I've reserved myself a ticket for Blackpool Pleasure Beach on Wednesday though. It's the day before their new ride officially opens but I suspect they'll do a cold open. If anyone I know fancies joining me, let me know. Weather should be good at least :)

A very happy birthday to @flintfox.bsky.social! Hopefully I can help you celebrate it at ConFuzzled :)

I'm growing quite anxious about ConFuzzled. I shouldn't, I know plenty of people who go. However this year I don't seem to be part of any friend group chats for the con which in the past have been helpful for socialising at the con. I don't want to be so presumptuous to start my own group either

The Lion King teaches us important lessons like: -Believe in yourself. -Unchecked power destroys everything. -Even if you fart so bad they want to kill you, you will find a Freak who is into that and become an unstoppable power couple.

It's great to see that someone working for Warner Bros actually cares about the Looney Tunes. I feel like they could have done so much more to protect their long legacy like Disney has with their IPs. Let's just hope they don't cock this up

Whats up this long weekend? #FursuitFriday 📸 @nokifox.bsky.social

Believe it or not but I'm still slowly working my way through the bars of Marabou chocolate I picked up while in Sweden for NFC back in February and I've just cracked open a new bar. This one is Strawberry flavour which I've not tried before and holy moly, this is really good. Surprisingly good!

acorn finally got a convention booth

Completed scolipede commission on its way to its owner!

So will I be the only duck fursuiter at ConFuzzled? There was only one other at NFC! I can't wait to quack about, causing toon mischief! #CFz2026

It's 1 week until I set off down south to attend ConFuzzled. I think it's starting to sink in that it's happening so I'm starting to get excited. I've not made any real plans so if you're going, let me know and maybe we can hang out :)

I'm very amused at how stupid the name of this restaurant is 😆

This is a bit of a Looney Tune

My car has developed an annoying fault. Basically the latch that opens the bonnet has failed so now I can't open the bonnet. Having looked it up, it seems quite common with Fords to have this issue. I've had to take it into the garage for a replacement as I can't do it myself. More expenses :(

Can we please ban the practice of presenting a horizontal video within a vertical video? It just results in the picture being tiny with humongous black bars above and below the video and if you rotate it to view in landscape, it only gets smaller. If you have to make it vertical, crop into it

Got to my eye test appointment a little early... Turns out I was a week early! Definitely no chance of getting some new glasses before ConFuzzled. It's a shame cos I really dislike the glasses I have. The style is fine but they just constantly fall down my nose. I want glasses with proper nose pads

Do you like Cats? Do you like Dragons? Do you like Cat Dragons? Are you going to Confuzzled? Do you want less space in your cupboard? Do you have disposable funds in your bank account? Make me an offer and you may well get to experience the joy of how to get them home!

This cat 💛 Philip Glass

So my immediate outgoings include Pawsome (reg & accommodation), new glasses, repair of my car (the latch for the bonnet release has broken), fuel & spending money for ConFuzzled. It's gonna be a tight month. I suspect I'll be making use of credit until I can get my finances back under control :(

At some point in your life, you reach an age where your hairdresser just starts trimming your eyebrows without even mentioning it. Why is it that you lose hair on your head and get more hair in your eyebrows, nose and ears as you get older?😆

5 more working days to get through before I have 2 weeks off. ConFuzzled isn't 2 weeks but I figured I'd just take the full weeks and have some time to decompress before and after the con

Back home after my short time at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Ended up riding Icon 4 times including once in the spinning Enso seat and once in the front seat. Honestly it's fantastic to have a ride of that calibre so nearby. I also rode Avalanche & The Big Dipper. Fantastic weather and a fun day!

Honestly I can't believe it really. Last year I went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and I was basically too big to ride any of the rides. This year, not only can I get on all the rides but I can even fit in the "regular sized people" seats on Icon. I didn't realise I had made that much progress!

