I was unable to play Animal Crossing until last night, so I checked out my new neighbor, my new neighbor in Pringles is Elmer and he is a horse. They had posted on the bulletin board about the harvest festival. I donated a dinosaur track to the museum. Olivia offered to give me 512 bells if I could guess a correct answer to a question.
She didn't give me the money but she did laugh at her own joke. Also Hank was hinting about me visiting another town.
Since the Harvest Festival is in two weeks, I'm looking forward to that, It's also four days till my birthday so I've been trying to get close friendships with most of my animal neighbors.
I visited the Animal Crossing Blog and asked a question about Jingle giving a NES Game, the guy told me Jingle is supposed to give you one whether you talk to him or not. I'm thinking you have to log on Christmas morning but I dunno.
Oh well, Animal Crossing is a interesting game
Saturday, November 11, 2017
Friday, November 10, 2017
The Little Drummer Boy Book II Review
Like the Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, The Little Drummer Boy Book 2 is another underrated Christmas Specials. It has it's flaws but it also is cute and is a sequel to the original Drummer Boy movie.
I prefer this one pretty much than the first because they have different voice actors voicing the king. In the original Little Drummer Boy, Paul Frees (a famous voice actor) voiced all three kings, Ali Ben Haramed's sidekick and Aaron's father
The film starts out with the Narrator voice by Greer Garson, The Little Drummer Boy named Aaron is approached by one of the kings who explains he has to travel to Jerusalem to seek out the bell ringer Simeon and tell him the news of the coming of a king. It is revealed Simeon made some bells out of silver just for that occasion.
Unfortunately Simeon looses the bells when the Roman soldiers arrive to collect his taxes. The leader Brutus takes the bells and leaves Simeon distraught.
Aaron and Casper arrive at Simeon's house and learn the bells have been stolen. They go out to search for it and stumble onto Brutus camp, Aaron tells Simeon and Casper he will go and distract the soldiers while his animal friends carry off the bells. After a hilarious song Money and then the reprise Brutus tells his henchman to start a fire and get the bells melted. The wood is all wet so Brutus takes Aaron's drum and two sticks and starts a fire with that.
If you didn't watch the original, Aaron's father and mother gave him that drum as a birthday present (it's thru a flashback) before they were killed by bandits who stole the family sheep. While Aaron weeps over the drum, Aaron's animal friends sneak into the camp and steal the bells back.
Of course Brutus finds out, but by then Aaron and the animals have escaped. The good guys hide the bells in sand dunes so the Roman soldiers can't find the bells. Later back in Jerusalem Simeon rings his bells and a song plays Do You Hear What I Hear. Aaron is gifted with another drum, which he uses to play with Simeon following him back to Bethlehem and he plays his drum to the baby Jesus.
Like the former, this is almost rarely played during the Christmas season, It's pretty sad they choose the original version compared to this. Whatever though. It's not my problem.
Check this classic out, it's on DVD on the Rankin Bass Holiday Favorites DVD with Pinocchio's Christmas, Leprechaun's Christmas Gold and The Stingiest Man In Town all three I will be reviewing this December
Thursday, November 9, 2017
The Life and Adventures Of Santa Claus (1985) Rankin Bass Christmas Special Review
I'm going to post this earlier, First off this is an underrated Christmas Special which I prefer than the 2000 cartoon version. I understand a lot of people will disagree with my review, because Its the only version I like, I do not like the animated version at all, while the animated one is good, I personally hate it because it has nothing to do with Rankin Bass. I also hate the songs and the characters look awful
The Rankin Bass special however is timeless, the puppets and scenes are awesome, the villains look realistic and the songs are good, not bad but alright. I grew up watching Rankin Bass Christmas Specials every Christmas Season, some of the specials I watched was The Little Drummer Boy, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and The Year Without A Santa Claus, I remember watching ABC Family's 25 days of Christmas and The Life and Adventures Of Santa Claus would pop on along with The Little Drummer Boy Book II, Pinocchio's Christmas, The First Christmas Snow and Leprechaun's Christmas Gold, the latter three were rarely aired on television.
