You think that cute little cat is just for little girls? Think again!

It seems there are now going to be Hello Kitty products targeted to boys. Personally, I’m not sure why, but maybe the company is just trying to milk out more money.

Mainichi Daily News has a picture of some of the products (as does Yahoo! news). I guess I can kinda see how they’re trying to make it more boyish - however, they still look pretty girly-ish to me. (maybe it’s the bow?)

My first thought is that it will flop and won’t get very popular. However, Japan is a crazy place so anything is possible. But for the products in the U.S I don’t think they’ll be huge.

I think it’s hard to take an icon that’s been popular among females and try to target it to males. I’m sure most people will still associate Hello Kitty with girls.

(Maybe TMI, but the first thing that jumped into my mind was “It’s like trying to sell tampons to boys”)

I myself see nothing wrong with boys liking Hello Kitty, however it seems that other people - especially males - have rules about what is and isn’t socially acceptable for males. And in the U.S I’m not sure Hello Kitty would pass.

I know that there will be some people out there who wouldn’t mind having a couple things here and there, but I don’t see it becoming as huge as it is/was with girls.

(as in, I can’t imagine all the guys out there walking around with Hello Kitty shirts, pants, bags, cell phones, shoes, underwear, everything else)

However, that’s just my opinion, what do you think? Will it be a success?

For you guys out there, would you ever buy Hello Kitty products for yourself (and wear them in public)?

Yes, another update. I’m feeling rather active at the moment.

First off, I wasn’t aware that when WP updated it changed the incoming links from Technorati to Google. Unfortunately Google doesn’t know all the sites linking to me, so my “Incoming links” only shows two links (from the same site). I had actually wondered if it was frozen or something, since it was never updating.

Because it doesn’t know everything, I missed it when someone linked to me. I was just checking Technorati website when I noticed I had an old linkback from 3rdworldblogger.

And I’m the type of person who likes knowing when someone links to me. It’s a nice feeling when I can go “Ah! Someone linked me!” Okay, well it’s not that exciting but I still like to know.

So thank you Mr. 3rdworldblogger -who-was-using-my-top-commentators-plugin- to-get-a-linkback (I’m glad it worked for you). Now you get another linkback from me.

And to ensure that no link ever goes unnoticed again (maybe) I have installed Technorati Incoming Links. This plugin allows you to view both Google incoming links as well as Technorati incoming links.

In other news, I was bored so I make some little icons.

I don’t know if I’ll ever use them, but whatever. I made them in photoshop, but if you don’t have PS - or are too lazy to open it - you can make some buttons here.

Now like I said, I’m feeling active, but I’ll try not to spam-update too many times today.

I’ve been slaving away all day for a new layout for the new year. It’s not quite the new year, but close enough.

This one I coded from scratch, so if you find any errors, please let me know. I have decided that I hate coding wordpress layouts. They’ve got more to them then my usual webpage layouts.

Anyway, I decided to just flip the colors. It was pink with blue, and now it’s blue with pink.

I also decided to make the layout wider. My screen resolution is 800×600 but I know everyone else in the world uses a bigger resolution. So my out layout looked tiny. I made it a litttttle bit bigger which causes my screen to stretch, but it gives me more room.

This is the 3rd layout for this blog, but the first one I’ve ever coded from stratch (though I did have a little help from a tutorial/guide). I’m sure I’ll keep tweaking it for the next couple days to fix this and that.

So Yay! New layout!

And Happy 2008! 

(and do you like my random emphasis? lol)

Yet another holiday has come upon us! And like the last one, it snuck up on me. I just realized it’s tomorrow. To me it still feels like it’s a couple weeks away.

I don’t really celebrate Christmas myself, but my family and friends do so I still have to sort-of celebrate. Though, I figure when I move out and get my own place, I’ll never celebrate. I’m just unfun like that.

Does everyone know what they’re getting for Christmas? I know I’m getting money, but other than that I have no idea.

That’s the one thing I do like about Christmas. I get money. And I use that money to pay for CDs between now and May. And then in May is my birthday - and I also get money - and I use that money to pay for CDs between May and December XD

And since I import my music it can get pretty pricey. The last CD I bought cost me about $37. So I’m thankful when people give me money or else I wouldn’t be able to buy these things.

Well, to those of you who celebrate holidays, then: Happy Holidays! I hope you get what you want~

And to people who don’t celebrate anything: Have a good week!

Last week, while I was visiting a different campus to take a final, I snapped two pictures of some…interesting parkers.

I hate to say it, but the entire parking lot looked like this. It was my second time visiting this campus, and I’m still surprised at all the bad parking.

That car right behind the truck, is parked there. That is not a parking spot, they just decided to make it one. And in the process, they blocked a few people from being able to back out.

I don’t know who taught these people how to park, but I’m glad I don’t go to school on that campus.