Jeff's ACWW Blog

I was surprised to find a goodbye letter from Nibbles in the mail today. She was not packed up last time, so I had no idea this was coming. Admittedly, she wasn’t one of my favorites, but it bothers me a bit that animals are leaving without notice lately, like Chevre did last month.

Kiki was sick, so I gave her some medicine. Now she can feel her toes again. Wait, was she sick or frostbitten?

I saw that Wendell was in town, so I went fishing to catch some food for him. But the first fish I caught was a sea horse. That was my very first one, so I wasn’t about to give that away! But I soon caught a zebra turkeyfish and gave that to Wendell.

He gave me a left pattern, which is an arrow sign telling drivers people to turn left.

When I spoke with Static, he asked if I would rather be a pirate ninja or a zombie sasquatch.

Just to be different, I told him I’d be a zombie ‘squatch. He was glad to know where I stood on this important issue.

Near Nookington’s, Rod surprised me by giving me his picture!

Another surprise awaited me on the bulletin board. I certainly wasn’t expecting to see a cannibalism joke here.

Then I donated my sea horse to the museum, made a 25,000 bell mortgage payment, and returned home. I went upstairs to take a look at Rod’s pic.

His favorite quote on the picture is “You’re not done ’til your muscles are screaming in agony.” How lovely.

My town’s squirrels seem to be getting along very well. Nibbles even suggested that she may stay over at Static’s house for dinner. I guess they can nibble acorns together.

When I visited Big Top, he surprised me with a reference to the GameCube version of Animal Crossing. He asked if I liked steam engines, and then he told me that the town he grew up in had a train stop. He even mentioned the monkey (Porter) that worked at the train station!

Rod asked me for a new catchphrase, so I told him to say “in my ears.” I then spoke to him several more times to see how he would use it. Ultimately, he told me he works out so much because he wants more muscles, in his ears.

Crazy Redd was in town, so I used the password (which I received in the mail) to get into his tent. I bought a scary painting from him.

Unfortunately, Blathers soon informed me that the painting was a fake.

Hopper challenged me to a crawfish catching competition. So I caught one in a nearby pond, and took it back to him. He wasn’t happy that I beat him so quickly, and he had trouble accepting my win. But ultimately, he rewarded me with 510 bells for my win.

Once I was done making my rounds, I did some fishing. I caught my first koi, and the accompanying text is so bad that the game groans at its own pun.

I donated the koi to my museum and then ended my game for the night. See you next time!

It was raining in town today, and Puddles was not enjoying the moisture. She said the rain was going to turn her into Puddles soup. Wait, why doesn’t she just say a puddle?

The rain also brought out the snails. I spotted one on a flower and got my net out. But before I approached it, I heard someone fall into a pitfall! It was Big Top!

I then went back up and caught that snail. It was my first one.

Even though I just gave Rod a new shirt last week, he was bugging me for another shirt today. But I didn’t feel like buying him new clothes again this soon, so he’ll have to wait.

The new message of the week on the bulletin board advised readers to always carry extra shorts. I wonder what happened to Phyllis(?) that made her suggest this… but then again, I probably don’t want to know.

When I ran into Baabara, she gave me an illusion floor for free. Baabara being nice? It must be an illusion! But I decided to put it on the floor of the left room in my house.

I went fishing and caught three new fish: a barred knifejaw, a catfish, and a goldfish. I donated all three of them, along with my snail, at the museum. Blathers told me about the goldfish he once had when he was young: He called it Sir Blithers.

At town hall, I made a 45,000 bell mortgage payment before wrapping up my game for the night.