Jeff's ACWW Blog

Since my pockets were full, I made my way over to Nookington’s before it closed tonight. Tom Nook gave me over 24,000 bells for the stuff I had in my pockets.

Back outside, I saw the shape of an eel in the river. So I fished out my very first eel.

I went to the museum to donate it, and I noticed Blathers had some new dialogue once again. He said he misses the days of living in a big city. Apparently, no one from the Farway Museum wanted to move away to curate the new museum opening up in Forest. So, they sent him.

That actually sounds like the plot of the Mr. Bean movie. 😛 But Blathers said he doesn’t regret coming to Forest, he just gets homesick sometimes.

Anyway, I found Rod all packed up and ready to move out of town. I didn’t want him to leave, so I talked to him over and over until he reconsidered.

Outside of town hall, the message of the week said that if you lose something big, just pretend pirates took it. 😛

While walking on the beach, I saw something I hadn’t seen in Wild World before: A scorpion! Fortunately, it wasn’t moving much, so I walked over to it and caught it! 😀 I think I really lucked out getting it on my first try!

While coming up between Nookington’s and Able Sisters, I spotted an even bigger bug in the distance! Oh wait, that’s just Gracie.

I’m not even going to waste my time on Gracie. 😛

I then returned to the museum to donate the scorpion. Blathers told me that scorpions can be affected by their own venom! He wondered why they even bother carrying it around. He compared it to walking around with a piano above his head. 😛

When I bumped into Puddles, she showed me a letter she got about the barbaric treatment of animal crackers. 😀 Sounds like Nintendo is poking some fun at PETA. 😛

I finished up my night with some fishing and bug-catching. Since the shop was closed, I once again filled up my pockets with things to sell next time.

After a quick shopping trip at Nookington’s, I headed over to Static’s house. Today is his birthday, so I made sure to attend his birthday party! Kiki was also there, and Static was getting emotional that two people showed up to his party. 😛

I then handed over his birthday present…a bird feeder! Squirrels are always getting into those things, so I thought he’d appreciate one that he can eat from, without having to feel guilty about stealing from birds. Not that Static has a conscience or anything. 😛

He seemed rather neutral about it (he didn’t necessarily like it or dislike it), but he did appreciate the fact that I got him a present at all. He instantly rewarded me with a tumbleweed. Hmm, maybe that’s his subtle way of saying he didn’t care for the gift. 😛

But he did seem genuinely happy that Kiki and I cared enough to come. Happy birthday, Static!

Outside, Rod was still looking for some new clothes. So I gave him a wrestler shirt. In return, he gave me a frock coat.

A bit later, I ran into Rod again. He asked for a new greeting, and I told him to say “cheese is life.”

I went up and down the beach (well, technically left and right) looking for good summer bugs tonight, as I enjoy doing in ACCF. I also did some fishing along the way. Nookington’s was closed by this point, so I ended up putting some fish and bugs in my house to sell next time. But I also caught two new bugs, a goliath beetle and an atlas beetle!

I also caught a freshwater goby out of the river. Believe it or not, that was my first one! So I took all three of my new catches and donated them to the museum. Blathers told me he has a friend that thinks freshwater goby tastes great on pizza! Yeccchhhhh!

He then called his friend a loon. 😀

Since I didn’t have much money in my pockets, I didn’t even bother going into town hall. But I’ll have a lot of stuff to sell next time. I enjoy these late-night summer bug hunts, and they help me make progress on my museum completion too. It’s a good time of year to play Animal Crossing. 🙂

Lyle met me outside of my house again today. I already paid him 3,000 bells last week, so this dude needs to leave me alone! He wanted me to fill out a questionnaire. I told him I was busy, and he wasn’t happy about that.

When I stepped into Hopper’s house, I saw he was packed up and ready to move out of town. His dialogue indicated that he’s not a fan of Baabara. Anyone that dislikes Baabara can’t be that bad.

So I kept telling him to stay in town, and eventually, he agreed to reconsider.

Today was La-Di-Day once again, where villagers can propose new town tunes. Even though I’m not the mayor in Wild World, I have the ability to choose which of their songs will win. Static told me he prepared for this day by screaming at random people.

I caught my first grasshopper outside, and Rod applauded the effort.

I also caught my first pondskater, which was walking on a nearby pond. So I took my new catches to the museum, where Blathers was talking about shaving the pondskater’s feet.

When I circled back around to my house, Lyle came out from behind my house and started following me! He’s just stalking me now! I need to file a restraining order against him.

Even though lots of animals were talking about La-Di-Day, Big Top was the only one who actually sang a song for me. I went ahead and hired him, just to be nice.

When I visited Kiki, I saw that she is finally over her cold. But she didn’t give me a reward or even thank me, even though I bought medicine for her five times!

Once I was done making my rounds, I did a little more fishing and bug-catching. But unfortunately, I didn’t catch anything else new. I made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall and then wrapped up my evening.