I could not wrap my brain around the "I only drink bottled water" thing till I visited Los Angeles. LA tap water tastes gross, in a way I just can't define. I've never particularly had a problem with any other kind of tap water.

Whereas, the whole vitamin water concept strikes me vaguely as the liquid version of "Just eat a frelling muffin, whitey!"

LA tap water tastes gross, in a way I just can't define.

It's the bleach taste.

I wish I were joking.

oh, he knew damn well. the other thing heated up suddenly, so he's changed his tune. wait till it fizzles, and he'll come crawling back.

Oh well, at least he did let me know about the cancellation in advance and apologize, which puts him a leg up on the vast majority of Memphis' available guys—even if I do think he's full of it about not realizing yesterday that saying yes to a date could be misconstrued to indicate interest on his part. I'm not really owed more than he's done at this stage of the game, suspect motives aside.

I'm tempted to stay on friendly terms just to enjoy the floor show if Daisy's hypothesis turns out to be true. Because the combo of being uninvested AND tactlessly honest could lead to some very entertaining scenes as a third party bystander.

I like Smart Water, especially for exercise. You can buy liquid minerals if you happen to use filtered tap water at home. We go with filtered tap, for the cost and the smaller environmental impact. And the added upside of no plasticky taste to the water.

Whereas, the whole vitamin water concept strikes me vaguely as the liquid version of "Just eat a frelling muffin, whitey!"

It's like drinking juice or soda, but less sweet, which is what I'm looking for.

Lewis Black has a great bit on bottled water and how "Aqua Fina" is "the end of water as we know it."

Aqua Fina just tastes wrong, dude.

I filter at home, mostly so I can keep it crazy cold. It does taste a bit better, but that's not such an issue in Chicago as in other places I've lived. But for out of the house, I love being able to grab a bottle wherever I go. I'm not organized enough, or regular enough in my habits, to make my own.

hee ... that sounds like something Martha Stewart would come up with, "make your own water!" As a matter of fact, I think someone did a parody of her with just that.

I only drink out of my Brita, but DC has NASTY tap water (though by now, I don't notice it so much). Mostly, however, it's just so that I've got cold water and don't have to put ice cubes in it. I hate ice cubes unless I have a straw.

It's like drinking juice or soda, but less sweet, which is what I'm looking for.

Yeah, it hits a nice spot where it is tastier than water and less crap than juice/soda. On the other hand, I picture VH1's "I love the 00's!" and the Michael Ian Black-bot mocking us for going apeshit over watered-down gatorade.