We start out this special with a meeting in the Forest of Bursie, Great Ak tells the story of Santa Claus in front of a council. Apparently Santa Claus was discovered as a baby by Ak; He was abandoned in the snowy woods, on a winter day. Ak takes the baby to a lioness name Sheegra to raise, a fairy named Neceile hears about the baby and steals it. Necille goes to Ak who allows the immortal fairy to raise the child. Necille names the boy Claus. Claus grows up in the forest and as a young man Ak takes him around the world and shows him what humans are truly like
After witnessing child abuse, poverty and starvation as well as war,(Really dark stuff right?) Claus decides to live among the humans and become a toy maker, so he and Tingler (I forget what he is an elf) move into a village not far from the forest. Claus one day makes toy cats for some orphans, and that inspires him to give gifts of toys to children.
Unfortunally some villains called the Awguas, hideous looking monsters inhabit the valley, they steal his toy goods and wreak his attempts to getting the toys to the children, After a magnificent fight with a huge awesome dragon, the bad guys are defeated Claus gets his toys back and the children get their toys.
As the years pass, Claus gets older and decides to just give the toys on Christmas Eve, So he continues to this day giving toys to children. Ak finishes the story with a request of granting Claus immortality the gods agree, and Claus becomes immortal to continue his job working with children. Necille kisses him and Claus awakens as a new man.
The Rankin Bass special however is timeless, the puppets and scenes are awesome, the villains look realistic and the songs are good, not bad but alright. I grew up watching Rankin Bass Christmas Specials every Christmas Season, some of the specials I watched was The Little Drummer Boy, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town and The Year Without A Santa Claus, I remember watching ABC Family's 25 days of Christmas and The Life and Adventures Of Santa Claus would pop on along with The Little Drummer Boy Book II, Pinocchio's Christmas, The First Christmas Snow and Leprechaun's Christmas Gold, the latter three were rarely aired on television.
We start out this special with a meeting in the Forest of Bursie, Great Ak tells the story of Santa Claus in front of a council. Apparently Santa Claus was discovered as a baby by Ak; He was abandoned in the snowy woods, on a winter day. Ak takes the baby to a lioness name Sheegra to raise, a fairy named Neceile hears about the baby and steals it. Necille goes to Ak who allows the immortal fairy to raise the child. Necille names the boy Claus. Claus grows up in the forest and as a young man Ak takes him around the world and shows him what humans are truly like
After witnessing child abuse, poverty and starvation as well as war,(Really dark stuff right?) Claus decides to live among the humans and become a toy maker, so he and Tingler (I forget what he is an elf) move into a village not far from the forest. Claus one day makes toy cats for some orphans, and that inspires him to give gifts of toys to children.
Unfortunally some villains called the Awguas, hideous looking monsters inhabit the valley, they steal his toy goods and wreak his attempts to getting the toys to the children, After a magnificent fight with a huge awesome dragon, the bad guys are defeated Claus gets his toys back and the children get their toys.
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As the years pass, Claus gets older and decides to just give the toys on Christmas Eve, So he continues to this day giving toys to children. Ak finishes the story with a request of granting Claus immortality the gods agree, and Claus becomes immortal to continue his job working with children. Necille kisses him and Claus awakens as a new man.
Overall like I said in the Beginning this special is underrated and quite forgettable, I can understand why, It's from the eighties folks and this is probably the least popular Rankin Bass Special. However despite its flaws like cheap scenery and outdated stop motion. It's a favorite special of mine and I really appreciate it. Too bad Freeform or whatever ABC Family turned into doesn't appreciate it.
It rarely airs on the network. Thank god for DVDS LOL :)
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Rollo moves out, errands day in Pringles
So I started up the game today only to receive a farewell letter in my mailbox from Rollo, He said it pains him to leave but he had to go to greener pastures.
I played for twenty minutes today and helped my animal neighbors out, Snooty needed me to retrieve her handkerchief from Liz and Hank wanted me to get his Gameboy from Sandy. I also caught a fish for Dizzy, helped deliver clothes to Bluebear and planted flowers near Snooty and Gaston's house.
I don't know who will move in today or tomorrow, but I will update on that shortly.
Speaking of which, The Harvest Festival is only two weeks away and I cannot wait because I want to play and get all the harvest furniture.
On the other hand, I don't know about Jingle giving an NES game on Christmas. I watched a youtube video that a guy played Animal Crossing on Christmas and he didn't get Balloon fight. I asked an Animal Crossing gamecube blog about that so hopefully they can answer my question.
