Jeff's ACWW Blog

On Thursday night, I saw a large fish shadow in the river, and I thought it might be an eel. (Eel shadows aren’t as thin in this game as they are in later games.) But apparently, this one was still too wide to be an eel…because it was an arapaima instead! I was happy to be wrong about it. 😆

Dotty shared some “Dotty news” with me: July 15th is Caroline’s birthday. Wait, how is that Dotty news? 😛 Apparently she’s throwing the party for Caroline.

I’m not sure if I’ll play Monday or not, but I’ll give you an update in next week’s entry if I do.

Yesterday, I shot down Gulliver’s UFO.

As I was speaking with him, one of his UFO parts spawned just behind his ship. Of course, this wasn’t the first time this has happened, but it is kinda funny to just see it magically appear out of nowhere.

I picked it up, and I gathered the other missing parts as well. When I gave them all to Gulliver, he rewarded me with another Moai statue. That’s my 4th one overall, including three of my last five rewards from him! If he keeps this up, I could make my own Easter Island. 🗿🗿🗿🗿

At town hall, I found a robo-chair in the recycle bin.

Today is La-Di-Day, and several of my villagers offered to sing me a song, hoping for it to be used as the new town tune. Filbert was the first one, and his song sounded boring, to be honest. It was only six notes, then a delay, and one final note.

Octavian sang a song too, and his was better…but still not good enough. Caroline also performed a song, but it was one I’ve already had before. She didn’t handle the rejection well, and she was afraid that she was going to get voted out of town now. 😛

But then Tank also performed a song, and it sounded very familiar to me. I’m not sure if it’s from a Mario game or something else, but I’m sure I’ve heard it before. Maybe you recognize it?

This song sounds familiar… Does anyone recognize it? #animalcrossing #acww pic.twitter.com/uNgrOFreZq

— JVGS Jeff (@jvgsjeff) July 14, 2024

Update: Thanks to Nozua, I know what the tune is: Comrade K.K.!

https://t.co/QKpkVHh0Tp

— nozua (@nozua_) July 14, 2024

I hired Tank, and that is my new town tune. He was thrilled to have his song chosen.

Eloise has still been sick with a cold this week, so I gave her some more medicine Thursday, yesterday, and again today. She said she’s starting to feel a little better, but I hope she gets over it quickly.

Tonight, I found another item in the recycle bin: A T-rex skull! 🦖

I’ll be back with more next week. Hope to see you then!

On Wednesday, I received my latest Happy Room Academy evaluation in the mail. Putting Octavian’s pic in my bedroom has boosted my HRA score to 284,100 points. That’s a new personal best for me.

I also received my monthly bank statement from the postal division at town hall. I earned exactly 60,000 bells of interest for the past month.

When I spoke with Dotty, she told me that she looked “SUPER BEAUTIFUL,” (and yes, in all caps). I thought she was going to explain why she felt that way, but she didn’t. 🤷

Saharah was in town, and she asked me to help out with her deliveries. So I took a carpet package over to Blathers, and a wall package to Pelly. Saharah then rewarded with a blue tarp.

Caroline later told me that she was going to collect furniture until she’s unstoppable.

This reminded me of the recent Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom trailer, in which Zelda can recreate “echoes” of furniture she’s encountered, like wooden boxes, tables, and chairs. So Zelda is basically collecting furniture until she’s unstoppable, just like Caroline suggested! 😆

Yesterday, I was trying to catch a lantern fly…I got into position, swung the net, and…

It was weird: I heard the sound of me catching the bug, but I also heard the sound of the bug flying away! I wondered if the lantern fly glitched into Schrödinger’s cat by simultaneously escaping and being caught. 😆 But the reality wasn’t as interesting: I had simply caught a mosquito, which I didn’t know was there, while the lantern fly escaped. Oh well.

Today, Eloise was sick with a cold. So of course, I gave her some medicine. Get well soon!

It was raining, and Tank said it was coming down as hard as he sweats. That’s not a pleasant mental image.

He went on to tell me that walking is good for you…and that his body is amazing.

Okay, that’s enough of him for today. Tanks anyway. 😆

See you next week!

Today, Drift told me that bug-hunting season is rolling in. Of course, I’m well aware of that fact, and I’m looking forward to it! More so in City Folk than Wild World, but still. I love my bug hunting on summer nights. 🙂

Anyway, he was wanting to have a competition to see who could catch a rare bug. However, I wasn’t interested. I’ll do the simple contests, like catching a moth, but I’m not a fan of these open-ended ones. Especially since it’ll cost me a valuable bug, most likely. 😛 And besides, it was raining in town today, so not many good bugs were out anyway.

Speaking of the rain, Octavian warned me that I should duck and cover! That’s a little over-dramatic, but thanks for the warning, I guess. 😆

Dotty asked me to get her a new outfit, and she said she didn’t care what kind. But I knew better, of course. So I went to Able Sisters and bought two shirts for her, a BB shirt and a No. 5 shirt. I knew there’s always a chance she’ll reject what I give her…and it turns out I was right. She refused the BB shirt because it “looks like a boy outfit.”

So I gave her the backup option, the No. 5 shirt, and she loved it!

She rewarded me with a pilot’s cap.

Back outside, Octavian surprised me by giving me his picture!

It’s not easy finding space in my house, but for now I placed it on the floor in my mush room. On the back, it says his favorite quote: “Don’t be a sucker!”

I sold a few batches of fruit so that I could get my savings balance up to an even 12 million bells.

And a couple quick notes about items I found:

• Yesterday, I found a kiddie dresser in the recycle bin.
• I shot down two balloon presents today. They contained an exotic lamp and a bromeliaceae.

Enjoy your weekend, and I’ll see you again in July!