Mario Hell

Two posts in one day?! No way!
Actually this one is a little different...
Anybody out there in internet land collecting the Mario set?

You see, I'm tired of this crap cluttering my house and my storage. I have this awful habit of keeping every single Mario item that falls from the sky. I was going to save everything and display the whole set but I just can't seem to get certain pieces. I'm drowning in this mess. And I'm tired of seeing it.
So here is where you come in.
Come on over to my house and take it!
Actually, I'll even deliver it if you would rather stay in the comfort of your own town.
Here is what I have:

• 5 cannons
• 5 flagpoles
• 2 brick blocks
• 2 ? blocks
• 4 coins
• 5 fire flowers
• 4 starmen
• 3 koopa shells
• 3 1-up mushrooms
• 3 super mushrooms
• 4 wallpapers
• 2 carpets

Need anything? Contact me and we'll discuss details. I'm not looking to make money off this stuff, donations are highly appreciated though! I'll update as things go. Also, if you have the green pipe or the fire bar I would like to get those cataloged.

Note: Alleria is a 100% organic town. That means we don't dupe, we don't care about your HDLC or anything that you obtained 'illegally' or 'on the black market'. Anything you get from Alleria is guaranteed to be obtained legally according to Allerian Law. What you do in your town is your buisness. Just respect our rules!

The Most Beautiful Girl In Town

Hey! You!
Guess what?
Alleria is duck free!

As long as the animal that replaces her is not of the anatidae persuasion, we will have escaped the Duck-ocalypse '09 (hopefully for good). Honestly, Mallary wasn't a bad neighbor. She just came to the wrong town that's all.
When she had finished packing, I came to see her off. We said our 'good-byes' and hugged but as soon she turned around to clean the corner, I celebrated very quietly.

Hurray for moving!

In non-neighbor news, we are one day away from our brand new shiny fountain!

I have a stock of axes in my cabinet so I'll be joining the rest of people in the search for a golden axe. Bring it, Serena!

The U.S. finally got our DLC...the dolphin model!

The dolphin is a space ship from the Pikmin game. Unfortunately, all it does is take up space. Oh well, better than nothing.

Awhile back, Antonio and I did a photo shoot for our never-will-be-released CD. Then Static insisted that we pose together. Now, Avery and I decided it was high time for the two of us to strike a pose for a buddy picture.

We went with the net look this time

My latest next door neighbor, Bettina, is slowly becoming a friend. I went to visit her and discovered that she had an adorable little house. It's so functional!

She must have a secret door somewhere as this appears to be only her kitchen.
Although she has been very polite to me, apparently word in town is that Bettina isn't necessarily true to her nice personality.


How can you NOT get along with Marcel?!
And I've seen her temper flare in person more than once...


Anger to sadness in the span of 20 minutes
So I don't know. I think these critters personalities are a little deeper than just, "Oh, I'm the nice one." or "I'm the grumpy one, grrrr." I suppose it makes it a little more interesting in town.

A recent trip to the city made me remember that the end of the GracieGrace season sale was already in full swing!

Even with many items already sold out, I was able to pick up a few shirts that I wanted. I don't buy the furniture. I can't afford to, even with the discounts!


Today is the Flea Market. I'm hoping for a decent day as I plan on selling big, my goal being 400k. I don't think I will reach it unfortunately as I just don't have the fish that I had last month. We'll see though, I do have some decent bugs.

That is about it for news. Here are some of my favorite recent random comments from the lovable local lunks.

This one has a little story to it. Bettina asked Mallary for her address so she could send her a letter (I assume it was a farewell letter). Apparently last time she asked Mallary, she said to just address it to "The Most Beautiful Girl In Town". So that's what Bettina did. Wellll, Pete saw it and delivered it to Phyllis, of course under the assumption that Phyllis is the most beautiful girl (in his eyes of course). Now anytime Bettina goes to town hall, Phyllis gives her the stink eye thinking Bettina has the hots for her. Ha!

Nothing new between Marcel and Chrissy. I tried to get some information out of her but it seems like neither of them have the balls to ask the other out. Or, as Gluxbox suggested, Marcel may be gay. Not that it matters...but it does explain a lot. The make-up, the recent fashion obsession...Chrissy could just be his best friend. LOL! I know, it's all ridiculous. That's why I love this blog.

Chrissy thinks I'm pretty nice apparently.

Good grief. What a ditz....

....You see what I mean?!

Easily one of the most awkward/funniest things I've heard from an animal.
Speaking of awkward/funny...how about a few from the Marcel Adorable Files?!

...Sooo, why don't you eat and then go deliver it? I guess logic isn't a strong trait in Marcel.

Marcel never finished that sentence. Too busy thinking....about...ketchup...

And finally, my favorite statement of all time. Seriously.

Winner!

Fun In The Sun

I have to agree, Static.

Because of my volunteer work outside of Alleria (shhh, don't tell my animal friends but I do have a life outside of Alleria), I missed the Bug-Off. Bad news for me but good news for Static!

I would of totally whomped him and his measly jewel beetle. So it's a good thing I was gone. And besides, I should probably step aside every once in awhile and let somebody else win. Not to sound conceited or anything...
By the time I got back, it was already dark in Alleria. I still had to water though so I scurried around town.

I've been wondering lately when I would finally find one of those!
I was hoping to have some quality time to hunt for the scorpion but I was already tired and didn't feel up to tip-toeing around. So I started to head back home when I ran into Mallary.

No, no you're not.

