Costumes and LARPs and Nerds, OH MY! Friday at Megacon

This past weekend was the glorious Megacon. Three days of anime, gaming and comics fun.

Friday: I dressed up as Sakaki from Azumanga Daioh. The costume was a grand success. Many came up to me for hugs and giggles. It could've been from recognition of the character; however, it could've also been the lack of pants-age.

One of the first things I did was go down to the Artists section. I got to meet Tim Buckley, creator of Ctrl-Alt-Del, one of my favorite internet comics. He was a really nice guy. Again, it might've just been the lack of pants.

The dealer room was just as I had expected: most of the vendors were selling comics. There were, however, there were booths of other wares. I was astonished at the amount of pointless yet amazingly cute objects. Apparently a 2 inch tall PVC figurine of a cat in a jar is worth $6.00 and will sell out by Sunday. To my surprise there were no hentai manga booths this year. Usually there are at least a couple booths, swarming with 16 year old girls buying Yaoi. I did find one porno/video hentai booth. No one was near it save for one 10 year old looking at the DVD covers. I wonder where his parents were...

During my initial walk through the dealer room, nothing caught my eye right away. However, my dear friend Juan ran up to me to inform me of a booth selling batarangs. I had mentioned earlier that I wasn't going home that weekend without a set of them. I walked briskly over to that side of the floor and found them there: shiny, sharp and heavy. Just what i wanted. I inquired on the price. (I had promised myself I wouldn't spend more than $30 on them.) They were only $5 each. SCORE! I continued to browse, assuring myself that if I waited till Sunday I could haggle for cheaper.

Efren Ramirez was there, as was Lou Ferrigno. It was $20 to get to meet Efren though. I think celebrities shouldn't charge their fans. If it wasn't for the fans, they wouldn't be where they are. What a selfish thing to do.

The day ended with me not buying much of anything at all, and spending a considerable amount of time wandering around doing nothing or working the gaming booth for Paranoia sign-ups.