Why is everything I own pink?

Random thoughts/sights seen:

• "Everybody wants to be Yao Ming" sung to the tune of "Everybody Wants to Rule the World".  Seriously, though.  Boys from the age of 6 to 20 seem to have a fascination with basketball - even though, from the games I've seen, no one's particularly great at it.  Yao endorses Oreos, Houston Rockets paraphernalia litters department stores, and there are huge basketball courts at every university.
• HUGE consumer culture in China.  Everyone is buying something, haggling over the price of something, or thumbing through shopping magazines ALL THE TIME. 
• The daily newspaper is displayed prominently on a glassed-over bulletin board, page-by-page, for anyone to read.  At least, that's the way it is on my campus.  The paper's layout is very well done, but the majority of the pictures in the body seem more like portraits or staged photos than actual candids of live occurrences. 
• Construction is completed on timescales that defy the laws of physics.  A group of workers started repairing a road near my apartment complex Saturday afternoon, and it was finished by Monday night.  That being said, I've never seen such shitty roads and sidewalks, mostly because they're under such heavy traffic.  It's probably a miracle to go a month without twisting an ankle.
• [Thoughts while walking down the street]:  "Yes, okay.  I'm American.  Blonde hair, haha yeah, that's a dead giveaway, right?  'Fraid I don't eat the blonde-haired-girl yogurt, though.  At least, not exclusively.  Can we move on, please?  No?  Well, fuck."  Stereotypes are definitely prevalent.
• Other foreigners:  don't avert your eyes when someone (well, me) looks at you.  It just looks sketchy, and actually makes me want to strike up a conversation even more.  ... And I will.  (Actually, that might be a good idea;  I've never talked to a genuine expatriate before.)
• Finally realized why the characters' names in Mulan are comical.  (re:  Ling, Yao, Ping)
• Christ, these people love their pizza.   Just on two blocks of Chengfu Lu, there's a Papa John's, a Mr. Pizza, Pizza Hut, and a place called Origus (which is sort-of a have-all buffet;  very expensive, but very nice).  Pizzas are offered on the menu at a lot of restaurants, too.
• KFC <3 PRC 4EVR.  I mean, makes sense.  The Colonel looks Asian and the logo's even red.
• Tropicana is owned by the Pepsi company?  How did I miss that?  Also, there's Coke and Pepsi a-plenty, but no Dr. Pepper to be found.  Coke Zero and Coke Light are more expensive than regular coke (by a LOT), and can't be found in a lot of places.
• Saw a girl on a motorbike last night that looked like it should be in TRON.  Same goes for two little boys skateboarding in the courtyard last night.  Note:  must get glow-in-the-dark wheels.
• Almost everything is pink and girly.  #rolling with it
• Puppies sometimes wear sneakers when they go out for walks.

Side note:  I really don't know what to relate to you guys, other than these random daily occurrences.  You've probably already heard the standard "no respect for personal space", "foreigners get ripped off a lot", "everything is crowded" descriptions, which can be found anywhere on the internet or in a Lonely Planet guide, but those generalizations don't really convey how dynamic, exciting, and charming China is as a whole.    


<3s and stars,
Paige