My HTC EVO 4G loves Hello Kitty! Thursday, Mar 3 2011
HK investagations Android, ebay, entertainment, fun, Hellokitty, HTC, humor, popculture, shopping, sprint, Verizon, wordpress 5:28 pm
Hey everybody!! Happy new year! Soo sorry I havent blogged but the holidays & 2010 came and ended all too quickly.
It’s the Great Hello Kitty Pumpkin HkMar! Monday, Nov 1 2010
HK investagations and Random Yet interesting Hello kitty halloween fun funny humor internet pop culture crafts food children kids 5:05 am
Hello everyone!!
Soo yesss I finally carved my very own Hello Kitty Pumpkin! I did it on a small pumpkin because since I am a novice at sculpting instead of carving chunks out of a pumpkin, I didn’t want to take too many chances. My HK pumpkin was a great success! I personally think that I could have made it more Hello Kitty looking, but oh well. I’ve fulfilled one of my life goals: To introduce Hello kitty to younger generations. A Trick-O’-Treater dressed as spiderman about 5yrs old asked me what the pumpkin is, he said “is that a cat?!” and I responded ” (LOL) Why of course child, but not just ANY cat.. it’s Hello Kitty!!!” I could see the information I gave him file away into his brain. I’ve seen many Hello Kitty pumpkin carvings via google, but of course mine is very special. I hope every one had a safe & happy Halloween just like Hello Kitty does!
Until Next time folks!
Peace, Love, & Hello Kitty!
-Hkmar
Hello Kitty Posts are now in session! Monday, Oct 25 2010
HK investagations and Random Yet interesting hello kitty cars smart cars fun humor pop culture news internet cool interesting 11:56 am
Hello again!!! This is a VERY short post; but I couldnt resist, I JUST found that Sanrio partnered up with Smart USA & created Hello Kitty wraps to wrap your car! I don’t know about you, but I’m sold! I’m going to get a smart car as soon as I have $$ !! Enjoy HK fans.
Till next time Peace, Love & Hello Kitty!
-Hkmar
Non Hello Kitty Post! (only temporarily) Monday, Aug 2 2010
Random Yet interesting art, city, cute, Funny, graffiti, Hello Kitty, humor, local news 10:24 pm
Hi everyone! It’s been a very long hiatus since my last blog post, but with the holidays, & family visiting, and working I haven’t had the time to write up any magnificent Hello Kitty treasure encounters. I did however, have a series of serendipitous happenings in daily travels around my county. When you think of Graffiti what comes to mind? Most often then not people think of graffiti like this:
A blast of colorful spray paints in letter shapes or cartoons, sometimes you find Graffiti mimicking classic works of art. According to dictionary.com Graffiti is defined as:
“markings, as initials, slogans, ordrawings, written, spraypainted, or sketched on a sidewalk,wall of a building or public restroom, or the like: These graffiti are evidence of the neighborhood’s decline.”
Yes, we can’t deny the fact that Graffiti or Letter Art is a crime; hence, the act is called vandalism. I personally, have never condoned or prosecuted Graffiti. I have been intrigued lately with a certain letter art/Vandal. I’ve encountered letter art several times in Stamford, CT; a small metropolis city a few miles away from NYC, and never have I been so taken aback by MOR the artist,vandal,rebel! I first came across MOR with my significant other. We were taking a stroll in the downtown area in June, when he noticed MOR:
MOR is a simple letter art word, name ,or acroym. I am convinced MOR is upset and trying to idolize Club MOR which was shut down due to having underage patrons consuming alcohol. MOR intrigues me because ever since this first accidental encounter, I have had a series of several accidental encounters with MOR all over my travels in Stamford, Greenwich, & even White Plain, NY. It seems he’s everywhere I’m going, I’ve been, & where I am, perhaps I’ve crossed paths with MOR and didn’t even know it. Who is MOR? What is he like? Is he a rebel? An adolescent roaming the streets during this brutal summer marking his territory? Is he misunderstood? is he new the Artist of this generation;just beginning to emerge into the world of art? So many questions & no answers.
