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01/30/2005: C-3P0 reads X-E!

So, guess who read that article on C-3P0’s Cereal?

C-3P0. No, really. I got an e-mail from the guy who runs Anthony Daniels’ site, telling me how happy he was to see that another soul had a box of the stuff, and how reading the article opened the gates for plenty of memories from the commercial shoot. At first I wasn’t too sure if the man himself read it, but hey, go check out his site. He did! Prittttty cool.

Well, that’s two. I got to meet Harrison Ford under fairly intimate circumstances at the junket for K-19, but between my well-hidden awestruckityness and the fact that there were four other interviewers in the room, it didn’t amount to much more than introductions and a couple of questions about a movie nobody went to see. And I had this really bad pinkish red hair thing going on, so I was all antsy. Still, I was sitting three feet from Han Solo — like Greedo.

Admittedly, if there’s anything worse than starfucking, it’s starwarsfucking. But I am pretty humbled and so wanting to reuse my C-3P0 Play-Doh mold. Maybe me and Anthony can head down to PS-166 and shoot some hoops.

Just got done on a freelance project that required watching 20 hours of a television show that must remain nameless for now. I love the show, but combing through 20 hours of anything is a pretty damning project. I will now celebrate the big finish by atrophying for the few hours I have left before yet another glorious workweek. Rumors persist that I may get a full day off in 2012, but I’ll probably waste that day writing a tribute to Hordak or something.

Posted by Matt. E-mail me!

Congradulations on the high-profile e-mail, Matt. I’m glad even galaxies far, far away know this site…as well they should.

Anthony Daniels has a rather bizarre sense of humor,which can be attested to from the columns he used to do for Star Wars Insider,so I’d think you two would get along very well Matt.

"And I had this really bad pinkish red hair thing going on, so I was all antsy." so awesome

That reminds me of my most favorite XE blog post, ever. It was when Matt went to Staples and got ultra nervous because people were getting really pumped about Crystal Pepsi. He mentions 3P0’s in that blog post, too. So it’s kinda relevant.

Don’t have anything to say but wanted to get an early post in there.
"A TV show that must remain nameless", huh? I’m intrigued….

Sorry I haven¡¦t posted in awhile gang. I would have posted, but I didn¡¦t want to steal the baby thunder from Mr. and Mrs. Manimal and of course, sweet little E.C. Also, I was feeling depressed about hearing so many of my 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines brethren perish in that helicopter crash.

I came thundering into this world on 7 September 1979. Adopted, first round pick in the 1979 Draft. I¡¦m a free agent next year so I¡¦m looking to get the fat contract. Oh wait, I¡¦m married, nevermind. Moved from Houston to Bay City (read: bumpkin country) when my dad was forced to retire.

Signed up for the Marines in the summer of 1997, but my dad died of cancer in September, so I went to crap, going from 200 lbs to 240. Went into the Marines in 1998 to get my college education money, see the world, kill people, etc. Well, 2/3 ain¡¦t bad if you count going to Hawaii (worst place you can possibly be stationed), Korea (shout out Muppet Baby!) and Okinawa seeing the world. Okinawa is also great because that is where I stumbled upon WrestleCrap, Homestarunner, and this great website that is X-E. It¡¦s funny, I suggest X-E to everyone I meet, but by saying the full name of the site, most people give me a disgusted look like, ¡§how could you direct me to a porn site?¡¨

I went to the University of Houston for two years, the last as a Resident Assistant. My major was and still is Communications-Journalism, but at this point, I just want a degree. Labor Day 2003 I met Heather and fell in love at first site. Proposed to her on Christmas Day 2003. Married here on March 6 (more like eloped) and again on June 12th, which begs the question female X-E¡¦rs, what date do I eat the cake and what date do I get my beautiful wife a gift?

In May 2004, wife and I received a shock as we were headed to our wedding shower. She had been accepted to teach overseas to American military kids with DoDDs. She was a graduate of DoDDs and it just so happened she got accepted close to her old stomping grounds here in Germany.

Watching a Packers game on AFN on December 1, 2004 I was greeted by my wife and a EPT stick. I mean yes, this is technically my third child too, but I made this one from scratch while I inherited the other two in a corporate takeover.

