Jeff's ACWW Blog

I started up the game today and received a letter from Mom. She told me that she calls Dad a bed snail, because once he gets in, he doesn’t come back out. Um, why are you telling me this?

In Nookington’s, Tom Nook continued telling me about his past. He said that Forest is laid-back and an easy place to live, unlike the city.

He said in the city, no one will give you the time of day. Apparently, the bank turned him down for a loan when he was younger.

He said he now knows he has to woo the financial instincts of the bank manager. But at the time, he didn’t. So instead, he went on an angry tirade.

Anyway, I again found Puddles boxed up and ready to move out of town. So I had to try to talk her out of moving once again.

I found three fossils in town, and Blathers identified them and returned them all to me. After selling them at the shop, I went to town hall and paid 25,000 bells off my mortgage.

Back outside, I ran into Moe. He asked me to deliver a letter to Yuka, and said it was an urgent request. He asked me not to read it…

But that only made me more curious. Could I read it? Why yes. Yes, I could.

That was an urgent request? Well, at least Moe was being honest about it being embarrassing! 😀 Still, I took it to Yuka, and she wasn’t happy about the fact that it had been opened.

She then accused me of having no morals…before reminding me that she’s evil. 😛

I returned to Moe, and he didn’t seem to realize I opened the letter. He thanked me for making the delivery, and he gave me 510 bells for my trouble.

See you next time!

Tom Nook was sighing once again when I visited Nookington’s tonight. I again asked if he was feeling okay, and he started to reveal more of his backstory. He told me he made his share of terrible mistakes when he was younger. Not only did he lose some money, he lost a friend…

He warned me that “easy” money-making schemes are never easy. Hmm, maybe he got ripped off…by someone like himself, yes yes? 😛

He advised me to retreat from any such deals. Even if it comes in an e-mail from a Nigerian prince?

After that, I went over to the museum. Blathers identified three fossils for me, and none of them were ones the museum needed. I then went downstairs to check out some live music. I was “treated” to an awful performance of an awful song: K.K. Song.

I chatted with Puddles outside, and she told me she spent her day eating ice cream and gardening.

When I passed by her house, I saw that she wasn’t kidding. She actually had been gardening! These flowers in her yard weren’t all there the last time I played on Tuesday. More and more of my villagers are fixing up their gardens as spring approaches.

Another sign of spring coming is that the trees are getting greener! In just one more week, the snow will be gone! Bring on the spring!

After that, I made a 20,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall, and then returned home for the night.

Last night, I noticed that Tom Nook was sighing and acting strange went I went into Nookington’s. I asked him what happened, and he basically admitted that all he thinks about is money, and how to make more of it. But he said he’s okay with that, because he feels that it’s his job to show young people how hard life is! Wow.

He’s trying to justify his greed, and yet the sighing indicates he feels a bit bad about it perhaps? Maybe this is the start of Tom Nook’s backstory, much like the Sable and Blathers backstories I’ve already seen? We’ll see. I’ll keep you updated.

Anyway, I donated an ankylo skull to the museum, and it completed the fossil of the ankylosaur!

The new message of the week on the bulletin board warned not to believe stereotypes. Some wrestlers hate tights! 😛

Today, I dug up three more fossils. Two of them were returned to me, but the third one was new…dino droppings! Blathers was more than happy to hold onto the droppings, and he asked permission to keep them. Sure thing! I’m glad to dump off my finds here. That wing of the museum might need some air fresheners though, eh wot?

While I was at the museum, I went downstairs to the Roost for a hot beverage. As I drank my coffee, I discovered that Brewster does not celebrate Valentine’s Day in Animal Crossing: Wild World. In City Folk and New Leaf, Brewster would give you hot chocolate for the holiday instead of coffee. But as far as I can tell, Wild World doesn’t celebrate Valentine’s Day in any way. I didn’t even get any Valentine’s letters in the mail.

When I visited Puddles, she told me she was working on a crossword puzzle.

She asked me to help her out with a word she was stuck on, and from the list of options, I chose the word “crumble.” Apparently that was right, because she started acting very happy.

After shaking some trees (and getting stung by a bee), I was very surprised to see Dr. Shrunk walking around town! Not only because I hadn’t seen him in Wild World yet, but also because he doesn’t just walk around town like this in the other games.

The traveling therapist and part-time comedian started lecturing me on mental health and telling me I had some issues to work out. Rude.

He told me how important it is to express my feelings…before telling me to tap him.

Once I tapped that axolotl, he taught me the shyness emotion. I can use it by tapping the appropriate icon on the keyboard window.

Emotions aren’t super useful when there’s no online play, but I suppose it was nice to see Dr. Shrunk again.

At town hall, I made a 45,000 bell mortgage payment. I then continued shaking trees as I made my way back home. I got stung a couple more times, but I also found several bags of bells and a couple of furniture items: a beige box and a basic blue bed. That’s a lot of Bs. And bees.