Throwing my life away - PART II

Day 2 of my Animal Crossing chronicles. This might sound really insane, but this morning I woke up thinking of the Crossing village and wanting to go see what's happenning! it sounds absurd, but I think I'm starting to like this game *cough* addict *cough*
But the idea of going around a small village, helping delivering stuff to people, selling fruit and digging up fossils isn't that exciting, surely? Nintendo have cleverly made sure that you get back to the Crossing. Using the real-time clock, things change in the village according to when you visit. So for example, the store is open from 9am to 10pm. The carpet salesman left a note saying he's coming to town tomorrow. I have a raffle ticket for the 27th of September. If I don't play tomorrow I miss out on both these things.
The lady that sells turnips only works on a Sunday. And things are also tied in to national holidays, so if it's a holiday in the UK, it's one in the Crossing (that's why I waited for the local PAL version than to import)
I'm also waiting for 2 important letters, one's definitely coming tomorrow but the other could be any time!
It's scary that a game can do this to someone. But millions of NTSC gamers couldn't be wrong when they all raved about it years ago... now it's my turn. and YES, I am throwing my life away. Now, let's see if Belle got my post......