Sunday 19th September

After a big party like last night's, today was always going to a bit of a quiet one. All three of us get up feeling a bit rough and are happy to potter around the house for the majority of the morning. K's sister makes dresses, K does some breakfast and I stare blankly at the telly (mostly watching Man vs Food which now seems to be on more or less all day on Good Food – contradiction in terms though the channel name is). We eventually get our act together and trundle down the passage for the Big Shop and stop in the usual shops for a poke about along the way. I wearily roll the trolley around Sainsbury's while alternate twins run up and drop stuff in – the hangover is really kicking in under the supermarket's bright lights.

We get home and have a quick lunch while I finally manage to fiddle around with my netbook to convince it to stream the Man Utd v Liverpool game from some obscure Chinese sports channel – which seems to have some sort of system where viewers opinions are displayed as scrolling text throughout the match; thank goodness that doesn't happen here. The quality is good though, both in terms of the feed and of the football – especially Dimitar Berbatov's stunning overhead kick for United's second. Utd win an entertaining match 3-2 and Liverpool's miserable start to the season continues. Ah well.

In the evening K knocks up a delicious roast dinner and we sit around watching Gervais and Merchant's recent film Cemetery Junction – which turns out to be very enjoyable and predictably well-observed. Most of the real highlights involve Gervais' turn as the lead character's dad, but also the cafe worker who had previously appeared as an obsessive fan in Extras. Its central theme of wanting to escape your small home town and forge your own path in life is universal and certainly not unusual – but it's dealt with in an honest and not-especially soppy way that feels considered and heartfelt.