I'll update my progress tonight or tomorrow morning
I played for twenty minutes today and helped my animal neighbors out, Snooty needed me to retrieve her handkerchief from Liz and Hank wanted me to get his Gameboy from Sandy. I also caught a fish for Dizzy, helped deliver clothes to Bluebear and planted flowers near Snooty and Gaston's house.
I don't know who will move in today or tomorrow, but I will update on that shortly.
Speaking of which, The Harvest Festival is only two weeks away and I cannot wait because I want to play and get all the harvest furniture.
On the other hand, I don't know about Jingle giving an NES game on Christmas. I watched a youtube video that a guy played Animal Crossing on Christmas and he didn't get Balloon fight. I asked an Animal Crossing gamecube blog about that so hopefully they can answer my question.
I'll update my progress tonight or tomorrow morning
Friday, November 3, 2017
My Gamecube Animal Crossing Town
As I've said before my Gamecube animal crossing town's name is Pringles, You also get your own island in the GC but you need to get a GBA Cable and a Gameboy Advance to connect to the island. I am planning on getting a GBA cable for Christmas with another memory card.
The villagers who live in Pringles are currently Hank, Dizzy, Gaston, Chief, Hector, Liz, Rollo, Pecan, Pango, Snooty, Winnie, Savannah, Sandy, Olivia and Bluebear. The Villagers who lived in my town and have since moved are Louie and Vesta.
My town fruit is oranges, but I got pears from Rollo and my virtual game Mom sent me a cherry a month ago so I planted them in different places. I just need apples and peaches and I'm thinking about creating a new town for that on a separate memory card.
One thing I like about this GC animal crossing game is you can have as many towns as you want with unlimited memory cards, unlike later games which require you to buy another game just to have a second town. It's very nice, The Game Cube AC also has large acreage unlike later games where you are confined to a town plot. I also prefer the Harvest Festival to Gamecube rather than City Folk and New Leaf, Franklin is much easier to find here and he sounds like he has a high voice rather than the deep voice he has in New Leaf and City Folk.
While Halloween is the hardest of all in GC out of the three Animal Crossing games, I still prefer the Gamecube version, I hated how New Leaf just lets you buy the furniture from Nook's store. I'd rather just go out with candy and work for it. City Folk also took the fun out of dealing with angry candy craving villagers.
I also like Christmas Eve in the Gamecube version as well, I like it's separate from Toy Day and how you have to find Jingle five times before you get an item and then you have to spend a couple of hours changing your clothes and trying to find him again and again for Jingle furniture.
Other Holidays I should mention are the Fireworks show which is the 4th of July, I really liked seeing the fireworks from the lake and getting pinwheels and balloons and fans from Redd (the fox) I also like the Cherry Blossom Festival, where the animal villagers get drunk, The Spring and Fall Sports Fairs, Morning Aerobics, and Valentine's Day. It's interesting that on Groundhog's Day Resetti will appear and predict the weather in the GC. One other holiday I like in the Gamecube version is the Koinbori it's not really a holiday but it's a reference to a Japanese holiday in Japan where children hang fish flags outside. It's really neat to see.
New Years Eve is also a huge holiday in Animal Crossing after the countdown and fireworks go off, If you leave the New Years party area the melody of Auld Lang Syne can be heard in the background. It is really awesome if you ask me. There is also Sales Day which is like Black Friday in Animal Crossing if you buy a goodie bag you can get a pinwheel, furniture wallpaper and or a carpet.
Overall it's not a bad game, It has its flaws but I have a soft spot for Animal Crossing Gamecube, It was something I grew up with
The villagers who live in Pringles are currently Hank, Dizzy, Gaston, Chief, Hector, Liz, Rollo, Pecan, Pango, Snooty, Winnie, Savannah, Sandy, Olivia and Bluebear. The Villagers who lived in my town and have since moved are Louie and Vesta.
My town fruit is oranges, but I got pears from Rollo and my virtual game Mom sent me a cherry a month ago so I planted them in different places. I just need apples and peaches and I'm thinking about creating a new town for that on a separate memory card.
One thing I like about this GC animal crossing game is you can have as many towns as you want with unlimited memory cards, unlike later games which require you to buy another game just to have a second town. It's very nice, The Game Cube AC also has large acreage unlike later games where you are confined to a town plot. I also prefer the Harvest Festival to Gamecube rather than City Folk and New Leaf, Franklin is much easier to find here and he sounds like he has a high voice rather than the deep voice he has in New Leaf and City Folk.
