Jeff's ACCF Blog

Today is New Year’s Day and I had a bunch of letters in my mailbox wishing me a happy new year. “Mom” sent me a letter with 1,000 bells attached. I also received good new year’s wishes from Static, Broccolo, Friga, and Twiggy.

I quickly headed over to town hall to get my free gift from Mayor Tortimer: A New Year 2016 shirt!

It’s the year of the monkey, so this year’s shirt has a monkey on the front and 2016 on the back. I’m not a fan of the color, but I’ll wear it for a while.

I temporarily took the shirt off, just to see how it looks lined up with my others. Here are the New Year shirts from 2010-2016. Sadly, I didn’t keep the 2009 one (apparently).

All of the villagers in town talked about the new year. Static was actually a bit sad; he called himself old. But everyone else seemed to be in a good mood, looking forward to the new year.

But Twiggy had a confusing way of wishing me a happy new year.

The new year also brought a new villager to Forest! Benedict the red rooster has just moved in! Benedict lived in my New Leaf town for most of 2013, and I grew to like him. He’s my 3rd favorite chicken in the series, behind Hank and Egbert.

After meeting him, I noticed that his house messed up my path!

But the most interesting thing is where he lives: It’s very rare for that spot to be occupied! It’s just east of where Bob’s house was, and I can’t remember the last time anyone lived there.

Everyone has different hopes, dreams, and goals for the new year. But as for what Broccolo wants? Well, it kind of stinks.

That’s all for now, but I’ll be back with more next time. Remember to pick up your 2016 shirt from Tortimer, if you collect them like I do! Happy New Year, everyone! I hope 2016 is a great year for you! 🙂

Static seemed to be looking forward to the new year. He asked if I’m ready to say goodbye to 2015, and he asked if I had any resolutions. He said that his resolution was to be tougher and manlier. I don’t know if anyone has ever thought “wow, that squirrel is so tough and manly!”

When I spoke to Friga, she seemed relieved that it had stopped snowing. Just one problem, though: It didn’t stop snowing. I think she’s a bit confused.

Broccolo was locked out of his house and he asked me to look for his key. Also, Mott asked me to catch a black bass for him. So I thought I could kill two birds with one stone by doing some fishing in the river. I ended up catching Broccolo’s key, so I returned it to him.

He rewarded me with 600 bells. That’s actually pretty odd, because when villagers give me a cash reward for something, it’s almost always 552 bells. Oh well, 48 extra bells for me.

I continued fishing for a black bass, but I wasn’t having any luck so I eventually gave up. Sorry, Mott.

I may not play ACCF for New Year’s Eve tomorrow night, but I’ll be sure to play on Friday to pick up my new 2016 shirt from Tortimer. I’ll see you all then!

Static was still sick with a winter cold, so I bought some medicine for him once again.

It’s Saturday night, so I headed to the Roost to hear some live music performed by K.K. Slider. As usual, I let him choose the song. This time, he played some rock for me.

Over at town hall, I found something interesting in the recycling bin: a men’s toilet! I’ll usually take any furniture I find in there, even if I don’t need to go the item. I can always sell it to Tom Nook.

I took the bus out to the city, and it was snowing there. The cones were also moved out of the way, so that I could enter the Reset Surveillance Center.

Resetti and I started having a conversation, but we were interrupted. Somebody somewhere apparently reset their game, so Resetti had to take off in a hurry.

There wasn’t much else to do after Resetti left, so I headed back to Forest. I had a chat with Friga, and she was telling me about gardening and hybrid flowers. I just didn’t think you could do much gardening in igloos. I guess I learned something new.