Well, we're camping out for Star Wars Episode 2 as of 12:30 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002. We are the third group in line, with the two groups before us consisting of 4-5 people each, so we're actually about the 10th people in line.

My wife Ronda and I (I love saying that) went up late Saturday night and spoke with the first two people in line, Phil and Adrian. Phil is a movie critic www.PhilipsFilmReviews.com and has been in line with his girlfriend Adrian since last Wednesday, May 8. They finished class May 8th, and do not have jobs lined up yet. Once again (see my Episode 1 story in the letters archives), the homeless and retired have beaten me in line. It is a testament that I do consider homelessness and retirement viable options for getting a better spot in line for Episode 3. Anyway, Phil's friend Drew is a civil engineering student, who currently lives in Chicago, and made the trip down to see it here in Austin with Phil and their other friend Brian. Needless to say I intend to start a civil engineering company specializing in all things Star Wars with Drew as soon as he graduates. Look for a Darth Vader Wastewater Treatment Plant coming to a city near you.

My brother Todd is making this all possible, keeping our spot in line while I work. Todd came down from Tyler last night so we could get this party started. Turns out the second group in line, right in front of us, is the group from Aint It Cool News. You may have heard of the website's Harry Knowles, the large red-headed man from Austin who was shown on news channels all over the nation for being the first person, outside of Lucasfilm, to see Episode 2, alone in a hotel room with two mysterious people who wanted him to spread the word that the movie was good. I'm unsure if Harry is actually a part of the group that will see the movie or not.

Of course, it hasn't gone un-noticed that besides Todd and I, the rest of the people in line do this stuff for a living. Blame this all on my parents.

We are at the Metropolitan Theater in South Austin. Funny story: The line at the Gateway Theater in north Austin has been going for about 3 weeks now. They had a big, lifesize cardboard cutout of Jar Jar Binks with the quote "Weesa Back" standing at the front of their line. Apparently a few nights ago a few of those in line woke up about 2 a.m., to the sound of screeching tires. They only saw a white Ford Bronco speeding away and heard somebody yell, "Jar Jar is ours!!!" Needless to say they are currently petitioning online for a massive manhunt of the stolen Jar Jar. So if anybody sees O.J. with a Jar Jar cutout, he be guilty.

I'll continue to update here when I can get my hands on a computer. Those of you reading this that live in Austin, feel free to drop by the Metropolitan Theater any night between now and Wednesday to say hi, as we will probably be in dire need of entertainment. Any donations or temporary loans of Mountain Dew, burgers, candy, laptops, and Gameboys would be appreciated.

Well, Ronda and I raced over to the Metropolitan theater just a few minutes ago...look what we got (for ourselves and a few...eh, a lot of friends):

For those of you that know me, you know I'm giddy. Now the debate is whether to dress as Yoda or Pimp Lando.