Jeff's ACWW Blog

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.

Kiki was still sick, so I gave her some medicine for the 5th straight time! Maybe it’s time to admit she’s dying and just say goodbye. After she drank the medicine, she said she could feel the toxins draining from her body.

But then she said, maybe it’s just the snot! 😮 OMG, Kiki!

I found Dr. Shrunk in town, and he taught me the blankness emotion. It’s the emotion where the wind blows and a brown leaf blows by. It’s the same emotion that’s called “cold chill” in New Leaf, and “disinterest” in City Folk. I wonder why they keep changing the name. *blank face*

Summer nights are good for bug-catching, so I kept my eyes out for new bugs. I ended up catching four new kinds: a fruit beetle, a saw stag beetle, an elephant beetle, and a hercules beetle!

Since it was raining, I also did some fishing…mainly hoping to find a coelacanth. I never caught one, but I catch one new fish: a puffer fish.

I also fished out four pieces of trash! That included an old boot, an old tire, and two old tin cans. I put it all into the recycle bin at town hall.

While I was there, I also made a 20,000 bell mortgage payment.

Anyway, I took my new catches over to the museum. Five new donations is a really good night, right? But it got better…

I only found one fossil in town tonight. But that one fossil turned out to be a parasaur skull. Not only did that complete the parasaur, but it completed the entire fossil exhibit at the museum!

This is only the first section of the museum to be completed, but I’m still quite happy to be done with it. The other sections will likely take many months, and maybe even years for the art collection. But all in all, I’d say it was a pretty good night. 🙂