See you there!

*SNIIIIFF*

(F5)

F5 F5 F5

I used IE for the longest time, not for lack of knowing better, just for lack of needing anything else, it always did the job for me!

But I must admit as of late I've become a Chrome convert.

... What a boring day, no idea why FA's gone crazy for it.

UPDATE: BROWSER DAY OVER.

 ZombieSpell is my 500th watcher! You don't even have an avatar, what are you playing at?

When I reach 1000 perhaps I will draw ONE THOUSAND FOXES.

Perhaps I already have!!!

WHAT THE HELL DID I DO BEFORE TWITTER?!

I NEED TO TWEET ABOUT THIS.

AAAARRRRGH.

UPDATE: Alright panic over. Also I'm JymFox on Twitter in case any of you didn't already know!

UPDATE #2: ARGH IT'S DOWN AGAIN.

F5 FOR MID-YEAR CHEER.

LET ME TELL YOU A STORY.

It's a story about a hormonal 15-year-old with way too much access to the internet, and how one day he decided to go searching for content relating to his darkest desires. Now, much to his amazement he discovered an entire website dedicated to such things which kept him happy and fulfilled (distractingly fulfilled) for many months to come.

Now this website had a message board and for some reason everyone seemed to be using animal names so this poor, misguided teenager said "I know I'll be an internet fox, then I'll fit in!"

10 FUCKING YEARS LATER this now fully-grown adult, employed by the government, is STILL a goddamn internet fox with no forseeable method of escape. Ten years of his precious, one and only shot at life in this incredible, limitless universe. To put it another way, 5 more years and half his life will have been dedicated to being an internet fox.

In case you didn't figure it out the internet fox is me and 10 years ago today my life changed in the most ridiculous way that I never quite recovered from. Now don't get me wrong, I love the life of an internet fox, and there's no point saying "what would my life be like if I hadn't decided to be an internet fox?" because, given my interests for as long as I can even remember, things were never going to turn out any other way. 10 years just seems like a good moment to sit back and reflect and say "actually that's a long time to be an internet fox."

Go on then, I'm in for another 10, then a midlife crisis might knock the fox out of me, we'll see.


Now in honour of my 10 years of internet foxdom, here's 10 things you may or may not have already known about me:

1. I got the name Jym when I tried to log into a chat room and Jim was already taken. That's it. Jim's my real life personname too so it's actually even less imaginitive than that.
2. I decided to be an internet fox because I stole a book about foxes from school, not because everyone else was one! (I didn't even realise how common they were) - the school then burnt down so I actually saved that book, saving isn't stealing.
3. I hated foxes as a kid because they ate my guinea pigs. Not sure when I actually stopped hating them, I guess one day I was just like "oh I can't stay mad at yooou. <3"
4. The first con I ever went to was Anthrocon in 2006 - I was unemployed at the time so that was a stupid thing to do, but I'd do it again!
5. I'm not  wolfflax, but he is wonderful! In fact he's my longest standing furry friend.  iddybiddybunneh is way up there too.
6. I've never had any desire to get a fursuit, stop trying to make me, gosh! I can record you guys, I thought you'd find that useful. ;.;
7. Fender is so hot oh my god you don't even understand.
8. Jym tastes like bacon not particularly for any vore reason, but because I was once told foxes smell like bacon in real life and I believed it. When I brought it up several years later he didn't even remember saying it but by that point it had stuck. More specifically he tastes like Frazzles.
9. I tried to draw properly for about a week before realising I had no desire to draw properly and was only doing it because everyone else did. Fursuits and artistic ability do not a furry make, that's the most important lesson of all! Once I'd learned that, I could go on to corner the market in amazing fox drawings.
10. Foxes is nice.

GUYS I wouldn't trade my place in this ridiculous fandom for anything in the world (except maybe money), I hope you realise how amazing you all are, I love you all. <3

OH and feel free to ask me something or share your favourite memories of the last 10 years or whatever. IT'S A CELEBRATION SAY SOMETHING.

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Yup.

Come on guys.

Seriously.

Beware the ticket inspector.

WHERE ARE YOU ALL COMING FROM? WHAT'S HAPPENED?

F5 for proof.

Alright so you've got two foxes or whatever, and they both rest their chins on a table facing each other with a Malteaser placed at an equal distance between their noses.

Whoever can draw the Malteaser towards them using the POWER OF SNIFF ALONE wins the Malteaser, and potentially a financial reward.

Who's up for it?

GUYS. It's my birthday on Saturday! I'll be celebrating a QUARTER CENTURY of living and loving, so... Well, I don't quite know how to put this, but I'd quite like some free art, so... Yeah, if that could be arranged that'd be great.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY REMEMBER.

WHO WANTS ONE.

I would like to squish that Fendernose.

... Just sayin'.