While Halloween is the hardest of all in GC out of the three Animal Crossing games, I still prefer the Gamecube version, I hated how New Leaf just lets you buy the furniture from Nook's store. I'd rather just go out with candy and work for it. City Folk also took the fun out of dealing with angry candy craving villagers.
I also like Christmas Eve in the Gamecube version as well, I like it's separate from Toy Day and how you have to find Jingle five times before you get an item and then you have to spend a couple of hours changing your clothes and trying to find him again and again for Jingle furniture.
Other Holidays I should mention are the Fireworks show which is the 4th of July, I really liked seeing the fireworks from the lake and getting pinwheels and balloons and fans from Redd (the fox) I also like the Cherry Blossom Festival, where the animal villagers get drunk, The Spring and Fall Sports Fairs, Morning Aerobics, and Valentine's Day. It's interesting that on Groundhog's Day Resetti will appear and predict the weather in the GC. One other holiday I like in the Gamecube version is the Koinbori it's not really a holiday but it's a reference to a Japanese holiday in Japan where children hang fish flags outside. It's really neat to see.
New Years Eve is also a huge holiday in Animal Crossing after the countdown and fireworks go off, If you leave the New Years party area the melody of Auld Lang Syne can be heard in the background. It is really awesome if you ask me. There is also Sales Day which is like Black Friday in Animal Crossing if you buy a goodie bag you can get a pinwheel, furniture wallpaper and or a carpet.
Overall it's not a bad game, It has its flaws but I have a soft spot for Animal Crossing Gamecube, It was something I grew up with
Thursday, November 2, 2017
Animal Crossing GameCube
For the past month, I pulled out my old Wii and purchased some gamecube games on Ebay, My brother bought me Animal Crossing GC, a Wii remote, Pikmin, and a GC controller.
I bought Chibi Robo and Super Smash Bros Meelee for the gamecube.
Animal Crossing is my favorite Nintendo video game besides Chibi Robo, Pikmin, Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart, Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion
On September 27, I created a new Animal Crossing town called Pringles. It's been a month since I've lived in Pringles and I am extremely excited on celebrating different holidays like Christmas Eve, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth Of July, Valentine's Day, etc. On your birthday an animal villager will give you a NES game for being close friends with them.
I celebrated Halloween in Animal Crossing and had a rough night, 125 kids rang my doorbell and I ran out of candy so we had to turn off the lights. I played Animal Crossing for two hours and only got seven pieces of Spooky Furniture from Jack. Unlike later games, the GC Animal Crossing animals are vicious. They will charge at you and hound you down for candy. I found Jack (The pumpkin head guy) 9 times that night and he gave me the same piece of furniture twice in exchange for candy.
I went to bed with a migraine and suffered with it for a day
My birthday is in two weeks so I'm hoping for good fortune being friends with all the animals, Gaston talked to me today and said he was thinking of moving, I hope he doesn't move, I can't prevent them from moving, This isn't new leaf
The next holidays I am preparing for are The Harvest Festival (Thanksgiving) and Christmas Eve which in later games is Toy Day. The gamecube Animal Crossing had Toy Day separate from Christmas Eve which has Jingle arrive.
It's going to be hard to play Christmas Eve and also Harvest Festival. I'll probably have to change the time earlier in both days
My next post will be about my town and the villagers
I bought Chibi Robo and Super Smash Bros Meelee for the gamecube.
Animal Crossing is my favorite Nintendo video game besides Chibi Robo, Pikmin, Super Smash Bros and Mario Kart, Super Mario Sunshine and Luigi's Mansion
On September 27, I created a new Animal Crossing town called Pringles. It's been a month since I've lived in Pringles and I am extremely excited on celebrating different holidays like Christmas Eve, Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth Of July, Valentine's Day, etc. On your birthday an animal villager will give you a NES game for being close friends with them.
I celebrated Halloween in Animal Crossing and had a rough night, 125 kids rang my doorbell and I ran out of candy so we had to turn off the lights. I played Animal Crossing for two hours and only got seven pieces of Spooky Furniture from Jack. Unlike later games, the GC Animal Crossing animals are vicious. They will charge at you and hound you down for candy. I found Jack (The pumpkin head guy) 9 times that night and he gave me the same piece of furniture twice in exchange for candy.