I am not the only fan of MOR, I’ve also encountered fans replying to MOR’s legacy. Some are fans, others are posers, the most interesting of them all are inspired competition, whom have had their letter art copyrighted. MOR also has a sense of humor,stamping his name into sentences:
The last thumbnail is the last of any new MOR’s I’ve seen as I write this post. Once again I encountered MOR in a slivery shiny design as I was meeting my boyfriend for lunch. Maybe MOR is our guardian angel, I think we’ll have to find him and send him an invitation to our wedding;whenever that happens?!….which wont in the near future, after all we are in a recession right?
If anyone has any information on MOR please tell him that HKMar is a fan & would like some of the aforementioned questions answered!
Until Next time,
☮ ♥ & Hello Kitty!!
It’s “the most wonderful time of the year”: Back 2 School! Saturday, Aug 22 2009
HK investagations hello kitty school office supplies shopping pink shoes tv humor funny cute kids 6:27 am
Where did the summer go? It was June just a few days ago and now we’re in mid August?! When did that happen!! Oh well at least we have Labor Day to look forward to; but after Labor Day we have another special occasion that calls for a more personal type of celebration: Back to School shopping extravaganza. Most children shriek in hearing those three lettered words. I personally enjoy watching the staples commercial ads of jubilant parents frolicking down the school supply aisles while the children trail behind with grim faces. I even had the opportunity to take part in this torture with my sister and her own two children. I have to say that all of my back to school shopping during my undergraduate studies in college, consisted of Hello Kitty spiraled notebooks, folders, pens, post-it notes, and book markers all provided by Target and purchased by yours truly.
One of the essential back to school purchases are sneakers. I went to public school throughout the entireity of my childhood. I remember begging my parents to’ please, please, please’ buy me pink Barbie sneakers to strut on my first day of school. Now in 2009, Sanrio collaborated with another leading sneaker company: ASICS. This collaboration came about in celebration of Hello Kitty’s 35th anniversary. These sneakers come in an array of different colors, graphic designs so little girls like my past self can beg their parents to purchase to strut on their first day of school. ASICS has allowed Sanrio to make a canvas out of their sneaker line. I would have given ANYTHING to have had any kind of Hello Kitty sneaker available to me and my parents for purchase fourteen years ago. However, as a Hello Kitty enthusiast I covet the new foot wear that is made in children’s sizes. Not only has ASICS alike Champs a while back collaborated with Sanrio but Crocs has also collaborated with Sanrio to create Hello Kitty Crocs; the only downside is that it is only available outside the U.S. Ofcourse anyone in the U.S. can buy them online; however for a pri$e. The limited edition Hello Kitty Kids Cayman Crocs are available in Maylaysia. Unfortunately I do not have remotely a foot size that could fit into a child’s sized sneaker or croc, but I can buy Hello Kitty Jibbitz on Ebay for my grown up sized sandal style Crocs.
I conclude in a happy note, in that this year’s back to school is indeed “the most wonderful time of the year,” Hello Kitty style. As always come back next month for the continuation of Back to School.
Until then,
Love , Peace, & Hello Kitty <3
-HKMar
Summer Time, summer time dreams Wednesday, Jul 29 2009
HK investagations AT&T, Cellphones, fun, Gadets, Hello Kitty, humor, Summer, T-Moblie, Verizon 8:52 pm
Hi Everyone, long time no Blog post!
We all know that it is summer, and if you live in New England your most likely whining about the rainy days that don’t seem to end and all you think is ‘that arc better make a stop at my house!’ But it wasn’t always raining; although it felt that for the month of June it rained 27 days out of the month. However, now in the month of July I have found out about the new pink Hello Kitty OKWAP A316 cellphone.
I am DREAMING about this phone!! i came across it while searching for a new phone. I unfortunatley have Verizon, i say unfortunately because they are the devil incarnate!! I am due for an upgrade soon and my contract is almost over and I am looking to switch over to another cellphone carrier… & then I found it… The new Hello Kitty Flip phone; in it’s gloriously pink exterior with Hello Kitty’s face and a mirror. There are even more features like one of ebay’s auction description about the phone having:
- Support English/Chinese keyboard input (i’ve been meaning to learn mandarin..)
- Built-in Hello Kitty English/Chinese Flash Menu, Wallpapers, Ringtones and Animations (YAY!)
- Built-in MP3 player, Video player, Internal antenna & Speakerphone (keep going I like I like..)
