Quotes, thoughts, and other interesting occurences

Interesting quotes, I thought:

In this country, American means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate. - Marian Wright Edelman, 1992

I am more than the sum of my push-up bra. - e, on why I can't stand Victoria's Secret, 04/30/06

Frightening thought:

Terri Hatcher looks frighteningly similar to Michael Jackson.

Interesting occurences:
Yesterday I got a call from Aaron saying that I should be ready to head out when he gets home b/c we've got a big evening ahead of us. Since our brand of usual excitement ends with seeing a movie at the cheapie theaters, I was in complete shock when he said that we were going to the Grizzlies v. Mavericks NBA playoff game. Apparently, his boss couldn't (or didn't want) to make it to this game, so we were the lucky garbage cans to take care of the tickets. And such a tough job it was, too. All in all, we spent less than $30 on dinner w/ dessert, gas, parking, and 2 near-front row club seat tickets. I even got my face plastered up on the giant tv screen thingy! Granted, it was only because the person next to me (a despicable Mavericks fan) was dancing around... but I still made it! Not only that, but we came away with 4 Grizzlies towels and a fancy-schmancy souvenir cup. Can't beat that with a stick if I tried. :)

On another note, in the same conversation when Aaron said that we're headed to the FedEx Forum, he also said that we are officially getting another cat. I can't remember if I mentioned it before, but a colleague recently divorced, and we are the appointed designees to rescue the poor feline from a completely undeserving ex-husband. Her name is Chyna, after the WOW (Women of Wrestling) wrestler. I'm not at all keen on the name... but since the cat has a few years under her belt, I can't very well change her name. Unless she doesn't respond to Chyna as her name, then we'll see. O-ren thinks Kitty is her name after all. To this refrain of new cat-ness, Mom isn't at all thrilled about the addition. For all that she was against our getting O-ren in the first place, she now can't bear the throught of Princess O-ren Ishii Ashenafi Poo Poo Kitty Buck sharing her throne with any common mrow. Aaron is supposed to contact his colleague today, so potentially I may pick up Chyna today.