required anime related post. sort of.

it was well stated in the movie mean girls, and i'm not sure anyone really had the guts to point it out before in such mass media, even though it was a well known phenomenon. girls are just dying for the opportunity to look like whores and still be socially accepted. not real whores, because real women who sell their services, are doing it for the cash and not as a hobby. they don’t put nearly the effort into their choice of clothing and lack thereof as the subset of anime girls. Now, most normal girls can only dress up in something truly skimpy one day a year, Halloween. Everyone will tell them how cool their costume is, the boys will notice them and the girls wearing more modest outfits will covet the attention or talk behind their backs, or both. For nerdy girls, this opportunity comes twice a year, Halloween and Anime Expo. And for the really geeky ones who stay in and hand out candy in their sweats, AX is the only chance they have.

Now, I have to say that this year either people were showing a bit more restraint, or I was blissfully not paying attention to the super ugly girls who were baring way too much skin. Besides a few girls and man faye I was pretty comfortable with people’s clothing choices. The super ugly girls are sad to begin with, but dressed up in little more than underwear and they become the saddest population, and makes one want to avoid conventions just to stay away from the unpleasantness. So, un-self-aware yet aware enough that they aren't sexy and dying to be sexy these girls equate very little clothing with being attractive, and you feel bad for them, yet not too bad because you’re forced to look at the train wreck that is them, and it’s not fun. To them I say, save up some money and then get a professional makeover, or sell your soul for a tv makeover. Everyone will be better for it, and once you’re attractive you can replace your fake anime friends with real ones. Just as a general rule, if you have to buy all of your clothes from the plus-sized section, please wear that clothing. You may be a lovely person, with lots of good qualities, you may even find a boy and get married one day. but you’re not going to attract anyone based on looks alone, please stop trying.

Then there is the other, super minority, the super-hot girls that you know are way too hot to like anime and be at the convention. Why are they there? It’s a completely mystery, because they could be in the Bahamas living a life of luxury being kept by some rich hunk. Maybe they’re too young, and the day they turn 21 they’ll be on that plane. Or maybe their robot will fly them there. To the girl in the red Chinese type dress who was showing a mile of leg, and the one in the furry bikini, god bless you for giving every geeky boy hope that one day he can meet someone half of your attractiveness and she will give him the time of day. Because these boys need hope. And those MPS boys are going home with a burst of inspiration because of Lydia’s dress. They’re going to win their next competition, and she’ll probably get a robot in the mail next week. And I’m very jealous of that. Note to the second mps boy from the right: I can’t help you build robots, but I’m a girl. If you want, I can paint them, or help you pick out fabric for the insides. And I will hook up with you if you let me drive the robot, you can park it though.

I should skip this whole library school thing and take up cosmotology, fashion and poise. I really need to work behind the scenes at a makeover place/show. I’m pretty sure my true calling is making people better at being themselves. Screw this whole defending free speech, free information and promoting literacy crap.