reading the OSCCON configuration was indeed a bit (pardon the pun) confusing because i thought i was selecting the internal osc by setting osccon.1 and osccon.0 to 1x. thanks for straightening me out. i've tested it and it does indeed work.

thanks again everyone (especially Bruce)!

now i'm running 32Mhz off of an internal osc. that's awesome!

-=drew