RE: "real women." Basically the thing behind that is showcasing a variety of different body types instead of making them one size for everything, which people are not. And trying to make plus size women feel better about themselves. That's been going on for years of course since different brands have different "Size 0 pants" and all that stuff.
Second day of the anime con: Got there in time to look at the brony stuff and it wasn't really interesting. I watched the Battle Cosplay for a bit, but the stats they gave people were totally out of whack and definitely needed some proper math behind them to ensure tense battles. I ended up wandering into the video game room and played a bit of Smash Bros before meeting up with some people I met the day before. One of them apparently had a loaf of bread and some peanut butter and jam with him, so he made sandwiches for people. The catch with that was he has to use an expired gift card to get the jam and peanut butter out of the jars and then spread them. Still made for interesting stuff though.
Eventually we headed into a room devoted to a LARP game called Paranoia. I derped around in that but didn't really do much. I actually screwed up the game a little because I tried to play as a butcher/provisioner and tried selling stuff only for people to think I was using code for the "Drug of the Month" in the game. So most everyone thought I was a druggy in there when I never even had the stuff to begin with. And I got arrested for shaking the newly-elected mayor's hand, and then they backed off when there was nothing in my envelope.
After that was the cosplay contest where a third of the entrants went missing, though there were some pretty good ones. Then there were the video game finals and the closing ceremonies and I left during the closing ceremonies because my abdominal pains were bugging me a bit. Had more fun chatting with people than doing any of the events.
So... Yay, socializing! zzzzz...
