Study of literary theory utterly derailed today by inauguration of Hello Kitty badge maker. Oh. my. god. It all started really calmly and innocently with one badge made from a scrap of Astroboy paper I’d been trying not to throw out. Then there was the standing in one spot in my living room, looking around, thinking, What else do I have that needs to be made into a badge? And then the rummaging, and then I found an old wrapper from a bar of Viennese Manner Lemon Cream Filled Wafers. Brill-i-ant. Then the rabid excitement kicked in, I wrestled open a box of saved packaging, nicking a paint chip off my blue wall in the process, mind racing: “There must be more! There! must! be! more!”