Jeff's ACCF Blog

Last Sunday, Tortimer was standing outside of town hall for the fireworks festival. Even before it started, he was out there to talk about fireworks and the upcoming show.

Of course, he also hands out sparklers and Roman candles.

Remember how last week, Rosie changed her mind about moving? She was bluffing! Because on Sunday, she still wasn’t sure if she would move or not!

I remember encountering this before; it seems to be something that peppy villagers will sometimes do (though I can’t remember specifically who did it before). But the good news is that in this case, I caught it in time and I was (again) able to change her mind about moving.

Once the fireworks festival began, I watched the sky at a few spots around town to enjoy the show. 🎆

I went out to the city to see if the fireworks were visible there…and they’re not. But I did something that I’m not sure I knew was possible: I set off sparklers and Roman candles in the city. Pretty cool! 🌆

The fireworks festivals will soon be winding down. Rosie lamented that the end of summer means that there will be no more summer love. 💔

At midnight, the fireworks ended. Tortimer even pointed out that there are five festivals in 2025, meaning there are two more to go (including tomorrow).

I played again tonight, and Rosie was now sick with a cold. Of course, I gave her some medicine. Get well soon, Rosie! (Even if you did lie to me.) 😛

I know that Rosie is now safe from moving (for real this time) because Biskit is now planning on moving instead. Despite my pleas, he hasn’t changed his mind yet. But I should be able to do that tomorrow.

Over at the Roost, K.K. Slider was in town for his usual Saturday night show. I asked him for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Fusion” for me.

I hunted for bugs (and fish) again tonight, and I made about 240,000 bells. I’ve already topped my (2nd) goal for summer, and I’m not making any more goals this year. But my first blog entry of September will detail how many bells I earned this summer. 💰

On Monday night, Nana was talking about the upcoming Bug-Off. She warned me that she doesn’t like to lose…not to a bug, and not to me. 😛

There seemed to be a lot of giant beetles out that night. In fact, five of the first seven bugs I caught were giant beetles! That was very unusual!

Fang told me he was planning on moving out of town, and he even packed in an accidental wolf pun! 🐺

However, I was able to get him to change his mind and stick around a little longer.

Felicity used her new catchphrase in a fitting manner, talking about how she likes to gossip. ☕

On Tuesday night, I listened in on a conversation between Marina and Biskit. Marina was wondering if avocados were fruits or vegetables.

Biskit didn’t know and didn’t care. As long as a food tastes good, he doesn’t care about such labels. The conversation left Marina depressed, and Biskit cheerful. 😛

Today, the August Bug-Off was held…although I played too late to participate. Nat told me that Rosie won, with a 68-point jewel beetle. But as I was still talking to Nat, Rosie showed up and pinged me. Now she wanted to move out of town! Nat-urally, I told her not to go.

I saw a huge fish shadow in the river, and I cast my fishing rod. It took the bait and bit on the first attempt, and I pressed the button to reel in an arapaima. I was very lucky though, because my batteries went dead right after it bit down! If it had taken even just one more nibble, it would have gotten away. After that, I immediately swapped in some new batteries. Close call!

When I went to visit Big Top, he was talking about his outfit (the guard uniform that Wendell designed). He said it makes him want to shake a leg and bust a move, in a coma!

That is a recent catchphrase I gave him, and it might be hard to do those things if he was actually in a coma. Be careful what you wish for, big guy!

Up at the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He performed “K.K. Cruisin'” for me.

Over at town hall, I found a lovely lamp in the recycle bin.

I might participate in the fireworks festival tomorrow, although I probably won’t be posting a blog entry tomorrow. Lately, I’ve been playing at least three nights a week to get plenty of bug hunts in. But there may be some fireworks screenshots in the next entry, whichever day it may arrive on. See you soon!

On Thursday, Biskit sent me a letter telling me he was over his cold. He sent me a caladium to thank me for the medicine I gave him last week.

My rare catches haven’t been limited to nighttime bugs; I caught a banded dragonfly in the afternoon yesterday!

I spotted Saharah in town, and she was looking for old carpeting. I started asking around, and Mint was the first to give me one. But she was adamant that I shouldn’t tell anyone about it for some reason.

Biskit also had an old carpet to give me, and he was much nicer about it. He was very happy to be able to help out!

None of my other villagers were able to help out, though. Fortunately, I had an old flooring in storage. I took the three of them over to Saharah, and she gave me a concrete floor in return. That’s always a hard thing to accept.

I played last night to hunt some bugs, and Marina asked me for a new catchphrase. I told her to say “I’m afraid,” although I’m not yet sure how this will work out. Hopefully she’ll use it in some funny ways in the coming weeks.

Monty wanted to trade a skull shirt for my fruit beetle, and I agreed to the trade. I don’t care about fruit beetles. But his catchphrase made it sound like he was handing me his poop. 💩

Today, I gave out another new catchphrase, this time to Felicity. I told her to say “in my tea.” We’ll have to wait and tea how that one turns out too.

Later on, I attended K.K. Slider’s concert at the Roost. I asked for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Mambo” for me. It may not be one of the more popular songs, but it’s a pretty good song.

I found a doghouse in the recycle bin at town hall. Even though it looked a bit ruff, I took it so I can give it a new leash on life. 🐶

I went on another late-night bug hunt tonight, but it was a relatively short session (at least compared my other ones lately). But I still made about 170k on the night. There’s still three weeks to go in peak bug season, and I’ll have to go on a bug hunt during a fireworks festival this month. It may not be this weekend, though.