It's also the first day the new swing ride Aviktas is open to the public if you pay a whopping £50 extra for the privilege. Needless to say, I'm not paying that. I'm not even sure I have the balls to do it. I prefer rollercoasters

Popped into Blackpool Pleasure Beach as it's a nice day, I have a season pass and I've nothing better planned. I'd obviously rather go with others but I took advantage of being able to ride the paid upgrade for Icon called Enzo, a spinning car. Just got off and holy moly that was such a good ride

Just watched this video, a surprisingly accurate and fair analysis of the furry fandom from an outsider. Certainly a good video to point people to when they ask what furry is or what the appeal is

I'm a big fan of the Forza Horizon series. Though 5 didn't feel as fun as previous installments, this new one based in Japan looks very promising. I can't wait to give it a go :)

Here's the latest release from Max Cooper which comes with a music video which makes really cool use of Gaussian splats. Come for the visuals, stay for the chilled out electronica

Seen a few posts about Sir David Attenborough not being able to play Lego any more. It seems Lego noticed this too and put out this new image allowing him to continue using Lego well beyond his centennial! Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough, an absolute national treasure

Raccoin is a fun game but you can get to a stage where it literally plays itself. I'm getting infinite coins and tickets at this point 😄 @raccoingame.bsky.social

For #ThrowbackThursday, here’s a selection from Midwest FurFest 2015. The con was held at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare and attendance was 5606. 1/6

I'm loving the 70s library music aesthetic of the intro to the new Boards of Canada release. Can't wait for the full album :)

Just got myself a COVID booster jab at my own expense. With it being 2 weeks away from ConFuzzled, it made sense to get a top up as last year I got COVID from the con and I really wasn't well after it. I know this won't prevent that but hopefully it'll help lessen the effects if I do get it

As far as I knew, since the sugar tax, the only mass produced fizzy drinks you could get in UK without sweeteners were Coke & Pepsi. I fancied a caffeinated beverage and grabbed a Mountain Dew. I was surprised to see this also doesn't have any sweeteners. Didn't cost any extra in my Tesco Meal Deal

I don't normally jump on these bandwagons but I just had to make this. If you go to @confuzzled.org.uk, you know (also, they're not that expensive but they certainly feel like it)

With #confuzzled coming up, I figured it might be useful to have some ready-to-go reasons for why you are visiting Birmingham for the best part of a week or more. Just take a screen shot for a random excuse to give to your inquisitive normies #CFz26 #furry

Since people asked, here is the vectrex playing gigi d'agostino - video and sound are both coming from the hardware. Sadly the video and music are slightly different speeds so it becomes out of sync pretty quickly. It's also sped up from the original, presumably to save space on the memory.

Received this, A24's newly restored 4K of Darren Aronofsky's first movie, Pi. This was a movie I saw over 25 years ago and honestly it had a major influence on me. I had seen nothing like it before. It also broadened my horizons musically as the soundtrack is what introduced me to Aphex Twin

Just got home from seeing the 40th Anniversary of Highlander. Honestly, I've not as much nostalgia for this movie as some other 80s classics. I've probably not seen it for 30 years. It was fun to see in the cinema but I'm not sure it's aged so well. Always good to hear the Queen soundtrack though

Just got out from seeing Hokum. Felt like it owed a lot to The Shining considering it was a horror about a writer trying to finish his book in a hotel. Was pretty good but it did feel like it relied on jump scares a bit too much

At the cinema for 2 movies back to back again. This time I'm seeing Hokum and Highlander!

So despite moving in to my house over 2 years ago, I still have some moving boxes I've not dealt with so decided to make a start on those today. I was surprised to find in one box a selection of door posters for previous ConFuzzleds! I normally don't bother with door posters any more

Absolutely love this comic sheet I got from @chamaquense.bsky.social He perfectly captured Dylan's vibe

Over a week ago I didn't expect I'd be spending the evening in the rain at an outdoor dance event listening to Paul Oakenfold but here we are. Could have done without the rain but it was fun :) Not gonna do it again in a hurry though, I'm knackered!

Visited the "trinity" of Manchester breweries today, Cloudwater, Track and Sureshot. It's been a fun afternoon!

These days it's quite rare for me to 100% a game but I've done it with the recent Vampire Crawlers. Definitely a fun game but much like its predecessor, it quickly becomes far too easy to get crazy scores and so it becomes more a button pressing exercise than a challenge

I offered to help a friend put their fursuit on, they declined… I said, “Fine, suit yourself.”

I'm not sure who this product is for. Play games in a way they were never intended to be played! Might as well just use an emulator on your phone if you really wanted to play C64 or Spectrum games on the move