I went to bed with a migraine and suffered with it for a day
My birthday is in two weeks so I'm hoping for good fortune being friends with all the animals, Gaston talked to me today and said he was thinking of moving, I hope he doesn't move, I can't prevent them from moving, This isn't new leaf
The next holidays I am preparing for are The Harvest Festival (Thanksgiving) and Christmas Eve which in later games is Toy Day. The gamecube Animal Crossing had Toy Day separate from Christmas Eve which has Jingle arrive.
It's going to be hard to play Christmas Eve and also Harvest Festival. I'll probably have to change the time earlier in both days
My next post will be about my town and the villagers
Friday, June 16, 2017
Adopting Vs Buying Guinea Pigs
Ordinary I never post things like this but it was not too long ago I stumbled across a blog that encouraged people to adopt guinea pigs instead of buying them. I agree 100% on the articles point of view but I encourage people to make their own decisions on where they purchase their pets
Please keep in mind all below are just my opinions, and I felt of dispelling some harmful myths of the pet store buying vs adopting
1.) Pet stores are bad, employees don't know much and they abuse animals. This is probably 98% true to most cases however keep in mind not all pet stores are abusive neglecting places. I've been to some fabulous pet stores including Petsmarts and Petcos where the employees or workers are knowledgeable about their animals and they are taken care of. I've also been to some awful pet stores most mom and pop that the animals looked neglected.
2.) Boycott all pet stores, if you don't buy from them they will go out of business. Yeah right, first off chain pet stores aren't going anywhere, neither are mom and pop pet stores, There will always be people who buy animals from pet stores.
3.) Pet stores such as chain stores get their animals from mills, that is true, to be fair though I don't think we should bash pet stores for getting their animals from mills. Don't get me wrong mills of any kind of animal are horrific, but blame the corporations, they are the ones who only care about money or profits.
4.) Adopting is the only option, While i admire the #AdoptDon'tShop# hashtag and I agree adoption is great to give guinea pigs or any animal a home, I really think people should try to adopt first and if you can't purchasing a guinea pig from a pet store is ok too. Not everyone has a animal shelter or rescue in their area or wants to drive three hours or more to pick up a pet. I totally understand the point of adopting, animals need homes and there's nothing wrong with that. But a pet store animal needs a home too.
Overall if you are looking into purchasing or adopting a pet, please try to find a rescue or shelter in your area. There are so many animals who need homes and also you could meet your best friend for life there. If you can't and your only option is a pet store then go for it, Animals in pet stores deserve homes as much as the shelter animals. Just make sure to check the animals health before purchasing them.
I'm planning on getting two guinea pigs from Petsmart because I don't have the option of adoption. But no matter where you get your friend, give them love!
Please keep in mind all below are just my opinions, and I felt of dispelling some harmful myths of the pet store buying vs adopting
1.) Pet stores are bad, employees don't know much and they abuse animals. This is probably 98% true to most cases however keep in mind not all pet stores are abusive neglecting places. I've been to some fabulous pet stores including Petsmarts and Petcos where the employees or workers are knowledgeable about their animals and they are taken care of. I've also been to some awful pet stores most mom and pop that the animals looked neglected.
2.) Boycott all pet stores, if you don't buy from them they will go out of business. Yeah right, first off chain pet stores aren't going anywhere, neither are mom and pop pet stores, There will always be people who buy animals from pet stores.
3.) Pet stores such as chain stores get their animals from mills, that is true, to be fair though I don't think we should bash pet stores for getting their animals from mills. Don't get me wrong mills of any kind of animal are horrific, but blame the corporations, they are the ones who only care about money or profits.
4.) Adopting is the only option, While i admire the #AdoptDon'tShop# hashtag and I agree adoption is great to give guinea pigs or any animal a home, I really think people should try to adopt first and if you can't purchasing a guinea pig from a pet store is ok too. Not everyone has a animal shelter or rescue in their area or wants to drive three hours or more to pick up a pet. I totally understand the point of adopting, animals need homes and there's nothing wrong with that. But a pet store animal needs a home too.
Overall if you are looking into purchasing or adopting a pet, please try to find a rescue or shelter in your area. There are so many animals who need homes and also you could meet your best friend for life there. If you can't and your only option is a pet store then go for it, Animals in pet stores deserve homes as much as the shelter animals. Just make sure to check the animals health before purchasing them.
I'm planning on getting two guinea pigs from Petsmart because I don't have the option of adoption. But no matter where you get your friend, give them love!
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