Have you been drooling over those Hello Kitty Cafe food pics from Japan? I have (and I've also been trying to come up with ways to turn all my food into cartoon characters). Well, there's good news if you can't afford a trip overseas and you happen to live in California.

In today's Tweet Beat, Josh Groban does not buy this whole "Hello Kitty is a person" thing, Ingrid Michaelson is really into the Container Store and Jaden Smith might have just discovered science.

Hello Kitty is one of the most easily recognizable characters in the history of modern culture. She's the smileless (well, mouthless) Mona Lisa. And this year, she's turning 40 (just two years until Esquire can deem her bangable)! But did you know that Hello Kitty is not actually a cat? No? Well that's probably…

Hello Kitty, everyone's favorite adorable Japanese cartoon cat, is finally getting her own convention.

Sanrio has introduced a new sad sidekick for Hello Kitty and his name is Gudetama. He is an egg yolk, literally, and appears to be the Eeyore of the crew, though his woe-is-me demeanor is probably because he’s just waiting to be eaten.

I think we just broke the Internet. For real this time.

You've all been waiting to sport your favorite fictional feline on your eyes, right? And no, these lavender Hello Kitty non-corrective contact lenses are not from Capitol Couture, but at $100 for a pair, they most definitely could be.

Everybody in the preschool getting tipsy.

"Over the years, we’ve lavished the girls with material things—an eleven-foot-tall cubby tree, miniature eiderdowns, roast organic chicken on demand…" Sandra Ballentine on her "children," who happen to be Bengal cats. This is Tatters, painted as Mary, Queen of Scots.

A lot of people in this neck of the woods don't get Hello Kitty. I mean, they "get it" in the sense that most people acknowledge that the cat is adorable, but in Asia, Hello Kitty is a religious icon worthy of super kawaii worship.

Cartoon characters can perform lots of physics-defying sight gags. Sometimes, they can even cross over from Toon Town into the real-person world and cause portly private detectives no end of trouble. Or help Michael Jordan save Earth from aliens. Or scoop out large chunks of a child’s brain with all the practiced…

Ever build a model rocket? Ever play with a Hello Kitty doll? This video is both of those things, simultaneously, and the fact that a group of seventh grade girls launched Hello Kitty most of the way up to the Kármán line (the boundary between Earth and the mysteries of the universe) should encourage you to do…

A kindergartener in Pennsylvania was pulled from her school bus line and suspended after an adult overheard her talk about "shooting" a classmate. The girl was referring, as it turned out, to a Hello Kitty "gun" that blows bubbles.

The Hello Kitty Balloon makes it's way down New York's Central Park West in the 86th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade,Thursday, Nov 22, 2012. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

What's the thing you value most in an airline? Reliability? Experience? Safety? Well, if you answered "cuteness" then you might want to consider flying with Hello Kitty Air. Yes, of course that is an actual thing. Taiwanese airline EVA air now has Hello Kitty-themed planes where you can enjoy an in-flight experience…

She may look innocent, but Hello Kitty could be a lot sneakier than we could have ever dreamed. The tiny white cat—whose iconic cheerful face is plastered on everything from notebooks to vibrators—has invaded our consciousness to such an extent that we accept her unquestioningly.