Jeff's ACWW Blog

Yesterday, I shot down another balloon present. I found a ranch tea table inside, which isn’t particularly exciting, but it is nice that I’m seeing some balloon presents again lately.

For once, I was thrilled to find Wendell in town! That allowed me to take the first step in the series of trades required to get the golden axe. So I gave Wendell the red turnip, and he really enjoyed eating it.

To thank me, he gave me a turban.

Even though it can be worn, its real purpose is to be given to Saharah. Now I just have to wait for the camel to show up in town again.

Rolf asked me for some stylish clothes, and I reasoned that helping him out might help me get his photo sooner. So I gave him a No. 1 shirt, and he gave me a geisha wig in return.

Today, Tom Nook told me he was paying 200 bells for turnips!

So I sold my 400 turnips for 80,000 bells. I exactly doubled my money. Not bad!

Outside, Bunnie said that she’s been obsessed with fortune-telling lately. She practiced on me, telling me that my lucky item is a vintage tambourine. Also, she assured me that mystical Friday gnomes will protect me.

Margie was still sick, so I gave her another dose of elephant meds. She needs to get over this cold already. 😛

Over at town hall, Pelly had some special dialogue for me. She said she’s been having trouble waking up in the morning lately, and she hasn’t been sure whether to swipe her time card first or go get some coffee. She compared it to having a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other.

I don’t think getting a cup of coffee is that serious of an issue, Pelly.

After that, I wrapped up my day in Forest. Now that I’ve sold my turnips, I’ll probably take a break from the game tomorrow.

From the golden axe trading guides I’ve read, it seems that some trades can result in “dead ends,” where you have to start the sequence all over again. So for that reason, I might buy another red turnip on Sunday…if I remember. But regardless, I’ll probably be back on Monday to resume my Saharah search.

Have a great weekend! And Never Stop Crossing! 🙂

Yesterday, I received Benedict’s goodbye letter in the mail. He used some awesome hamburger stationery. The greeting and closing fit perfectly on the burger buns.

Today, I started up the game and shot down my first balloon present in a couple of years! That’s because I’ve mostly been playing at night until lately (and they only appear during the day in Wild World). The present was a CD player.

But I wasn’t done using my slingshot for the day… At my first x:x7, a UFO flew by overhead! Since I was ready for it, I shot it down with relative ease. I actually had more trouble with the slow-moving balloon present. 😂😂😂

This was my third UFO shot down in Wild World overall (and my 2nd in June). I rushed over to Gulliver and woke him up. Eventually.

He asked me to gather up the missing parts of his spaceship, so of course I did. When I took them all back to him, he rewarded me with a Metroid! That’s the item that took me forever (19 tries) in City Folk! But I added it to my space room, along with a lunar rover I bought at Nookington’s yesterday.

Later on, I listened in on a conversation between Big Top and Rolf. Big Top tried to get Rolf to take a quiz, but Rolf wanted no part of it. He was actually mad about it! He asked if I was going to allow Big Top to quiz him, and I said I saw no problem with it. So Rolf called us both idiots!

He then said Big Top’s hemming and hawing are going to ruin this town! 😮

He made Big Top cry! For someone that’s one of my top-five villagers in the whole series, I really, really dislike him right now. I may not even keep him around after he gives me his photo.

Big Top’s day got even worse a few minutes later. As I was fishing a carp out of the river, Big Top fell into a pitfall!

Margie is still sick, so I gave her some more medicine.

Even though this is my 3rd blog entry this week (and 4th in five days), I may not be done just yet. I’m still playing daily to check turnip prices, and I’m also trying to find Wendell so that I can give him my red turnip and get this trading sequence underway. So I’ll probably be back soon with more! See you then!

Today, I received a letter in the mail confirming that I won the Bug-Off with my 247-mm birdwing butterfly yesterday! Yay!

My prize was a bug trophy, and I decided to put it in my mush room.

Back outside, I dug up my red turnip. From what I understand, they don’t need to be full-grown for the golden axe trading sequence. So it’s better to just get it out of the ground now so I don’t risk forgetting a day and letting it shrivel up and die.

Big Top told me of a crazy rumor that used to be floating around. According to the rumor, Tom Nook was allegedly just a guy in a raccoon suit!

He said that the zipper must’ve been well hidden. 😛 But Big Top clearly didn’t think there was any truth to the rumor.

Out of nowhere, Antonio pinged me and gave me his photo!

I took it to the upstairs room of my house and displayed with my other villager pics. Antonio’s favorite quote is “Always go for the burn.” Here’s a look at all my current pics.

I can now feel free to let Antonio move out the next time he asks. Even though I liked him in City Folk, I didn’t care for him as much in Wild World.

A few other quick notes about today:

• Benedict has not moved out yet; he’s still packed up in boxes.
• I gave Margie some medicine for her cold.
• Nook’s turnip price was in the 70s, so I didn’t sell any turnips.

See you all next time!