Google Voice: Yeah, I didn’t know it existed either.

He'll never be able to wear that shirt again.

I’m the type of person who is, how do you say, not very techno-savvy.  I still buy and read actual books–Kindle can suck it.  (Sidebar:  How will you demonstrate your intelligence to guests if you don’t have numerous leather-bound books lying around? Or how will you steady that Value Village table leg that is just a spaghetti-in-you-lap disaster waiting to happen? I worry about these things. But, as I was saying…) I also actually use my phone as a, dare I say it, phone. No internet, or GPSing or video playing. Just talkin’ and textin’ for this little lady.

But I will say that ever since I started using Gmail I’ve been keen to try out some of Google’s new ventures. They are so mainstream it’s hard not to just jump on the overcrowded bandwagon. Michael and I Google Doc-ed our review of Toy Story 3, I lost my planner and had to use Google Calendar for a summer and Google Blog search is fun for Saturday mornings while you eat your Special K with red berries.

A Letter to Amanda Bynes

Dear Amanda,

This feels like some kind of alternate Ask Ashley segment from All That episodes of yore, but I have to talk to you. I heard about what you’ve done. And all I have to say is: I’m sorry.

I’m sorry that you’re an idiot.

Theme Song Tryouts: Take 3 (minutes for your eardrums to heal)

All right, all right… we’re all still crying about Toy Story 3. Ugghhh.  Let’s bring this party back with a new installment of our incredibly popular (if only to us) Theme Song Tryouts series, sponsored in part by Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Apologies for the loudness… Michael’s neighbors hate us; we hope the same won’t be true for you.

Toy Story 3 Breakdown (literally)

No, WE are eternally grateful.

(SPOILER FREE!) Being the hardworking young Americans we both are, we went to a weekday morning showing of Toy Story 3 (in glorious 2-D!) equipped with enough doughnuts and mimosas to crack open the hard shells of cynicism and bitterness we typically don and enough Kleenex to dry up the resultant tears. Most are calling this the best movie of the summer. Many are calling it the best movie of the year. Some are now even calling the entire saga the best motion picture trilogy of all time. So what’d we think of the finale of one of the most influential and memorable film series of our lifetimes?

… you’ll need to give us a moment.

Theme Song Tryouts: Take 2

Remember how a little less than a week ago, we posted a video of us (one drunk, the other sober… won’t spoil which is which) trying to come up with a theme song for our beloved blog, and then we cryptically promised there would be “more to come.”  Well, you might still be able to accuse us of rhythmic deficiency, but now at least you can’t accuse us of lying.  Enjoy!

The Tony’s: A Comedy of Errors

No additional dimming necessary.

I’ll be honest… my memory ain’t what it used to be.  Hell, I can’t really even remember what my memory used to be well enough to tell if what it is now really isn’t what it was back in the day.  (What? Sorry.) But the parts of my brain that I haven’t drank away assure me of one undeniable fact about awards shows: they keep getting harder and harder to watch.  Sadly, I think tonight’s Tony Awards underscored my biggest problem with the genre with  today.

Sure, these shows in general are kind of television’s black sheep: they don’t make much money; the voting is flawed; the wrong people win; they’re more than a little bit indulgent – for me, that’s all a matter of course.  Let’s face it, they’re not for everybody to begin with.  But for those of us who are into whatever artform Awards Show du Jour happens to be honoring, it should still be a good 3+ hours’ worth of viewing pleasure, right?

Apparently not.

A Poor Man’s Guide to the Movies

Even during the Great Depression, people queued to see the movies.

The good thing about being really, really, super poor this particular summer is that it hasn’t been all that hard to trim down my entertainment budget.  I’ll be honest… I’m not a big fan of thrillers (Splice), stupid comedies (Get Him to the Greek) or Shrek movies, so really, there hasn’t been a lot so far that I’m dying to pay eleven hard-earned dollars to see.  And when people start to tell me about how great Get Him to the Greek is, or how Splice is actually a compelling movie that brings up intriguing questions, I usually either think to myself that I’ll watch them when they’re streaming on Netflix (which I’m paying like $16/month for already) or I ignore those evil assholes completely.

Still, let’s be real… it’s as hard to keep Michael Trenary out of the theater in the summer as it is to keep Jamie Oliver out of a PopFountain post.  So whilst rolling about $20 worth of pennies that I would later use to pay my June electric bill, I developed a brand new way to prioritize my movie ticket spending.  Behold, A Poor Man’s Guide to the Movies…

Theme Song Tryouts: Take 1

We know it… you’re bored.  We’re bored.  We thought Toy Stoy 3 was coming out this week too and so we thought, “Hey, there’ll finally be something compelling for us to blog about,” but oh… we were both wrong.  Then we thought, “Wait!  Every good blog has a theme song, right?  RIGHT?!”  So, inspired by recent findings we decided to strike out and attempt to create our own PopFountain of musical myrrh.  More to come…

Summer TV Possibility

People. Have you seen the preview for the new TV show premiering tonight on FOX called The Good Guys? Because I am really looking forward to it. Like, I might actually watch it when it happens instead of waiting to Hulu-it, kind of looking forward. Here’s the trailer:

I can’t quite pin point why exactly I’m so stoked, but here are some theories. (And further proof that my Achilles heel is my penchant for list making.)

“Come little children/I’ll take thee away”

Hocus Pocus reference in June? DOUBLE POINTS.

We would never do this to you.

But seriously. PopFountain recently created the Twitter account @PopFountain (how ever did we come up with that title?) and we want you all to follow us like lemurs to the water. Need some reasons? Well belly up to the bar and listen to this soda jerk’s truth spittin’.

Things that you’ll find on our Twitter account:

1. Late-breaking pop culture news that we  discovered from one of our trusted news sources*
2. Live-tweeting of events such as midnight openings, season finales, and concerts
3. Retweeted hilariousness from the best twitter-ers out there (like @kikiabba and @sedgeforrent)
4. Drunk tweeting is bound to happen at some point
5. And basically anything that we want to share with you but only have 140 characters worth of things to say about it

So follow us, we’ll follow you, and together we’ll all somehow figure out how to get on Ellen!

(*read as either “Leaky Cauldron” or “Facebook”)