GUYS. That was easily the second most ridiculous thing I've ever done (the first was taking a similar trip to AC in 2006 while unemployed), but WHAT A THING IT WAS.

I'll try to summarise because these things can turn into whole rambling paragraphs and no one wants that.

The first day was St Patricks Day! I almost didn't drink but then I did and got the flashing hat from behind the bar. When I got home the hat had turned itself on in my bag, how that got past security I'll never know.

I got one of the last moustaches on a stick.

Our neighbours in the hotel were loud and one of them had a high opinion of that really pretty gay guy. We terrified them via the mysterious back door in their room.

 sciggles supports the FA Banner campaign.

The Coca Cola polar bear ate my head on request. That thing has a big mouth, I totally fit.

Beverly is not a variety of Coca Cola. Meaning the World of Coca Cola only has 63 varieties.

The bail for crunching a guy stands at $10,000.

FWA really go all out on their theme. I saw at least two mushrooms.

Fursuiting is like hell on earth why the hell do you guys do it?

Earcam was a total failiure, but at least we probably ruined some photos/videos of the parade while trying.

The Dead Dog party was a load of noise, the fursuit games were just a bunch of stuff that happened.

Flights to Atlanta are full of old people and that makes me angry and just a little bit racist but only in my head so that's OK.

Scurrow has very prominent ribs.

I wish I could list all the people who made the weekend magical for me, but I'm sure to forget someone and break their heart... NONETHELESS:


There were others I hung around with a lot and didn't really speak to as much as I should have, THEY WERE:


There was a guy I had planned to talk to but ended up only standing next to briefly during the fursuit parade while panicking about Amp's earcam falling out. HE WAS:


I've probably forgotten EVERYONE. If I have forgotten you say so, then I'll add you to the journal and deny you were ever missing for comic effect.

GUYS I would love to go to AC but realistically it's not going to happen. I've been to ten cons now and half of them have been in the US, that's how much I love you all. Have a fabulous time and I'll see you all next year. <3

Guys! I literally have no idea who you all are, I'm sorry! Help me out!

Guys! I don't know if you heard but I'm going to FWA and I'd love to see you there! Actually no, I need to see you there. Like, to live I think.

While I'm there my number will be 404-242-9533, I can post that on the internet because I'll just throw it away after the weekend, that's the future we live in.

Call me and text me! Add me to your phone book! We'll go out for chicken and such, maybe I'll draw you a fox!

ARGH IT'S SO SOON.

... I'm OK with this.

With just about a week to go, you might think it's a little late to be asking for roomies for FWA, but the way I see it, it's never too late to abandon whatever plans/friends you already have in favour of superior ones.

Let me explain, due to a number of dropouts/never existeds, our room currently consists of  jym,  ante and  scurrow, and you're probably thinking, 'well that's the best room ever, what could possibly be the problem?

It'll cost a goddamn fortune, that's what. So if you're considering coming to FWA, or are coming and somehow haven't made any room plans, or have room plans but fear things will get a little loud/sexy and would rather room with us, ROOM WITH US.

Seriously! Note me! We're there for the whole thing, Thursday to Monday! DO IT.

THEY'RE HERE. Fresh for 2011, check out my INCREDIBLE RAINBOW STARS.

Can you EVEN HANDLE THEM?!

(Refresh where appropriate)

People said I would never again create something quite as colourful and mesmerising as my incredible rainbow styles...

I GUESS WE'LL SEE WON'T WE. >:D

GUYS IT'S HAPPENING FOREVER. I'm going to ROCK FWA and there's NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

Actually no there is something you can do about it, YOU CAN COME TOO AND THEN I'LL SEE YOU THERE.

AAARRRRRGH!

Oh and I guess I'm also going to Confuzzled and Eurofurence but they're like, forever away.

"Foxes..."

You may have noticed it's been everyone's birthday of late! Well not one to miss out on such action it is also MY BIRTHDAY on FRIDAY!

I WOULD LIKE PRESENTS AND FREE THINGS however I'd settle for someone saying 'Yeah I'm going to FWA and actually yeah I wouldn't mind rooming with you!' so I can finally make some plans because these things take more planning when you're seventy thousand miles away.

