Jeff's ACWW Blog

Yesterday was August 1st, and I received my monthly bank statement from the postal division at town hall. I earned 83,200 bells in interest this month.

Truffles asked me to deliver a letter to Pippy, and I agreed to help out. Pippy wasn’t sure why Truffles would be sending a letter unless it was a fan letter. 😆

She said that the letter was “totally Truffles,” but she didn’t show it to me. Most letter recipients tend to show me the letter afterwards, but that’s okay. When I returned to Truffles, she rewarded me with 510 bells.

Tonight, the first fireworks festival of the year was held!

This game, and the later games as well, will have five fireworks festivals this year! So even if you miss it this weekend, you’ll have four more chances! Wild World’s fireworks are certainly the most pixelated, but they’re still pretty.

However, Drift wasn’t able to enjoy the show because he’s sick with a cold. I gave him some medicine, but I’m guessing his illness will likely carry over into next week.

When I spoke with Pippy, she apparently couldn’t hear me over the fireworks. So she told me I’d have to yell. 😆

Over by town hall, Tortimer finally popped his head out of his shell for the event. He gave me a Roman candle, and told me to scamper away.

But I didn’t listen. I used that Roman candle to light a fire under his…shell. You’re on the hot seat now, Tortimer. Someday, I’ll be the mayor!

Filbert was enjoying the fireworks, but he really wanted some snacks.

And Truffles was just shouting like a crazy person. So…just a normal day for her.

I wasn’t necessarily bug-hunting, but I did catch an atlas beetle and an oak silk moth that I spotted while playing.

Enjoy the fireworks, and I’ll be back with another entry next week!

On Wednesday, I listened in on a conversation between Pippy and Drift. Pippy asked if Drift has been watching her!

Drift admitted to it, because he wants to prepare for an epic battle against her.

Pippy was confused by this, because she had no plans of being in a battle against him.

So, she thought he was a psycho. And she’s probably right. 😛

Drift tried to justify it by saying he imagined himself losing to Pippy. I don’t know, my villagers are just weird.

I thought I’d try a late-night bug hunt, like the ones I do in City Folk. I started before 10:30 p.m., so I’d be able to hunt for half an hour before the shop closed. But in that span, I wasn’t finding many rare bugs. I caught a rainbow stag, a goliath beetle, and an atlas beetle…but everything else was a 1,000-bell bug or less!

I only made 36k in 30 minutes, and I probably could’ve done better than that by just gathering fruit! So I won’t be posting a video of that. However, after the clock struck 11:00, I was suddenly seeing more (and better) bugs! So I decided that I would try again Thursday night, but at 11:00 instead of 10:30. The bad thing is that I’d be unable to sell my catches, so I could only fill up my pockets once. I recorded a gameplay session of that… Update: Here it is.

Today, Filbert told me he had been looking for a popeyed goldfish. I thought this was going to be a request (or a competition), but it was just dialogue. Apparently, he felt a bit dumb because he hasn’t been able to find one yet. Aww, poor guy.

I saw a big fish shadow in the river, and I fished out a giant snakehead. That’s a fish I don’t see very often! I think I best remember it as the last fish I caught in the GameCube game (when I first completed my fish collection, in 2007).

I actually found two items in the recycle bin at town hall today: a kiddie stereo and a Nintendo bench. Nice!

Curt has still been sick this week, so I gave him more medicine Wednesday, Thursday, and again today. Get well soon, Curt!

Tuesday (July 15th) was Caroline’s birthday, so I headed over to her party. But she seemed surprised to see me, and she didn’t even remember inviting me! Yikes, that made me feel unwanted. 😛

I gave her a rock guitar for her gift, and she seemed to enjoy it. But then again, she said she would’ve been just as happy with my belly button lint. Gross. 🤢

She then gave me a glow clock in exchange for the belly button lint rock guitar. Curt was also at the party, talking about how it must be nice to be young…and then he said “fuzzball.” But that’s just his catchphrase, and he’s not specifically referring to the fuzzy ball of belly button lint that Caroline wanted. 😆

The next day, it was raining in town. Whitney got her outfit wet, and she said it was traumatizing.

Robin realized that she was ten minutes late for the reapplication of her lipstick. Does she apply it to her beak? Because birds don’t have lips. 🤔

Pippy was at home, so I got to see the inside of her house now that she has unpacked. But it looks more like her back yard than the interior of a house. Still, I took a quick nap on her hammock.

Today, Drift told me to get ready to rock…in a very rocky way. 🪨

He thought that expression was “rad enough” to be the catchphrase of the year. But I thought his repetitive remarks and repeated “rocks” render it remarkably redundant.

Curt was sick with a cold today, so I gave him a dose of medicine.

When I visited Caroline, she was (somehow) able to see that I’ve collected every type of bug.

She was amazed and impressed. I know I’ve seen this dialogue before from other characters, but it’s such a cute reaction for villagers to have. 😊

Whitney was packed up and ready to move out of town, but I was able to talk her of it. Unpack your boxes, wolf girl!

Look for the next video episode coming in the next couple days!