It was the weekend in Saudi Arabia (Thursday and Friday) but it’s all dead here. There isn’t all that much to do. I was supposed to be in Dubai this weekend but that plan fell through because there was a problem with my house mate’s car. My secondary plan was to go to Mecca but that fell through too. It just hasn’t been my weekend. For that reason today was a duvet day.

It wasn’t a duvet day in the strictest sense because I did leave the house to go to Jumma prayer and then went to grab lunch with a friend. Outside of that hour period I’ve spent the whole of the day in bed. It’s been needed.

So… here’s what I’ve done today…

• I watched The Fighter. It’s a really sports movie about a boxer who’s down and out and tries to make it back to the top. The acting in the film is really spectacular. Christian Bale was excellent and really deserved his Oscar.
• I listened to the ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Soundtrack and then the ‘Tron Legacy’ soundtrack. I’ve downloaded a whole bunch of music and I’m trying to make my way through it all. I watched a whole load of music videos on YouTube.
• I came across a website that asks ‘50 questions to make you think’. I think I’m going to post them on this blog and then spend 50 days answering them.
• I’ve been thinking about the path my novel is going to take - but didn’t really write anything down. I’m going to make sure I write a few thousand words this week. I really want to finish the first part of the story and I think there’s still 6-7000 words to go until I reach that point. I think that’ll bring me up to a third of the way through the novel. I’ve also had some ideas to rework the main character a little bit. At this point the changes will seem superficial but I think it’ll really add gravitas and potency to the story later. I want to get all this done this coming week.
• I talked to a friend and we’re going to simul-watch ‘The King’s Speech’ tonight. I’m actually really excited about that. The film is supposed to be great. The part I’m looking forward to is being able to talk about it afterwards. It’s going to be cool.
• I made my way through a whole load of Diet Vimto. It has to be my favourite drink in the world and when I saw it in a store a few days ago I ended up buying the whole crate of 30 days. In the last week I’ve drunk around 25 of them. I would have bought more of them but the shop didn’t have any left. I’m going to have to go and check if they’ve got some more in. It took me 8 months to find it but better late than never.
• I caught up on all my emails, facebook messages, and most of my ask box messages. I still have a few replies I need to make but I’m glad that I’m almost done. I think just one facebook message and one tumblr message left.
• I had a nap this afternoon after Asr and before Maghrib. Sleep is good. 

I think it has to be the most productive duvet day ever.