The Hitchhiker’s Guide started to pick up a little bit, although I’m still not entirely sure where it’s going. The large yellow spaceships came into the sky, confusing everyone. It was the Vogons, who came to get rid of Earth for the intergalactic bypass. I love the irony of the fact that these huge things making a horendous noise are about to destroy Earth, and Arthur is freaking out about the fact that they are destroying his house. Ford, knowing of this attack, is prepared for travel. He has his towel, which The Guide says is the most important thing a galactic hitchhiker can have because you can use it for a lot of different things and it lets other hitchhikers know he is not one to be messed with. If someone has a towel, then it’s assumed they have everything else necessary for proper hygiene and survival, and he/she will lend that hitchhiker anything that was “lost.”

I also met the president of the galaxy, Zaphod Beetlebrox. He isn’t the real source of power, he’s only someone used to take attention away from where the power actually is, and it’s said he’s very good at his job. Only six people know that. Zaphod is a two headed, three armed “man” who is completely crazy and I love it!! Just at the end of my reading he hijacked a huge spaceship, the Heart of Gold. It makes me giggle at how the Galactic government may be similar to ours and is similar to just about everything else: you never know who really has the power.