Time Sure Passes By Fast

Man...Chinese class and cheap good food really takes the energy out of me. Plus cable TV in a hotel - what more could I want? Six movie channels (though they are a bit outdated), the Food channel, and even broadcasts of Team USA Basketball routing Canada 120 - 65 in Las Vegas. Yup, good stuff.

On another note, although I didn't watch the highly touted Pixar flick "WALL-E", I did experience Christopher Nolan's awesome, thrilling, and moral inducing epic "The Dark Knight". Awesome casting, genius acting by Heath Ledger, superb special effects, and an intricate script, I can't really find anything bad to say about the movie.

And it seems the rest of America agrees.

"The Dark Knight" has already won the single day record for movies ($66.4 million) and opening weekend ($158.4 million). Nevertheless, the juggernaut refuses to stop.

This weekend "The Dark Knight" became the first movie to reach the $300 million box office mark in only ten days. TEN DAYS!!! The previous record was sixteen days, held by "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (Johnny Depp anyone?).

Even more, studio estimates place the movie moving past the $400 million mark in another 8 days (it took Shrek 2 43 days to achieve this record), and even potentially touching the $600 million mark set by "Titanic" eleven years ago.

I don't know about you, but it seems the sleek and techy Batman marooned witty Captain Jack Sparrow all over again.

Oh and it seems that America's oil giants have finally decided to lower gas prices after a few weeks of international barrel price drops.

With plans to hang out with friends, I hope it stays that way.