i thought i would take this opportunity to list all the star wars items in my apartment:

1. episode 1 c-3po action figure (with voice chip)
2. clone wars animated dvd
3. luke skywalker kite (2 dollars)
4. the hero with a thousand faces by joseph campbell (with luke skywalker on the cover)
5. episode 2 matching cup and bowl set
6. original trilogy special edition dvd set
7. original trilogy vhs set
8. original trilogy special edition vhs set
9. photograph of darth vader autographed by james earl jones (hanging on wall)
10. photograph of yoda autographed by frank oz (next to wall where it should be hanging)
11. star wars trivial pursuit board game
12. themes from star wars arranged for guitar
13. themes from star wars arranged for piano
14. episode 2 on dvd
15. episode 1 on dvd
16. wampa plush doll (that hoth ice monster that hangs luke upside down in his cave to eat him later but then gets his arm chopped off when luke gets his lightsaber back, which, we never really saw in the original version but was enhanced in an extended cgi scene in the two subsequent special editions. i'll never figure out why luke runs out of the cave instead of finishing off the wampa and then hanging out in his house. y'know. reading all of his good comics and waiting for han solo to pick him up so they can go to the mall and pretend to not pay attention to girls)
17. knights of the old republic pc game
18. star wars: galaxies pc game
19. x-wing verses tie fighter pc game
20. shadows of the empire n64 game

this is for all of you who doubted my geekdom.

btw, i'm planning on doing a revamp of my web site and i need some material for it. if you've taken pictures at a show or if you have anything you want to contribute, feel free to send them my way (johnnystaccatobooking@yahoo.com). thanks. you're amazing.

well, for some reason that only the building illuminati know, i have been without hot water this weekend. this poses a problem for me since i shower every single morning without fail. in fact, in the past 5 years, i can only think of a few times when i have not taken a steaming hot shower in the morning. so after skipping yesterday and not bathing at all, i awoke this morning with still no hot water.

as thoughts ran frantically in my head, i realized that i only had 3 options:

1. take a cold shower.
2. take a shower somewhere else.
3. heat up water on the stove and gradually fill up the bath tub, then wash like in the olden days.

of these options, number 3 seemed to be the most feasible. i immediately commenced filling every pot i had with water (some clean, some not. whatever. don't judge me.) and putting them on my ignited stovetop. after several hours of transporting boiling water over carpet and into the bathtub, i noticed that the tub was only 1/4 full. so much for that idea.

i decided that the best i could hope for was a lukewarm kind of bath. i'd fill up the tub about half full and then turn on the normal tub water. at least i could get clean, even if i couldn't relax in the hot healing waters. I turned on the tub water. Except water didn't come out. Instead of clear agua, i get some kind of mud/poop mixture that plops into my beautiful hot boiling water, instantly polluting it. sigh.

at this moment, i feel like i'm a hot dog left out in the sun; developing an entirely new exoskeleton/salt-cured layer of skin. i am basically stewing in my own filth right now and i hate it. i can't wait to go home take a friggin' hot shower. on the other hand, my hair has never looked better. or more greasy.