hey all. when attempting to implement the solution provided by kathy (big thanks for that=) a friend suggested this alternate. (you don't need access to tiger)
go here and get 'pacifist' it's a 'can opener' app that lets you extract individual files from .pkg installers.
http://www.charlessoft.com/Pacifist.dmg then go here and get the java 2SE50 release for tiger... extract the versions folder and you're in business.=)
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release1.html
