Torn about displaying my love for Sanrio in public.

We all talk about displaying and showing our love for Hello Kitty at work and in public but how about time we feel need to hide our love for Hello Kitty.

I am very public about my display of Sanrio in tuck and in public have to confess I am still haunted over the end of my last contract at Intel. My last coworkers say displaying Sanrio items and Hello Kitty Backpack was not the issue; still I get a feeling they were not up front with me. Right now I am torn, I do not want to hide who I am but at the same times I do not want to lose my current position because I like to keep Hello Kitty items in my truck or my backpack. I tried for a while hide them like putting an outer backpack over my Hello Kitty book bag.  I could not stand it after a while. I felt was smothering who I am. Now it is getting around my new job that I am a bit different and now I am on pin and needles. I do not want to hide my Love for the Cute One but at the same time, I want to keep my job. That is where I stand now.