Saturday headed over to Chapel Hill with base10 to see Battles (opening up
for Prefuse 73 at Local 506).

Got there about 10:30 to find a long line out the door and down the sidewalk. Apparently Prefuse 73 is quite popular. The line was moving very slowly due to Local 506’s very strict enforcement of the membership policy. And since the majority of folks there were not typical Local 506 customers, this just slowed matters down.

Just about the time Battles started, they announced they were at capacity counting Etix sales. So we waited around abit to see if anyone left (It was a nice night out, and you could hear the band at least, and see this a little bit though the front door), but eventually left near the end of the set. I really had no idea that the show would be selling tickets, and especially didn’t expect it to sell out.

Sunday went over and played some more soccer. Had a blast. Everyone seems a bit more prepared this time (or at least, everyone had more gear ;->). I was a bit off for the first half and didn’t do much running due to an ankle/shin that was bothering me for some reason. But it seemed to stop hurting for the second half, so was able to move a little bit easier. Got a goal or two and our team won. Just need to recruit some more folks to play.

Went and saw Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy (with badger, maegwynn, and ran into zombiepops and heatherivy there). Not bad. But I couldn’t help but think that it would be awfully confusing and hard to follow if you haven’t read the book. If there was one scene I would of changed, I think it would of been the babelfish scene, since I think the aside about it in the book helps establish the tone, the sense of humour, and the idea that the story can be a bit metaphysical and philosphical. I would of spent just a little bit more time covering some of the babelfish backstory.