Wednesday at the Kwik-E-Mart

by: bamf 1 year, 4 months, 4 weeks, 2 days, 3 hours, 28 minutes ago 5

Bamf here rematerializing from the void..

There is a certain absolution to being able to see an object or a place that you have only before witnessed on Television or in the theater.  When I went to see the Black Peale from Pirates of the Caribbean I was as giddy as a 4 year old with new Spiderman underpants--and I don’t even care for that series much.  But to see those black sails lap against the gentle wind outside of a box on the screen was truly something to behold. On the other end, when in Las Vegas I went to the Hilton Hotels Star Trek Experience.  That was worth every penny spent, and man did I get loaded on booze at Quarks bar even before the morning became the afternoon.

While inebriated, I was still able to keep my bladder under control, never once releasing golden drips of glee when I saw Kirks horrid uniform from Star Trek: The Motion Picture.  However, when I stepped onto the bridge of the Enterprise and saw the glow of mahogany interlaced with the user control panels, the huge view screen and kick ass captains chair; I nearly became incontinent and really wouldn’t have cared if I had.

This leads us from the past, to the future, to the present--in a place we could never visit even with Quantum Physics on our side.  The world of the Simpsons.

In Burbank California there is a Seven-11 store that has redressed itself into a fully functioning Kwik-E-Mart from Springfield.  I arrived just after screening Herzog’s Rescue Dawn and was surprised that there was a line to wait in before you could step inside.  So I stepped into the queue and asked they guy in front of me if they had run off any Shelbyville folks, he chuckled and later I swear I heard the joke echoed a couple times around the store.  Here is my report in pictures, taken one Wenesday afternoon when all the Pink donuts with sprinkles were gone, and somewhere in the distance I could hear Bleeding Gums Murphy wail on the Sax-o-mophone with no Frosted Krusty-O’s to be found. 

Cherry Squishee of course...

Original art by series contributors.

The least amount of thought went into this one. Booo.

(Insert) ev-er!

Graffiti found on the side of the building.

If you are near any of the cities listed here.  I suggest the trip may be worth it or live vicariously through me!

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