So now I¡¦m just a regular house husband, taking care of the little one until the other little one arrives. In my spare time (when I¡¦m not yelling at them to clean their room), I attend online courses with University of Maryland (hope to graduate in 2006, perhaps teach history at a local high school and coach football) and I play football (quarterback) for the Giessen Golden Dragons, an American Football Club team here.

If anyone has great ways to train newborns in the ways of the 80¡¦s please let me know. ƒº
So that¡¦s me in a nutshell X-E family. Feel free to steal my identity if you like, but let me tell ya, I¡¦m broke. Have fun.

Special Thanks goes to:
Matt (First and foremost, for having this site and having a blog for ordinary people to blather on about)
Trajeal (My dear, your wonderful links keep me entertained and enlightened for hours. Also, your advice for raising kids is taken to heart, its just so hard to train them)
Muppet Baby (For making me miss Korea, I mean there are some good things there right?)
Manimal (For sharing the wonderful moments of your first born with us. My wife loved the photo, but she thought you named your daughter after a pastry. I think you can forgive her, I mean she is pregnant, hormones ya know?)

HEY YOU! That’s right, you, Matt-blog-visitor….do you want to help someone out who really needs input? Then click my name and check out my concept for a nationally syndicated comic strip! Then give me feedback. This is important to me, so please?

Wow that is amazing. Beyond cool. AD’s column was always the greatest part of Star Wars Insider. I love the fact that it’s really him inside the suit for the commercial. Rereading the 3P0’s article I’m seeing a couple of pics that didn’t show up for me last time (go figure) and methinks I see the second pair of uncensored nips in X-E history.

ooooooooo…Secret TV shows! I hope there’s one about ninjas that you can hire to do your laundry.

Matt- Holy shit, dude- I didn’t know you were once Greedo to Han himself! And this is SO GREAT that C3P0’s peeps recognize the love you have for that cereal. I am so jealous of your Star Wars connections! SO jealous…I wish I were so connected to that magical world far, far away.

EMajorwitz- I knew you were once in Itaewon! I just knew it! Yeah, Korea is not all bad- I ate some great mandu tonight, and I always love a good night of soju and bulgoggi! (any liqour that is 2 DOLLARS A BOTTLE AT 20% ALCOHOL is fine by me). I will miss Korea when i leave, so I guess you probably miss it, too- how long were you here?

There should be a secret TV show called TGHBTMNT Teletubies Get Hung By The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I would actually watch that

HOLY CRAP MATT!!! C3-P0 himself loves your tribute!! So much he has it quoted 2 times on his site. Truley a Star Wars dream come true! I was once asked by one of the X-Wing pilots if the picture i took of me and him could appear on his site, but alas…it never made it on…also Ray Park loved a pic i took i took of him so much he asked me for the negative so he could possibly make his own 8 by 10s from them…only to say nahhh dont worry its "my private memory" of him…crap…no luck. But to have THE GOLDEN GOD love your article???!!! The force is truly with you…………… Oh man i saw some really hot episode 3 pics online the other day(by hot i mean spoleriffic!!!!!!!)….I CANT WAIT!!!!!!!

Mars- Hey, I checked out your stuff, and I wrote a huge reply email, but then it didn’t send and I don’t know why (can’t read the Korean screen). So, expect an email from me soon about Mulberry!:)

I went to Target today and I found a rather interesting thing, Chocolate Lucky Charms. Is this new or did I miss something? I was intrigued, so I bought a box. Tomorrow I will find out if it’s a good Count Chocula knockoff. It’s already losing some points because the marshmallows aren’t chocolate, they’re the ordinary ones from regular Lucky Charms.

I hope the mystery TV show’s identity will be revealed before everyone forgets about it…

Matt, you da man! No…Star Wars…YO-DA MAN!!! Maybe if I write an article about Mr. T Cereal, Mr. T will e-mail me. "Hey sucka! Drink yo milk!"

The closest I got to staying in touch with a celebrity was with a guy called Glenn Shadix. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, he played Otho is Beetlejuice and he did the voice of the Mayor in Nightmare Before Christmas. Anyway, in my freshman year of high school, we watched a cheap 1980’s film called "The Necklace" based on some story by Guy de Moupassant (sp?) that we happened to be reading, and he had a brief scene as a jeweler or something. Anyway, some kid in our class, not me, yelled out "THAT’S THE GUY FROM BEETLEJUICE!" and so at a collectible show in North Jersey back in 2001, I asked Glenn about that role. Apparently, it was his first filmed acting gig EVER and he had NEVER seen it. So I checked with my teacher from high school, got the info about the video and was able to hook him up with a copy. So that was pretty cool.

