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!

Gossip Girl

Thanks to my earnings from the latest Flea Market I was able to make a lump sum donation to the Alleria Town Fund. 200,000 bells has bought our town a new bridge!

As mentioned previously, I've been nervous about the bridge placement. I've seen pictures of the options in other peoples towns where the new bridge can only be placed next to existing bridges. What a waste! Fortunately, while my options weren't stellar, they were okay.

I chose the one on top. It might prove to be useful, as I don't currently have a pathway where the new bridge will leave the island. (I call the island Merry Island since she seems to think she's special enough to plop her house there, haha.)

June came and went quickly and now we find ourselves in the beginning of July! Wow! Bugs....everywhere! On Wednesday, I got this message on my board:

Even though the rain means no watering, I'll be glad when the hot weather shows up. I'm ready to have an actual chance to catch the tarantula and scorpion! Speaking of the tarantula, I saw him last night as I was moving flowers around. I had the perfect opportunity to catch the guy as I snuck up, watched his movements but I made one wrong step and he scuttled off not to be found again. It was so weird to be standing perfectly still watching the giant spider circle me! I even pulled my net out at one point but chickened out as he started to turn towards me. Argh. I need the courage to just pull it out and give it a chance!
Tarantula and scorpions aside, there are bugs GALORE. It's actually loud in town...when it's not raining.


I caught most of these guys when it was raining and they weren't making any noise. They all look the same!

Chrissy was more excited than I was.
Thanks to the onslaught of insects, the bug portion of the museum is filling up quickly and Blathers is one part disgusted and one part excited.


Now on to the more interesting stuff....town gossip!
Remember when Chrissy was sick and she was being all dramatic, telling me to say good-bye to Marcel for her? Well, Marcel came down with a cold and gave me a message to send to Chrissy.

Is it just me or do I sense a romance between the two? They're on their 'death beds' of their respective illnesses and they both want the other to know....how sweet. I'll be on the watch for more clues <3.
Merry spotted Blanca in town the other day and had a lot to say about the mysterious face-less kitty.

Oh, Merry. Always the fashionista.
And we already have a new neighbor who has replaced Rhonda! That's right, Kiki moved in and plopped herself down right in Rhonda's old spot next to me. When I walked in to introduce myself, she was staring out the window at my house.

Kind of creepy.
She's a cat...but with a pig-like nose.

Yup creepy.
She seems nice enough but I was really hoping my recruiting efforts would pay off and Chevre would move in. No dice.

Fishing buddies
My dear friend Static got a little jealous when he heard about mine and Antonios' photo shoot. So he went out of his way to find a casual shirt (like me) and we posed for a photo. I love this picture.
Avery continues to surprise me with his giant chest. This time, as I was making my way to the museum, I spotted a giant K.K. face staring towards me. Eeek!

I couldn't get a picture quick enough but imagine not seeing Averys' face, just that giant head of K.K.!
Chrissy, the drama lover, came to me and told me she was moving yesterday.

It didn't take any convincing to stay at all before she already changed her mind.

*sigh* Chrissy: The Alleria Attention Whore
Avery made a strange comment to me yesterday:

Whaaaat?!
This made me think...what if I was living in a village of furries?!
AH! EW!
And last but definitely not least, another one to file under the Marcel Adorable Files:

Ohhhhh Marcel. The plague?! Really?
I love him.

Oh! One more! I like this picture just because of it's awful timing:

Kicks and Ticks

Greetings from Alleria.

When I'm not posing in my 1700's get-up, complete with powdered wig, things do actually happen around town!
Rhonda made her final decision and packed up and left.

Even though I was okay with her leaving, her farewell note stuffed into my mailbox left me feeling a little regretful.

Why must these letters always make me feel guilty?
"A friend who means so much to me"?
Argh!
But Rhondas demolition of her home brought a little happiness on my part.

That blue pansy was hiding behind her house and I had no idea it was there! Good thing she moved! But then again, it makes me wonder if I lost any flowers back there....hmm.

There were a couple days that got a little dull in town because of all the rain.
I was invited to the first game of hide-and-seek in a relatively long time.

That's a rag tag group of residents, don'tcha think?
I won, of course, but Merry was nice enough to send me my prize the next day because my pockets were too full of goodies already.

Not likely, Merry.
Things were so bad, nobody had open gates and nobody came to visit, that I ended up wasting time harassing Tom Nook and "sticking it to the Raccoon".

Yes, that's me, kicking the merchandise.
Nook didn't take too kindly to me causing shit in his store. As usual, he followed me around as I ran around. It didn't take long before he had enough and kicked me out when I tried kicking him.

Is it just me or does Nook look a little pudgier?
Thankfully, Static was kind enough to let me lay low in his pad until things quieted down and all was forgotten.

Literally laying low.

The best thing to happen since the last update was the Flea Market! Yes, the one time a month I make a decent amount of money.

Welcome to Sarahs' House 'o Deals!
Thanks to my two dorados, two or three gars, hammerhead and regular sharks, and ocean sunfish, I managed my best Market yet: just about 300,000 bells. Static, Avery and Antonio - my three Original Villagers - were very generous, paying at or 200 bells away from 3 times the Nook selling price. I also made a personal record selling price for one fish: 44,800 bells! Merry helped out as well but seeing Buck come in as my last customer was a bit of disappointment. Being the newest villager, our relationship just isn't as strong as the others so his buying prices were dramatically lower than others. Strategically, all my high-price fish were already sold so all that were left were rare bugs. He also only made two purchases.
But that 300,000 bells was a godsend. I was able to deposit 200,000 of it in full for the Alleria Town Fund. The rest went into the bank account, saving up for the next donation. That's right, now that my house is payed off I can start my Town Fund donations! Woohoo! We're finally moving up in the world!
Oh and because I forgot to mention this in my last update, Buck leaked some top secret information to me. Apparently, all is not peaceful in the land.


That's right Krategan. Watch yo' backs. Buck is coming for you.

That's all for now. Until next time....

Practicing my dance moves for City Folk: The Musical.