Does this mean that within this month we will be 100% duck-free?! I can't dream of a better wish! Goodbye Mallary, the sooner you leave the better! So until she is packing her belongings, anytime I see her I will remind her of her promise to move on.

Yesterday was a hot one and luckily I had the chance to spend some time on the beach fishing and shell collecting.
I didn't really catch a whole lot. My most notable were a couple puffer fish (one which went directly to Blathers), a sun fish, and another blue marlin. I'm hoping that my time spent lurking on the beach helped my tan. I'm tired of being so pale!
It seemed like Chrissy wasn't so keen on getting a little sun.
It looked pretty odd to see her walking around with an umbrella in the heat but I understand. That creamy white face of hers would probably burn to a crisp without proper protection!
As I relaxed on the beach, I couldn't help but notice that she seemed to be hovering in one area. Why could that be...ohhhh. Marcel has a beachfront house two doors down from me. Maybe she was trying to catch a glimpse of Marcel sun-bathing?!
When I confronted her about why she seemed to be focused on Marcel's house, it caught her off guard.

Busted

I thought it was funny but Chrissy was embarrassed and trotted away. She should know better by now!
Later in the evening, they did a switcharoo. Chrissy went inside and Marcel was found standing in her yard.
Ugh I just feel like they should profess their love to each other already!

That evening, I spent two hours chasing banded dragonflies around town, tearing up my grass in the process I'm sure. No luck there but I did catch something pretty cool...
I immediately recognized it for what it was because I knew I hadn't dropped anything near my flowers. I crept up to catch it but it took off at a slower pace and after a few mis-timed swings I caught it! These guys are pretty funny for how similar they look to furniture!

Out With The New, In With The Newer

Yup she really left.
Kiki must have been on vacation from her REAL hometown because she just stayed in Alleria for a cup of coffee.
That's fine though! That makes more room for a neighbor who actually wants to stay around.
Who will it be this time?! Please not another duck...

Hurray! A refreshing face!

Bettina, a very sweet little mouse, moved in quickly and politely took the coveted spot next door to me.
The word spread quickly of a new pretty face in town.

I caught Marcel peeking through the window. Couldn't he knock?! Oh Marcel....

Thanks to my wonderful gardens, I'm getting at least one new hybrid a day. And I couldn't do it without the help of my neighbors. They've all pitched in to get some watering done. It seems like it's actually catching on as a great community activity!


Everybody in town seems to be excited for this weekends' Bug-Off.

I hope I have time to enter! I have lots to do this weekend so hopefully I can give Avery and everybody else a run for their money.

Last night I had to hurry and finish my watering before bedtime. As I was heading down a path next to the northern part of the river I saw a shadow as big as a sea bass. I knew it was something special!

That's right, 'It's about time-a'! Finally, I was able to rush it off to the museum before I went to sleep.

A couple days ago, I ran into Mallary and Antonio in a strange conversation:

Mallary flipped out, berating poor Antonio. She didn't know if she was more upset because he would think she would ever marry him or because he was asking if she thought it would be weird. Geez....

The whole mess of a conversation put a sour mood into the warm evening air.

Antonio was pretty shaken up. He thought he was asking a fair question.

Mallary actually took the chance to step back and look at her attitude. If Antonio thinks it would be weird to be married to me....
I could sense the lack of self confidence in Mallary. Yikes.... I took a couple steps back onto the path and ran to a less awkward section of town.

You know what is not awkward at all? A conversation with the great Marcel!
...
Okay, sometimes it is awkward...
Maybe a lot of times...
But! It's always adorable!
As I made my way towards home, Marcel stopped me with an urgent story of how he had this super-awesome dream. And I was in it!
As I was zoning out, I missed all the details but apparently Marcel was so moved by this dream that he felt like he needed to give me a new nickname:

I've been known as many things in Alleria but S-bot? Really?
As usual with Marcel, I sighed and agreed. He could call me S-bot.
Marcel trotted off as happily as ever, whistling his favorite tune.

In regards to Chrissy, nothing much has happened. Although, one conversation with Marcel led me to find out why he's so darn happy to receive those gifts from her:

Marcel, mamas' boy

Pals

What with work, volunteering, and life in general I haven't had a great amount of time to spend in Alleria lately. But fear not! Things are fine and I'm always around enough each evening to water the flowers and catch up with neighbors. My apologies to anybody who has been knocking on the gates, we've been a sleepy town lately!
Speaking of watering, with my fabulous new set gardens I have had actual reason to water every single day. Even with the chore that that is, I've had some help recently:

Antonio mostly wants to follow me around and talk about his daily work-out routines but I don't mind. It's nice to have the company!

I haven't been fishing as regularly and haven't caught many new bugs. I did manage to finally find one beetle that has been escaping me (all my fault since I only allow one tree stump in town):

I'm happy to report that Chrissy and I are getting along great. There hasn't been any drama lately and I don't purposely try to avoid eye contact anymore.

Even though she is one our original townies, we've been slow to build a bond. I think that is finally happening, especially since she seems to be so interested in that lovable mutt Marcel.
I hope everything is alright with her though. I eavesdropped on a conversation between her and Blaire and was a little alarmed to hear the C-word brought up:

Cancer Mountains does not seem like it would be a fantastic place.

Speaking of original Allerians a group of us got together for a good old-fashioned game of hide 'n seek.

Three of the best neighbors you could ask for.
Although all of these guys are my close friends I have to say they are terrible hiders.
And of course what mention of Marcel is complete without the adorable quote of the week??

An 'A' for effort, buddy.