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!

Coelacanth Hunting

I went fishing late tonight (technically, last night) and spotted two coelacanths. The first one I missed. But the second one I caught easily. I kind of feel foolish now that I've caught two and seen another. Why didn't I try later at night? Well, I guess I have an excuse. It hasn't rained this much in Alleria, usually it's over in an hour or two. This rain has lasted three or four days. Also, I get up at 4:30AM for work so I don't play very late. Hurrah for the weekend!
Okay. I thought I ended up with better pictures but I was kind of disappointed in them. For anybody out there that has trouble finding that elusive coelacanth or hasn't seen a fish larger than the sea bass, here is the difference:


Sea Bass




Yes, a coelacanth!

This guide has better pictures than mine. Very handy.


I forgot to mention that I've had the basement for about a week now. Obviously haven't done anything with it until today when I moved the tuna down and put the new coelacanth beside it. I'm thinking I'll move the upstairs Mario room down. That room is a mess, it's actually embarrassing. It's been model room of the month because of the feng shui. I hope it's not appearing in anybody else's town. If it is, my sincerest apologies for that terrible disaster.

Had another hybrid today.

Yes! A blue pansy I grew myself. I guess my white pansy parade paid off and not in the way I was hoping. I had actually planted those in hopes of spotting a orchid mantis. I still chase those damn bugs away. But hey, I'll take a blue pansy any day!

My good buddy Snake decided to come up with a new, not-so-flattering nickname for me.


Because we're pals, I agreed. Hopefully it will fade away. Either that or I grow fond of it.

And what is it with my crankier neighbors getting the itch to move away? First Static and then today Avery approached with the big news:

I just couldn't deal with my friends leaving me. What would happen? Another duck would move in, that's what. And I'm just not prepared for Duck-apocalypse 2009. Or another round of the bird flu.
Luckily I didn't have to convince Avery at all. I just stated, "Don't go" and he quickly changed his mind.


Maybe he was just looking for some extra attention.

Now that Static has recovered from his moving 'bug', he's back to his good old sarcastic self:

Ahhh, that's the Static I know and love.

Ever wonder why Blaire never gets spoken about? No? Well, she is still in town it's just that she seems to be a house hermit. She stays inside alot and repeats the same thing over and over.

I go over for semi-daily visits but it's a bit awkward. I'm not sure she realizes that all we talk about are the 'special visitors' of Alleria and what I notice when I walk into her house. Oh well.
She's a bit nutty.
(I know. Terrible pun.)
Anyway.
Tomorrow...er, later this morning is the fishing tourney. I'm not too concerned about winning since I have both the silver and gold trophies but I will certainly participate. It's a good way to earn some money.