Now everyone's going to FurFright and I'm sad. ;.;

I got back from Canada on Friday but then I had a wild weekend of bingo and Kitty Glitter so I've not had chance to write about it yet.

BASICALLY there was  rockk and  f0xx0rz and  stabox and  ladysnakebite and  patto and  canucklehead and probably some others and they were all lovely and I miss you. ;.;

Now, some of you know my shameful secret, that the true reason I wasn't at AC this year is because I went to see U2 in Toronto (I was meant to see them last year but then Bono broke his back it was rescheduled etc etc).

Was it worth it? Oh god yes A MILLION TIMES YES. That was the most incredible show I've ever seen in my life, I wish I could see them every night for the rest of my life. I'd tell you to get tickets before their tour ends but their tour pretty much has ended so you'll just have to imagine.

FUCK it was so BIG.

Other things that occured: DENNY'S, drinking, crossbows, CN tower, McRib, Denny's again, epic mac and cheese, Niagra boat wetness, sunburn, wine and cheese and hot tub party (as grandma used to say, cheese alone does not a meal make).

And then in my hour of need  stabox came to my rescue and we watched Wheel of Fortune and played TF2 while everyone else was driving or some shit so I think it's pretty clear who won there.

Whew, what a week.

What?

You all know that right?

Seems like some guys don't know that.

THE CON WAS AMAZING. Here are the events recounted in no particular order.

Arrived on Thursday night with Lenny, met up with Lenny, Lenny and Lenny in the lobby, Lenny has an awesome new fursuit and it's always nice to see Lenny.

Went to TGI Lenny's so I missed the Lenny Show but I met up with Lenny the next day and we caught the Cavalcade of Lenny which was pretty good. Somehow managed to score a front Lenny at the Lenny auction like I was some kind of guest of Lenny.

We found a Lenny in a magazine so we made 15 laminated Lennies and headed down to the Lenny dance which was far too Lenny. We had a midnight screening of Trapped in the Lenny and discovered that the lamps in the hotel rooms had weird-feeling Lennies which really divided opinions.

Woke up at 9 o'Lenny one morning for breakfast. Picked up far too many slices of Lenny it was so salty I couldn't even handle it, then I went back to Lenny until 4 o'Lenny by which time the Lenny den was practically closed.

I couldn't possibly list all the Lennies I met up with but just off the top of my head there was Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny, Lenny and Lenny. It was amazing to meet you all and I'll be in Lenny.

(Also check my profile picture on my FA page)

HELLO I never do memes.

HERE'S A MEME.

Where are you staying?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.

What day are you getting there?
THURSDAY EEVENING.

Who will you be with?
I'll be travelling with  skaifox, conning with EVERYONE EXCEPT  shaggi since APPARENTLY I'M NOT IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO BE IN HER JOURNAL. GOSH.

Do you do free art or trades?
I draw foxes in sketchbooks AT ALL TIMES.

Do you do commissions/badges?
I demand money when I'm finished drawing foxes.

Do you have prints/CDs?
PERHAPS.

Do you have art in the art show?
PERHAAPS.

What suit(s) will you have?
JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE. ;D

Can I dance with you?
YES. (Dancing means not dancing I hate dancing)

You're talking to someone, and I would like to say hi, but don't know how, what can I do?
Say 'OH HI I LOVE YOUR ART. :D' or I will IGNORE YOU.

What is your gender?
Fox.

How old are you?
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS GOSH.

How tall are you?
No idea.

Are you mated?
YES. To the sea. WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

Can I touch you?
YES. With song.

Can I talk to you?
Not if you're mean. :<

Can I hug you?
ONLY ONCE.

Can I take photos of you/with you?
The real question is can you take photos without me?

Can I buy you lots of drinks?
ONE DRINK.

Do you drink Alcohol/Smoke?
Shouldn't this have been asked before the drink buying question?

Can I give you lots of money?
Who wrote this meme? I HATE THIS MEME IT'S THE SAME ONE EVERY CON WHY HAVE I JUST DECIDED TO DO IT FOR THIS CON?

Can I hug or snuggle with you?
OH YEAH BABY. ;DDD

Can we hang out?
ABSOLUTELY NOT. :@

Are you nice?
FUCK OFF.

Where will you be most of the time during the con?
AT THE CON.

Other cons you may go to?
EUROFURENCE.

OH THANK CHRIST IT'S OVER.

SERIOUSLY. What is the POINT of FOXES?

They SMELL and they're ORANGE which is RIDICULOUS. What could POSSIBLY be the EVOLUTIONARY ADVANTAGE of being ORANGE? They can't even BARK PROPERLY.

JESUS CHRIST I HATE FOXES. They should SORT THEIR LIVES OUT.

Now I don't want to go pointing fingers around here, but the other day I broke 300 watchers.

But NOW I have to strip  littleblue of that honour because some selfish bastard has decided to UNWATCH ME. :@

When will people realise you're hurting more than just the person you unwatch? ;.;

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