Jeff's ACCF Blog

As expected, I received Twiggy’s goodbye letter in the mail today. She said that we were BFFs, and that’s a Big Fat Fabrication. But I won’t hold it against her. She was a tweet sweet villager to have around, even if she was a bit of a birdbrain.

There was a meteor shower tonight, so I stopped to watch several shooting stars go by.

Broccolo was outside, talking about how much he loves flowers. He said he hopes a kajillion flowers pop up. But where he was standing, it looked as if gold roses popped up all around him. All you could see was his head.

A few minutes later, Broccolo had a fight with Static. Broccolo was still mad about it, and he warned me to watch out when a normally mellow guy starts to get angry.

Chow asked me to find a barbel steed for him, so I did a little fishing. Fortunately, a barbel steed was one of the few fish that I caught, so I took it back to him. Chow rewarded me with 520 bells, not surprisingly.

You may have noticed a really big snowball in that picture. It actually looks like it’s hovering, but that’s besides the point. I was rolling up two huge snowballs to push them into the river.

They made a big splash when I pushed them in, but it didn’t quite resemble a snowman like I hoped. Oh well, it’s fun playing around with huge snowballs anyway.

Tank was sick with a cold, so I went to Nook ‘n’ Go to buy some medicine for him. I’m not sure how such a big guy can do a backflip, especially when he’s not feeling well.

Thanks for stopping by. Just a heads-up that I’m working on a new ACCF video, so keep an eye out for it in the next few weeks. 🙂

Benedict sent me a letter thanking him for the medicine when he was sick recently. He attached a robo-sofa to the letter. Somehow.

When I visited Twiggy, I was surprised to see she was all packed up in boxes and ready to move out of town. Even though Twiggy wasn’t one of my favorites, she’s been in town a long time–since April 8, 2015! Of my current residents, I think only Broccolo has lived here longer.

Over by the northern waterfall, I spotted a large fish shadow in the river. That’s pretty much a guarantee of something worthwhile, so I fished it out…and caught a stringfish!

When I went in to visit Bluebear, she said she wanted to try the squid health kick that’s popular right now. Oh, is there such a thing?

I visited my favorite zebra Savannah, and she asked me to make a delivery to Tank for her. Fortunately, Tank was right outside near her house, so I gave him the package. It contained a bow, which was a bow that you use with an arrow, and not a bow for his hair. 😉 When I returned to Savannah, she gave me 520 bells for helping her out.

I decided to do a little fishing to see if I could find a squid for Bluebear. I wasn’t going to waste too much time on it, just enough to say that I tried. But fortunately, I actually caught a squid after a couple minutes. I took it over to Bluebear, and she rewarded me with 520 bells.

Interesting. That’s the same amount that Savannah gave me, and I’ve noticed it several other times lately too. It must be the new fad. 😛 The game must decide on a random number and then use it repeatedly over a stretch of a few months. It’s just like the 552 bell trend I noticed in 2015.

Tank told me to take a look up at the sky tonight, so I returned to the game later on. And sure enough, around 9:30 p.m., I spotted the northern lights up above (along with a nearly full moon).

I’ll be back with another ACCF entry next week. In the meantime, please check out my impressions of the recent Nintendo Switch presentation here.

I had a lot of letters in my mail box today, mostly Happy New Year greetings. That included letters from Chow, Twiggy, Static, Broccolo, Savannah, and Mom. Mom even included 1,000 bells with the letter.

Over at town hall, Tortimer gave me the New Year’s shirt for 2017. I try to collect these each year.

I went in my house to take a look at it; there’s a chicken on the front! 2017 is the year of the rooster, so that’s the reasoning behind it. Here you can see me wearing the shirt, with my previous shirts (2010-2016) behind me.

The shirts have the year on the back. Here’s a look at the backs. Note: I apparently never saved the shirt from 2009, unfortunately.

When I went back outside, Tortimer told me the shirt looks better on me than anyone else in Forest. I appreciated the compliment, until he explained it a bit better. Apparently, that was only because no one else wants to wear theirs!

Of course, my villagers wished me a happy new year. Savannah hopes we have a dreamy year in 2017.

Twiggy told me she plans on being more powerful in the new year. A more powerful tweety bird? What can she do? Chug two worms at once?

Static even performed a dance for me, called the Dance of the Lonely Creamed Corn. It’s actually just him using a few different emotions in a row, but it’s a nice dance. Even if it is a bit corny.

Benedict was still sick, so I went to the store to buy some medicine for him. I felt like I had to. It is the year of the rooster, after all. Also, today marks the one-year anniversary of his arrival in Forest!

And before I wrapped up my night, I took the bus out to the city. Phineas was there, and I asked him for a bunny balloon. He gave me a blue one.

Happy new year, everyone!