Jeff's ACWW Blog

It was storming in Forest tonight, and I spotted something I don’t recall seeing in an Animal Crossing game. Lightning. Not just the flash of light, but actual bolts of lightning up in the sky!

September is here now, and that means the salmon are making their run. I caught both the regular salmon and the king salmon in town.

You may notice a note in a bottle next to me in that picture. I opened it up and it contained a letter from a pen pal.

A new “Talking to Myself” message was posted on the bulletin board outside of town hall. It mentioned a song that’s supposedly popular in other towns.

Today was flea market day, and many of the outdoor villagers were telling me to go home so they could shop. I wasn’t interested, so I carried on. The indoor villagers, of course, offered to sell some of their belongings. But there was one indoor villager who didn’t participate. That was Rhonda, who was still sick. I gave her some medicine once again.

I went to the museum to donate my new fish, and Blathers told me an interesting fact about the king salmon. He said that as it swims upstream to spawn, it doesn’t eat anything along the way.

So when they first start our their journey, they’re all fatties. 😛 (His words.)

I then went downstairs to get a new song for my stereo at home. K.K. Slider performed Señor K.K. for me.

Afterwards, I checked my map and verified that Static’s replacement has not moved in yet. I went over to town hall and made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment before wrapping up my night.

I received Static’s goodbye letter in the mail today. He said that his moving away mostly wasn’t my fault.

Kiki told me I should look forward to the fireworks show coming up on Saturday. However, Saturday will be September 2nd. I’m pretty sure there will not be a fireworks show this Saturday.

Big Top also commented on the “upcoming” fireworks. They must have mistakenly programmed the villagers to talk about fireworks any day in August. Oops.

Just outside of Kiki’s house, I found a four-leaf clover!

Crazy Redd was in town, but his piece of art this week was a common painting. I already have one of those in the museum.

There was a new message of the week posted on the bulletin board, and it says not to ask others to do something you wouldn’t do yourself. Instead, just make them do it. 😀

I was in Nookington’s as the clock struck 11 p.m., just leaving the second floor. After I went down the stairs, I found myself outside. I bypassed the entire first floor! 😛

In Rhonda’s house, I gave the sick rhino another dose of medicine.

After catching a few summer bugs (perhaps my last August bug-hunt), I made a 25,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall. I then headed home.

I was hoping to catch an orchid mantis today, so I played earlier than usual (in the afternoon). Of course, that meant Lyle was waiting for me outside my house again, but I just ignored him.

I went over by Static’s house, but all of his white flowers were gone! So I checked out the flowers at Nookington’s and bought the one pack of white flowers (white pansies). I looked around for more white flowers, and I found several outside of Baabara’s house. So I planted my new ones there, so I’d have more chances at the orchid mantis.

But in the meantime, I still did my usual things…like talking to villagers. Kiki mentioned her fish again, saying that they keep her company at home. She said even if she doesn’t have any friends, she can at least talk to her fishies.

When I spoke with Hopper outside, I noticed that he had a flea on him. I guess Hopper had a little hopper of his own. So I decided to be nice and catch it for him. And yet, he got upset with me! He wanted to keep itching. Wow, no good deed goes unpunished.

Static was all packed up and ready to move out of Forest. I didn’t want to be too Static clingy, so I’m letting him go. I’ll still have him in my GameCube and City Folk towns. I may miss his grumpiness, but I wouldn’t mind letting someone new move in.

Back outside, I was a bit surprised to see an emperor butterfly. In City Folk, they only came out at night.

I also fished in a pond and caught my first killifish, and then went to the museum to donate both new catches. Blathers told me that if I want to keep an emperor butterfly, I should remove the body. Wait, what??

Rhonda was still sick, so I gave her medicine once again.

With all of my tasks done, I focused on bug-hunting. Several times, I noticed banded dragonflies zooming around. I chased after them, but they were too quick for me.

At one point, I spotted a bug on a flower. I swung my net and caught a mantis. Not the orchid mantis, but a regular mantis. But that was just as good, since I didn’t have the regular mantis in my museum either.

I continued circling around town, mainly looking for an orchid mantis. I never found one. But I did spot another banded dragonfly that was flying west to east (as opposed to directly running from me). I was able to close the gap as I practically ran alongside it, and as it began to turn, I caught it! Yay!

I donated it to the museum, and then ended my afternoon session.

Later on tonight, I returned to the game. I went down to the Roost, where K.K. Slider performed Forest Life for me.

I also stopped by town hall and spoke with Tortimer. The final fireworks festival of the year was held tonight, so the mayor gave me another roman candle and sparkler.

Inside of town hall, I made a 50,000 bell mortgage payment and then ended my game for the night.