i am victorious!
It ended up being the drain passage, right before the water exits the car, it goes down into the front corner of the door. In there, i found a nice deposit of dirt and stuff that seemed like sand built up in there, and the insulation was what was holding it in there. But i also noticed it running down from behind the dash...so i went to work finding that. A little while later after putting the hose in various places, i found out that the weatherstripping for the blower cage was coming up a bit, so i pumped that bitch full of silicone and called it a day. heres some random pictures before my camera battery died
Thats how much water was in there AFTER i tried drying it out.
Peeling back the carpet...there was a nice lake under there too. On the right side in my driveway, you can see the dirt that came out of the corner of the door.
and there it sits with the cowl off and one of the wipers off - what a pain in the ass. you can see my garden hose there for testing purposes
hopefully i dont end up with anymore water.