forgetting to get coffee) and both girls have just received siphons from Brewster. :)


Oh, and this. To think I thought it couldn't get any worse than Scat. I put my foot down this time, though, and told her that no, she could NOT call me Shmoopy.


This past Tuesday, Redd came, and it was obvious that this ancient statue was a fake. If you look, it's got PUPILS! My sister thought it was so funny, so I added it to the picture reel. Admittedly, I think it's kinda funny, too.

One last thing. My turnip prices yesterday made me kick myself so hard. 616 Bells! And I had NO turnips. Neither did Ryann, and I was out of Wi-Fi range, so it just went to a pathetic waste. The moral of the story --  always buy turnips. If I do, I'm sure I'll get a profit from SOMEONE'S town at some point throughout the week.

Actually, I lied. THIS is the last thing. I'll be putting up a separate page for character info, where I'll post pics of them, their houses, etc. Because Cassidy's estate is starting to shape up nicely, if I do say so myself. c:

Monday, July 1, 2013

'Tis July at last!


And this was what reminded me. xD Cicadas and their cacophony of NOISE. It's the voice of summer in Animal Crossing, though, so I shan't complain too much. An easy five (six, including the shells) entries to my bug encyclopedia!


Shampoodle is also on its third day of construction today, which means I can finally get everyone's hair done! :D




And, of course, Timmy and Tommy are closing up shop for a second time to upgrade to the Super T&T!

But I'm really getting ahead of myself here. Maybe I should start from the beginning of the three or so days I missed.


Indeed, Club LOL moved in and I was able to get three K.K. songs on Saturday night, plus emotes in the preceding mornings!







As of now, I have four emotes with each of my characters, only a fragment of the selection possible. And to think, in previous games, my emote roster for every character would already be full at four!


I also scooted back to Windfall Saturday night to watch Jasper's epic Modern Clock ring in 7:00. It's pretty legit -- the clock makes this portal sound and glows rainbow! It was just so uncanny that I had to see it myself. c:

At some point last weekend, I also visited a beautiful town named ナナメ. For the most part, the pictures speak for themselves of this town's wonder and awe:



The town tree SPOKE to me, it was so large. It recounted the entire history of the town while I sat beneath its branches. I can't even sit under my town tree, at the moment. It's too small and pathetic, with no stories to tell yet. :(





I was also quite taken with the mayor's house. Their front foyer is, I do believe, the most wonderful and mysterious room I have ever seen in an Animal Crossing home. The concert venue they constructed in the basement is also incredibly well-wrought. SUCH a spectacular house. :')



They even had Pokémon Mystery Dungeon-style stairs patterned on the ground in various locations! ナナメ, may I have you? D:



This last thing I have here is another example of how witty and well-scripted this game is. Violet was randomly ranting to me about travelling while I was young, and then she said this about herself afterwards. I never took Violet for an old lady, but I found this funny all the same. :D