It's Friday, which means if you're a normal person that works a normal job that doesn't expect you to slave away for 60 hours a week (that's 6 full days), Friday evening is the time you go out to party and let your hair down, catch your favourite movie and even go on that trip you've been planning for so long. All of which will feature in this listicle. With November just starting and the end of the year fast approaching, a lot of entertainment properties are released around this time with the logic that people will buy it come Christmas, which is a good time for all businesses regardless, the world over. 

Which means some of the best releases of the year are currently being released as we speak for us early adopters to grab as soon as possible (this logic does not extend to movies, watch movies at the earliest, they're leaving the theatres at a ridiculously fast pace as it is).

This also means, of course, that you have a ton to do over the weekend. 

1. Sleep

This will never not be my number 1 priority when the weekends rolls by. A weekend spent without sleeping at least 20 hours is a wasted weekend, period. Catch up on all the sleep you happily missed over the week trying to run after deadlines over the two days you get! 

Make sure you get adequate sleep regardless, or you can end up looking like me at work, like the person below. 

2. Watch Stranger Things if you haven't already: 

Considering how much the series is being advertised in India and how even Swiggy has ended up using Eleven for their discount promotion, you should definitely watch this 80s nostalgia filled horror series of a couple of seasons filled with fantastic moments, some really great acting - actually, everyone is excellent in this series, it just what makes it special - and a world which will drag you in with it, all the way to the upside down. 

3. Visit Nagarjun Sagar Dam for no good reason: 

Just hop on your bike and get another friend to bring their own, or to ride pillow with you as you hit the road and keep driving until you reach Nagarjun Sagar dam. Check out the impressive engineering marvel from up close, there is something quiet surreal about dams like that. It can be quite the humbling experience. 

4. Play the new Assassin's Creed game!

Assassin's Creed Origins released last Friday and is said to be one of the best games in the series to have released so far. I can personally confirm that the game is very beautiful and would highly recommend playing it, but if you're on PC, hold out for a bit because currently the DRM is causing a lot of issues. I'd suggest PC gamers go with Wolfenstein: The New Colossus, another excellent game. 

(and yes, the screenshot bellow is from Assassin's Creed Origins, not a painting or a real picture. 

5. Watch Thor: Ragnarok

Directed by a native from New Zealand, a man named Taika Waititi, a name you will soon remember for how ridiculous Ragnarok is said to turn out to be, this is the third Thor standalone movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and also the 17th in the MCU. If reports are to be believed, this will leave you in splits and won't stop till you stop breathing with laughter. Sounds like a movie I want to watch!  

Do share any additional weekend plans that we can follow as well, down in the comments!