Failing that I'd settle for well wishes and such. <3

GOOD NEWS! I've been so preoccupied with not making a Christmas card this year that it almost never happened. But tonight, in a sea of inspiration, I've created my most AMBITIOUS DESIGN YET.

So while that's off at the printers, I'd better figure out who I'm actually sending them to. If you'd like a fabulous Christmas card please let me know! It's my favourite time of year and there's nothing more lovely than brightening up people's days with a card with a fox on it.

If I sent you one last year I'll still have your address, so you only need to let me know if it's changed, if I've not sent you one before, I need your address! These are real physical non-internet cards. I'm serious!

A word of warning though, something always goes wrong with the printing of my cards, only this year I've not left myself enough time to get another batch. So you'll get what they send me, it could just be a plain orange card, we just don't know!

CHRISTMAS TIME.

GUYS. It's rare I do anything noble so listen up! All this month I've been growing a fabulous moustache, firstly to see how AMAZING I look with one, but secondly to raise awareness of prostate cancer and a bit of money for the cause, it's called Movember and you probably already have about seventeen friends who have come begging for money. AND NOW HERE I AM.

http://uk.movember.com/mospace/871540/ Go here to track the progress of my moustache, it's almost reached completion!

AND THEN. If you're feeling generous, feel free to click the donate button and give as much or as little as you like, donations have to be in pounds but you can donate from anywhere in the world, and you can donate by card or Paypal so there's NO EXCUSE.

Just one thing though, if you do, please for the LOVE OF GOD don't use your furry name, or if you really must, there's an option to hide your donation from the page so please use that, because seriously I have work colleagues and family and all sorts who look at that page. And if you leave a comment, don't call me Jym either.

I appreciate asking for money from furries is like trying to get blood out of a blood-filled stone (that is to say, it's in there but notoriously difficult to get out), but I'm reliably informed that prostate cancer kills someone every hour and when you think about it that's loads. My moustache is the only cure so please show your support, I've had to walk around with this goddamn thing on my face for almost a month now. SAVE ME.

And thank you. <3

So sorry if I've left a hidden comment on something of yours. c.c

So sorry if I've left a hidden comment on something of yours. c.c

But I'm still waiting on one with Fender eating people, y'know?

Try and type the sound of sniffing, and I don't mean like *sniiiiff*, I mean like the actual sound of it. The onomatopoeia if you will.

GUYS! My fabulous con season is almost over. After RBW in November it's a whole half a year wait until Confuzzled in May, and I don't know if I can make it that long so HEAR ME OUT.

What if I went to another con?

Which cons are you guys going to be at between November and May? Foyther Confuysion? Foy Wekkend Atloynter? Any others you might want to recommend? How are you getting there? Can I join you? You've not even made a plan yet? Can we plan something together? Who are you?

SERIOUSLY I'm up for an ADVENTURE so let me know your plans. RIGHTNOW.

I'm back from Europe where I met EVERYONE, so it's time to announce the winner of my fabulous competition!

First of all special mentions to  furblefox and  xell who didn't seem to have a clue what was going on, but the real winner appeared to be  jagkitty, as evidenced here... That was until  cuteeevee also came along with their own indisputable evidence.

So... I dunno, I guess you're both winners! Your prize is CONNY PO.

https://youtu.be/2f47mTK2eIo

WE SHARED A LIFT WITH CONNY PO. I GOT A PHOTO WITH HER. SHE'S GERMAN AND SINGS GANGSTER'S PARADISE.

(More EF videos on my YouTube channel)

Lot of journals today, sorry!

Get my 10,000th pageview and maybe you can have a reward! It's one of them things!

There will be a midnight screening of R. Kelly's Trapped In The Closet, IF YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND US.

ALRIGHT I'm curious, who's going to be at Eurofurence? I'll be there with a TERRIFYING LION and I'd love to meet you all!

TELL ME RIGHT NOW.

I thought it was a 'foxes are cool' website!

AAAUUUUUGGH!!

Highlights of AC:

"I don't think Meowth's from New Jersey, fuck you."

"Did you just say parent?" "No, sorry, I farted."

"And so he died, old and full of years." Job 42:17

"Imagine if cats were really small, then you could keep like 8 of them in a drawer and they'd just get on with it."