C-3PO… in the flesh? Or, would that be in the gold metallic suit? Whichever you choose… it’s remarkable not just that he had his very own ceral, and kids everywhere were eating it… but that he also reads X-E! In-freaking-sane.

Hmmm, what show has Matt been forced to watch. Something he likes, but not too much. Rocko’s Modern Life, maybe? It’s freelance, so maybe it’s not Nick-related. Family Guy?

Okay…I give up. Matt, what do you "do"? I’m assuming you’re a writer but I don’t know more than that. I’m in Canada, is there anywhere I would be able to find your non-xe work? (I’m going with the assumption that you are hilarious at all times).

I have a magazine that has a interview with Mr. Daniels in it, and his memories of wearing the suit on set. He liked how the hardcore SW fans rationalized why C3PO has a silver leg. In fact, I hear he’s one of the most laid-back, if not the most laid-back, members of the original cast members.

So, I read the C-3P0 article. You work in advertising…feel free to ignore my previous comment. (it’s cold up here…my brain’s frozen)

Matt,
Congratulations on hearing from the man himself!! I thought of you and the C-3PO cereal over the weekend. My boyfriend and I were watching the DVD of the Twilight Zone episodes that were made in the 80s and there’s one episode about Melinda Dillon having the power to stop time, etc. and she’s in the supermarket going down the cereal aisle and I bursted out C-3PO CEREAL!!! My boyfriend had to rewind the DVD and see the box for himself. Best scene in the whole episode: seeing all those old cereal boxes.

Matt, I saw a picture online of Episode III themed Froot Loops, Apple Jacks and Corn Pops…all with Lightsaber spoons! Please tell me all the Episode III products will be a worthy review, ala the Hulk and Shrek 2.

Given that this could possibly be the last big SW blitz of this generation, absolutely.

I have seen those curent SW cereals, but somehow, they don’t seem as inspired as C3PO’s. Not as much heart, ironically. Or not.
Dances like the Tin Man: thumpitty-thump, thumpitty-thump, ka-thump, toot toot!

I predict that people will start demanding a Hordak tribute just as they now demand an epic conclusion to the Chia pet saga.

Congrats on the email — exciting stuff. I got a quick thanks from someone involved with the creation of Nick Jr.s "Backyardigans" series for a little piece on my site (original piece is linked if you click my name). She probably didn’t realize that my site only has a readership of 3 peoplek but it was nice anyway.

Yeah, we already thought of the E.Claire before we named her. However, bear in mind that Mrs. Manimal is a French teacher….

E. Claire is either a dessert or, my favorite, an oblique The Tick reference. You gonna name your first son Eastern Bloc Robot Cowboy? Or Chairface?

Hey Darth, I think that’s neat. In fact, it’s damn cool that you were able to get him a copy of a movie he was in but that he’d never seen. (I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that Glenn Shadix also played a mean city councilman on Carnivale. Though I must admit that I screamed "OTHO!!" the first time he appeared onscreen, just like your classmate ;))
I can’t get over how effing rad it is that Anthony Daniels himself read the tribute. C3P0 reads the same X-E as you and me! I remember reading his articles in Insider describing the shooting for Episode 1 and being filled with tremendous excitement and anticipation for how great it was going to be. Aaah, to be young and innocent again…

The fact that you met Harrison Ford for that stupid movie is hilarous. I’d probably ask him how he feels about Greedo shooting first. But then I’d feel really bad about myself afterword.

Mmmmm, twenty hours of a show - can you imagine having to do a montage for a flashback show from … oh, i dunno … Full House (Arrgh Arrgh), and then being told … ehhh, do it again, I don’t like those clips. Aaargh!

Anyway, I have a Robotech Colour-in Activity Book, Matt, from the first series, so lotsa mazes involving Veritech fighters, Rick Hunter and Skull-leader plane, SDF1 shots, Breetai and Exxor, Minmay even I think. Want some scans? Do ya do ya? With the snazzy cover too, natch. Hours of fun. With "Escort Rick Hunter through the maze while avoiding the dreaded Zentraedi pod fighter" Pages.