- 2.0 Mega Pixels CMOS camera for taking pictures or videos in various sizes and qualities
- Chinese-English dictionaries for language learning
- Supports Messaging EMS/MMS/SMS, Mini SD memory expansion(Up to 2GB), Bluetooth V1.2 & Macromedia Flash playback for downloadable pictures, animations, ringtones and games
- 500 Phonebook entries, Call vibration
- JAVA MIDP 2.0, recording & command function
- Personal Organization Tools: Alarm Clock, World Clock, Calculator, Calendar, Notepad, Photo Album, Photo Editor, Wallpaper and Fun Games (JACKPOT!!!)
It even has a PHOTO EDITOR!!!! .. but i can’t get it because the only phone plan carriers are: AT&T/Cingular & Tmobile, because Verizon isn’t cool/chic enough to service this treasure dome of phone, just like it didnt service the gold Dolce & Gabanna flip phone either. In the end i’ll most likely switcth to Sprint… which means i can’t get the new Hello Kitty phone =(… but i will be dreaming about it Night & DAYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Until Next time,
HKMar <3
Geek Chic + Hello Kitty = Girly/Geek Peace <3 Wednesday, Jun 10 2009
HK investagations art, culture, entertainment, fun, humor, random, shopping 10:04 pm
FINALLY! Girlies & Geeks unite. It was only a matter of time before our generation joined forces with their enemies/compeitors to merge and become a new stereotype: Geek Chic. Girly girls aren’t the only Chic girls on the block, the geeks are sharing the spotlight. Sanrio has released a new line of Hello Kitty collectibles in partnership with Lounge Fly: HK <3′s Nerds
I think Hello Kitty is following me on my crazy career journey…OR there really is an up in the nerd/geek community! Either way, this new line is simply cute! I cant wait to go to the new sophisicated ‘high end’ HK sanrio store: Sanrio Luxe. I will channel my girly HK loving freak & my inner nerd/geek to buy the HK nerd coin purse that I am in LOVE with. I have recently been dubbed a “geek” because of my new job: Jr. IT specialist. YEP that means I deal with hardware, software, installations, configurations, you name it and I have most likely done it!
I was always a closeted “nerd” for a long time, dating back from middle school ..lol .. hence my degree in English Literature aka: nerd that loves to read and talk about books. I hope to teach someday, i can see it now…my high school students having to use a hello kitty restroom pass and ofcourse they’d use the same pass regardless of the sex of the student… my students using Hello Kitty book marks, stickers for their A or B papers….It’s going to be awesome!!
In the mean time I’ll just be me and unite with fellow Hello Kitty lovers and have the new generations hooked on HK. Who knows… maybe Disney will merge with Sanrio and have Hello Kitty incorporated into the theme parks!!!!! …… Day dreaming away like Anne in Anne of Greene Gables…
Till next time folks,
<3, Peace, & HK,
-HKMar
Seventeen Daily Freebie Wednesday, Jun 10 2009
Reviews & such culture, free stuff, fun, shopping 3:50 am
I’m not seventeen years old… but i do love free stuff!!
Domo In depth Sunday, May 24 2009
Random Yet interesting art, culture, entertainment 2:04 am
Since my last post, I spoke very briefly about the new up and coming cartoon icon from Japan, & kin to Hello Kitty: Domo or Domo-Kun. I couldn’t find a site that had ALL of the info I needed on Domo like I did for Hello Kitty. Domo is still new and not too ‘big’ in the states… yet. I happen to come across my friend BMary’s facebook group called Domo-Kun . The creator is a big fan of Domo and gave me the information on Domo’s origins that i was searching for. The group says that :
“The name ‘Domo’ was acquired during the second episode of his show in which a TV announcer said, ‘Doumo, Konnichiwa’, which is a formal greeting meaning something along the lines of, “Well, hello there!”, or “Hello, Domo!”, and thus is a convenient dajare. The kun suffix on “Domo-kun”, the name used to describe the character in the Japanese versions, is a Japanese honorific often used with young males.”This being said, I realized that Domo is Hello Kitty; but in a strange/cute version of her character! The group also provides a website link called Domomode. This site has Domo and his friends that are really cute! Domo’s friends have small bios when you click on the character’s bodies. Domo is a little monster that “hatched out of an egg.” He is described as ” a strange creature.” Domo hatched in 1998 from a satellite broadcasting service in Japan called NHK. No actual artist/puppet master is known as the actual creator of Domo, but one thing’s for sure; this sketch alike Hello Kitty went from an idea to a (soon to be) global cartoon icon.