ARBLEGARBLERAARRRLL. (Refresh where appropriate)

HELLO! Remember this time last week when everyone was writing their AC reports? Well GUESS WHAT.

I'm NOT GOING TO LIE, personally AC was a bit of a disaster. Not that this should reflect on any of my roommates all of whom were absolutely wonderful and, dare I say (at the risk of offending all the others), some of the best roommates at AC I've ever had.

 colnathanrjessup and  voln were hilarious (I'm still yet to have one of those explosive farts though),  ekes was a drunk with a scarf and  scurrow, oh god, Scurrow. <3 If only you could have been around for longer, although I did enjoy having an entire bed to myself. All these guys are the perfect roommates, especially Chris who was particularly understanding when he was accidentally charged for half the room.

As usual I met up with far too many people to list, but if I met you, you were amazing and I love you because it wasn't any of the people who were the problem.

THE PROBLEM, was doing a full day at work, packing, leaving myself 2 hours to sleep before being awake for a full 24 hours. For the whole journey I felt like I was coming down with a cold so I was using a nasal spray which at one point actually set fire to my brain for a good two hours, I had to run through three terminals at Boston airport to make a connection with seconds to spare and when I got to Pittsburgh it turned out my bag hadn't come with me because the TSA had decided to open it up again, and given how little time I had to make that connection there was no way it could've got to the plane in time if they were busy searching through all my cider.

US Airways were very efficient in getting my bag back to me by Thursday morning but I never really recovered from that whole day, the cold never fully developed but I had a sore throat for the entire con and lost my voice on a few occasions which meant no singing, which is particularly painful when you have a U2 party planned and a keytar that plays WHAM's 'Last Christmas'. I never quite got enough sleep and found myself having to head off to bed hours earlier than I normally would every night, and the lack of certain regulars, mainly from the vore crowd, took its toll as well, although I'm reliably informed they'll be back next year with bigger plans than ever.

The other issue is that this time last year I'd never been to a European furry convention, and somehow since then I've managed to attend three, and returning to AC makes the number of anime types and cosplayers that have nothing to do with furry painfully apparent, along with the types who just recite internet jokes like they're soo crazy! I have no reason to believe this problem was any bigger than previous years, it's just attending the European cons that's made it more noticable to me.

I don't want this to turn all bitchy though, fact is I was feeling unwell for most of the con which played on my mood, although reading everyone else's journals I managed to cover it pretty well, and of course the con had its highlights, the banner petition, amazing roommates, the clock radio that played nothing but Prince, Kage's story hour is always wonderful and the aforementioned keytar, WAIT. VIDEO?

https://youtu.be/ynpHUbp8vPs

Will I be back? Of course, there's no keeping me away from Anthrocon, Pittsburgh is my happy place, the first AC I attended was in 2006 so I've never known it to be anywhere else. Next year? I dunno, this year's left me feeling I need to do something wildly different, maybe it'll involve a smaller US con, like FA:U, maybe it'll just involve tackling AC from a different angle, but I've got a year or so to figure all that out.

After AC however was a different story, the healing power of the KFC double down before crossing the border into Canada cured me of my sore throat so I could enjoy Denny's with  rockk and Kidd and  stabox and the like. At the end of AC I was ready to just go home, by the time we were done in Canada that was the last thing I wanted, so hey, it all turned out alright in the end.

Oh and by the way, might I suggest you only use this version of FA from now on. No reason, y'know, just sayin'.

Finding Jym at Anthrocon is easy and fun! Get your phones ready because here come the details...

For the length of the con I can be reached on 412-721-6459. Now hold on just a minute there, I'm sure you're saying, he's posting his phone number on FA? Yes I am! And that's because it'll only be my phone number for the length of the con, after which it'll be thrown into the sea gangster-style so your terrifying voices can never haunt me again.

Texts are preferred because they're easier to hear in a crowded room. Also note I won't be using that number until I arrive in the US, and if you have my UK number, I won't be using that for the length of the con. You follow? Alright, good.

All being well with the mobile networks I'll also be updating my Twitter with important details such as 'MEAT' or 'GREASE', it's super important you follow me! https://www.twitter.com/JymFox

OHGOD IT'S SO SOON.