Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: My Horror Knows No Bounds

DO NOT CLICK.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Embossed Patent Leather Tote Bag

I know it's Black Friday today and everything, but even if this thing is on sale I'm not going to buy it. On the other hand, can you imagine me swanning into a Nerdmoot looking all professional until someone takes a closer look at my bag ... and realizes that it has tiny Hello Kitty faces all over it?  Shoot, now I'm tempted to do it just to mess with some people's heads.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity: the Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloon

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Not even on Thanksgiving Day can I escape the mouthless cartoon cat with ambitions of global domination!  I'm here watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when suddenly my TV and my eyes are defiled -- defiled! -- by the image of a gigantic Hello Kitty balloon floating over the streets of New York City!  RUN!

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Hello Kitty Pumpkin

Via Gormogons, the inevitable horror of a Hello Kitty-tainted Halloween.  That sound you hear is Cthulhu fleeing to hide, quivering and whimpering, under his bed.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Japanese School Bus

The wheels on the bus go 'round and 'round.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Hello Kitty Smart Car

It seems to be owned by a San Diego Charger.  Is this another case of people having more money than taste?

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Crime and Punishment

Just read this news story and note the related photo.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Hello Kitty + Street Fighter Video Game Coming in 2012

I am not making this up.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Taipei Patisserie

I give you two horrifying examples (click to enlarge for full effect), but you really need to go to the source and see one girl's flabbergasting photo essay.  And, yes, I know, Taipei.  I'm so embarrassed.  (And yet -- oh, you know it! -- I'm impelled by a creeping sense of sick, morbid curiosity.)

Let them eat ... um, EW.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Bedazzled Mortarboard

During graduation season, whoever decided that customizing her mortarboard with Hello Kitty gets an F for good taste.  Mom and Dad must be so proud.  Behold the madness!  Here is a close-up:

Pomp and circumstance.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Hello Dalek

Look at this fantastic mashup by Joseph Senior:

True colors.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: The Tote Bag

I'm sorry, gentle reader, but here is the first Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the new year.  Behold!  You know, I've grown resigned to the fact that the infernal mouthless cartoon cat shows up on all sorts of clothes and accessories and bags and umbrellas and toasters and whatever else, but I *ABSOLUTELY* object to her claiming to be a nerd.  POSER!

Who let the cat out of  onto the bag?

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Hello Kitty Sushi-Making Kit

I'm not making this up.  I am ... speechless.

Food poisoning.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Hello Pumpkin

Is no holiday safe from the depredations of the ubiquitous mouthless Japanese cartoon cat?  Apparently not.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Hello Kitty Pancakes

This isn't an official Sanrio product; it's a labor of love done by a doting dad for his little daughter.  It's still Hello Kitty, though, and therefore still horrifying.  DROWN IT IN MAPLE SYRUP!!

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: She Devours, and Her Appetite is Insatiable

From the Cinema-Mad Sibling comes this horrifying link to the monster that ate Hong Kong.

For God's sake, RUN!

Kitchen Notes: Piri-Piri Chicken

Here is a lovely recipe recommendation by Alessandra.  Be warned, though: it is SPICY!

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: Hello Kitty Motor Oil

Hello Kitty motor oil. No, really.

Carmageddon.

Hello Kitty Geek Humor: the "Hello Schröddy" T-Shirt

I'm not labeling this the usual "Hello Kitty Monstrosity" because this is kind of ... awesome. And smart. And funny too. ( You know, kind of like ... ME!)

Look at what the playful brainiacs at ThinkGeek have devised:

Quantum mechanics have never been cuter.

Do you need a reminder of Schrödinger's cat? The idea previously appeared here in LOLcat form.

Hello Kitty Monstrosity of the Day: the Hello Kitty Rice Cooker

I think I just lost my appetite. Bleagh.