Domo’s character is both cute and awkward. He’s socially insecure and may have ADD since his bio says that he “often causes trouble by daydreaming and not paying attention to things.” He is also known to have awkward/uncomfortable social mishaps by “let[ing] out explosive farts when upset.” I dont know about you, but I wouldn’t want to upset Domo, I also wouldn’t want to be near or around any explosions much less a ‘fart’ one. It’s a good thing Hello Kitty is cute and friendly and wouldnt upset Domo if they ever encountered!
Well so Far it seems that Domo is cartoon that is climbing up the cartoon icon ladder. I will keep tabs on this “strange creature” because as a Hello Kitty fan/lover I, know a cute thing when I see one!
Until Next time ,
HKMar <3
Hello Kitty Has New Friends: Domo&Cthulhu? Monday, May 11 2009
HK investagations art, culture, entertainment, humor, random 6:14 am
And the Hello Kitty Investigations persist! …Sorry it’s been sooooo long since my last post. I ‘ve been busy with the usual work, family, personal life things & on top of that , I’ve been pre-occupied over the fear of getting Swine flu or H1N1. Poor piggys, they are getting a bad rep! ….Anyway, Im just glad that Hello Kitty’s rep is still intact… or is it? A few months ago while writing this blog that mainly concerns Hello Kitty & her existence and all that she encompasses, I was told about Hello Kitty’s encounters/partnerships?! Especially with a certain mythical character by the name of Cthulhu. Cthulhu was created in 1926 ( two years after my father was born on this day May 11) by H.P. Lovecraft. Somehow this old sci-fi fantasy inspired monster got a makeover from ugly to semi-cute.
Our generation is not only getting greener and recycling more, but we are also recycling ideas like literary treasures/ideologies of the past; hence Cthulhu or should I say Hello Cthulhu. Hello Cthulhu is obviously a closeted Hello Kitty Fan’s creation that was inspired through Sanrio’s success with HK. This fan made Cthulhu resurrect from dusty bookshelf/ comic book collector’s plastic storage bin death, and brought back to life Cthulhu, and back into the swing of things we call pop culture. This fan did this Sanrio style.
I dont hate Cthulhu nor do I love him. His hostility towards Hello Kitty is upsetting especially when he makes misogynistic remarks about her. Even though some strips are disturbing there are a few amusing strips that are easy to understand and even psychoanalyze . What I dont appreciate is cthulhu’s attempts at tarnishing HK’s rep like the Hello Kitty Gone Wild attempt, and Evil Hello Kitty. Cthulhu should be grateful that Hello Kitty’s cuteness is rubbing off on him, especially with those cute bows she put on him!: 
Regardless of Cthulhu’s hostility and misogyny towards HK he’s here to stay, but we HK fans have to keep her name clean and not let petty attempts like Cthulhu’s tarnish her cute iconic princess image. The next new character, or Hello Kitty’s new friend/competitor is: Domo.
I have no idea where Domo came from; despite my research of his origins or who created him; however, i did learn that Domo is a Japanese cartoon character that Target & Nickelodeon are making popular here in the good old U.S. of A. So far Domo is a good character in my book. He is after all derived from Hello Kitty’s native land: Japan. Domo is cute I have to admit; for instance this halloween target ad which by the way I happen to LOVE halloween and I enjoy the dying art of clay-mation. This ad is simply cute.
To conclude, lets re-cap. Cthulhu is a werid, mean, but cute by association of Hk ofcourse, and Domo is a cute Hello Kitty friend/kin that is climbing up the cartoon icon ladder. Something I personally would very much want to see is this! DomoKitty is an actual flush toy and idea. It seems to me that our generation is pretty crafty and talented, and if we work together we can do great things. Even things like Hello Cthulhu , Domo, and Domo Kitty.
Until Next Time,
Peace, Love, & HELLO KITTY! -HK Mar