I’ve already told people that C3P0 reads the same website I do! I am so proud of Matt, and his excellent articles.:)

Being from Canada orignally, I don’t think many people here would know the famous people I’ve met- mainly hockey players and Canadian musicians.
Now that I’m in Korea, I’m pretty sure I could get on TV myself- they have entire TV channels with poor English suckers trying to teach kids English through the magic of poor TV programming. I could be a star!

I wonder if Mr. D reads the comments? Maybe, just maybe, he’s one of us!?! He could be you, or you, or you, or even you! He can’t be me, because I refuse to believe Anthony Daniels is doing yearly inventory at a art gallery in Oklahoma. I’ll be keeping an eye on you.

Apparently the crawl appearing at the beginning of Episode 3 has been leaked. Possibly a hoax, but seems real. (Nothing seemed like more of a Star Wars hoax to me than this and look how that turned out).

My name is Anthony Daniels…wait no, my name is Indigo Montoya…wait, wait, this is not going as well as I thought it would. Boo-hoo.

Dude. I swear. Matt is where it all happens. In Vancouver itself, it’s pretty happenin’, but not like New York. And in the town I’m actually in here in BC, NOTHING happens. My family’s home in Sacramento’s pretty boring too. I swear. I gotta move to either NY or LA once I finish school this semester. But most likely, I’ll just end up moving into Downtown Sac or something like that.

Sis is on her way out of Iraq today! By this weekend, she’ll be back at FT. Sill, here in the Sooner State, and soon after that, HOME! If any of my posts suddenly cut off, it’s because I ’sploded from anticipation. I can’t wai- *SPLUTCH!*

Whoa. Sis kingklash suffered a head wound, huh? Damn. I’ve been outta the loop too much lately. Probably due to the fact that I was too busy over Christmas break, and the fact that my internet was down over the past week (shitty dorm living conditions!), and the fact that I don’t have time to read every post.

I remember when Kingklash told me about his sister after I put up one of my most personal posts. Dunno why I did, either. Just felt I had to tell some people here on X-E. Anyway, Kingklash had a story about his sister that related to mine.

Did anyone notice that in the ad for Boogeyman, they misspelled Freddy Krueger’s name? The ad spells it "Freddie" Hrrmph. What’s that tell you?

kingklash, very glad to hear your sis will be back in the homeland. Thank God she came back as safe as she did. My cuz (former Air Force) was working as a civilian in the Green Zone as a recreations personnel type thing for a year plus. She finally had to get out after a dud rocket hit her trailer while she was sleeping. She was home within two weeks.

Kidneyboy- Maybe the "Boogeyman" film people didn’t actually have permission to use Freddy’s name in their commercial, but they went and did it anyways…? Just a theory.

Muppet Baby…ahh, you become so wise, living in the Far East…like spirit of owl or elephant…wise, you know. ahhh so.

I have this sudden urge for a virtual sword-fight with reallllly loooong French breads… any takers?

Klash’s Sis’s "head wound" was just a bump on the forehead in the office, she walked into the door lintel. Are Iraqi office workers very short?

Sis just *BONK’D!* her noggin on a window, nothing bad. She did ask about a Purple Heart and/or benefits, but they just gave her a couple of passes with a sewin’ needle and sent her back to the office. Wait…. just got news she’s in Germany right now! I’ll let you guys know when she’s in ‘Merican airspace. When she got to come home for ThanksGivin’, she had layovers in Germany, then Ireland, followed by a couple of jumps at airbases here in the home country. Soon, though, soo-*SPLORTCH!*

So glad to hear she’s on her way home, King. Hope it’s a happy homecoming for everybody.

Fark is having a big-assed party? Damn. Wish I could make it to NYC. But since I’m on the west coast, and I have an audition tonight, I can’t. Heh heh.

For some reason, I don’t think there are many farkers here in NYC. I didn’t go. Got the ol’ "yeah ah, I’m going to have to go ahead and ask you to work late tonight, so if you could stay ’till 11 or so that’d be greeeaaat, thanks" a-la Lumberg.

Hey Matt, if you still read this site, roll on over to 46th b/w 5th and 6th. There’s a comic book shop on the north side of the street (near McAnn’s) with a giant plush spidey in the window. The area is also LOADED with 99 cent stores (which is weird, I think, for midtown) with hundreds of treasures just waiting to be discovered.

