The Simpsons......

Everyone should know by now that The Simpsons are releasing a movie on 7/27/07. And as part of the promotions of the film, select 7-11 stores have been converted into bona fide Kwik-E-Marts. So, being a Simpsons fan since high school (has it been that long?), I wanted to go and see one for myself.

My first attempt was futile however. As I approached the Kwik-E-Mart in West Los Angeles, I could see the sign in the distance and knew that I would be sipping a Blueberry Squishy, guzzling Buzz cola and opening a box of Krusty-O's soon. But my building excitement quickly fizzled as I saw a line of nerds wrapped around the corner of the building. How dare they! And there was actually a security guard posted at the door making sure the geek ratio didn't get out of balance in the store. I didn't have the time to wait in line with the other mouth-breathing four-eyes waiting to get an over-priced dust-collecting trinket to sit on the shelf next to my personally built computer. Although my coworker pointed out if I went on my way to work at 6:30 in the morning, there should be plenty of space for me to waste my time and money. In the words of Homer Simpson...woohoo!

So I dropped by this morning and as anticipated, there was only the regular flow of coffee seekers crawling around the store. I waltzed up to the front door and saw the reason for the lack of nerdism....they had sold out of everything! Well, they still had plastic commemorative Slurpee cups with Simpsons characters on the side, but it was too early for a Slurpee, even for me. So I settled for a cup of coffee and a Simpsons looking donut. Trying to look normal among all the other customers, I stood in line with my pink sprinkles donut and strode out with my head held high. The donut was too sweet, I guess Homer would like it. Maybe I'll try again when I see a steam of nerds funneling towards the local 7-11.