Over the holidays, I cleaned out a bunch of stuff in my attic and came across my old water bottle. As the layers upon layers of stickers show, I had this thing for years. I could never throw it away, even though it’s made of the bad plastic that gives you cancer or whatever. It’s crap like this that I get attached to — water bottles, sneakers, sandals, basically anything that would accompany you during “your travels.” I mean, I once hung onto a pair of zip-off pants for about five years too long.

Zip. Off’s.

But in an effort to cut down on my stuff at home, I finally bid adieu to my cancer-causing water bottle. But I want you take a look at the pictures and just imagine how many times I tried to ingratiate myself to a cute girl at a campfire by telling her all about the stickers on my water bottle.*

* Guys, this is a terrible idea. Just kiss her already.

L.A. AQUEDUCT SYSTEM

LA uses about 600 million gallons of water everyday. This vid is about how that happens, how it came to be and how a lot of the infrastructure needs to be replaced. It’s a great watch for anyone interested in LA history (well at least the first three minutes). It’s a little… well, you know how the History Channel can sometimes be (annoyingly folksy), but still really interesting. 

Also interesting is a concerted effort to turn the L.A. Aqueduct back into a river, rather than just be a giant ugly concrete basin.