Surpise, surprise! Sis is here! At home! About 8:00 last night, she called her husband and said she was in Maine! Said she’d call after she got to base and then she’d give him more details about how to get her stuff for coming home. 2:00am rolls around and another call: come get her, and bring the kids. For whatever security reasons, a lot of units have been brought in under cover of night, but I kind of understand that. Brother-in-law and sons get there, and a lot of families were there waiting. seems they knew way ahead of time, and for whatever reasons, we were left out of the loop. Both Ma and Brother-in-law are going to look into it. They know who to ask and how to ask. I’m just glad Sis is home. She’s got today at home to rest up and such, then back to Ft. Sill for debreifing, paperwork, and whatever. Later, we’re going to have a small pow-wow for her return. Not only is she considered a veteran by the government, she’s a returning warrior in the eyes of tribal elders. She is going to stop by this little dog-and-pony show later today, and I just can’t wai- *KA-SPLOOSH!*

Here is a subvulture article, an oldie but a goodie…plus it’s about the double G’s, you know you wanna partay.

SO, I just saw a Mcds commercial, that said the MC Rib is back! Ive never had one, but Im excited to try it!

Yay! I finally got my hands on the Alternators Hound. Worth every penny of the $34.97 he cost me.

Looks like the Alternators line is going to be fairly large. Hasbro is cashing in on all of us "mature" toy-lovers.. what a great time to be a Transformers fan!

Saw me a hound at a Wal-Mart a couple towns over. He was one of my favorites. I know what I’m getting in short order. I’m hunting down the Anniversary Prime at another store as well.

kingklash, you must find the Prime. I got him for my b-day last year, and he’s worth every penny. He’s like 8 feet tall, and solid as a fucking rock. All metal and moving springs…really a quality job. I guess the only diff. between the Hasbro one and the Takara one is some battle damage markings on the chest of the Hasbro Prime. The Takara one doesn’t have them.

Cyanyde…the Alternators rock. I have four of them: Hound, Silverstreak, Smokescreen, and Side-Swipe. I am hoping to get a few more soon. They are only around $24 at the Wal-Sack by me.

I wanted to post this for anyone who knows of any soldiers currently fighting in Iraq. Dunkin Donuts will send them free coffee if you send then the soldier’s APO address. Here’s the info:

Dunkin Donuts will ship a case of coffee (that’s 24 one-pound bags!)
to anybody serving in Iraq. All you need to do email the company or
write the company with the name and APO address of the person you
want to have them ship it to. Dunkin Donuts donates the coffee and
pays all the shipping costs.

Go to http://www.dunkindonuts.com
Click on "About Us"
Click on "Contact us"
Click on "Instore visits"
Fill out the form and in the "COMMENTS" section put the soldier’s
name and APO address.
Also state you would like them to send your soldier coffee.
Click on "Summit"

Request that they send your soldier coffee.
Include Name and APO address.
Mail it.

Happy birthday! Many happy returns! Don’t party too hearty, unless you really want to, in which case party like it’s 1999 and Y2K is coming to kill us all.

Yay! Happy Birthday, Matt! Can’t wait to see all the cool stuff you get! That is, if you wanna show us.

H is for Hordak
A is for "A.C. Slater"
or Artie, his pet lizard
P is for Peanut (mystery bamboo)
P is for the notorious "Photog"
Y is for…uh….um…I’m sick of doing this already. It was ’sposed to say "Happy Birthday Matt" and bring giddiness and joy to the birthday boy!

Hopefully you got away for the weekend to AC and you’re taking tons of pictures.

After reading this, Matt, I can officially say that I want to grow up to be you.

Incase anybody cares, my highschool choir teacher dated Harrison Ford when they were in highschool. I mean, this was probably almost 50 years ago, but still pretty freaking cool. I can’t remember all the details about what went on, and if there was any sort of break-up, but I know that they were still friends for a while, and she did have a Han Solo-esque glossy of him signed to her sitting on her desk. I think she had seen him at some highschool reunions in the last 2 decades. Sad part is, that’s about as close to fames as I’ll ever be.

The only Star Wars person I’ve met was Carrie Fisher. She was signing her book after a reading, so I figured that it was cool and all to get an autograph, but seemed really put out by it. As in she did not look up when I said hello and then she shoved it back at me after signing and almost knocked something off the table. Don’t stay to sign the fucking things then, ya know?!?!?

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