Could I be any lazier? Oh, and P.S.: I hate CNN.

For once, the answer is, yes, I could! I got up extra early this morning and went jogging/walking around the reservoir in Central Park. It's been ages since I've done that, so it was definitely more walking than anything else, but I'm glad I did it. I'm going to try to start going on a regular basis again.

After I got home, I collapsed on the couch for a few minutes to drink some water before getting ready for work. I turned on the TV to see what I could find out about the state of the world and found myself watching CNN. Now, you may have heard about the recent tussle French President Nicolas Sarkozy got into with some American photographers while he was vacationing off the coast of New Hampshire (more details here if you haven't heard about this). Basically, he was irritated about being photographed and confronted the photographers, complete with much yelling in French. CNN's take on this? Some asshole morning news guy (not the anchor, some other dip shit whose name I don't know) says: "We are Americans. We don't speak French in France; we're certainly not going to speak it in New Hampshire." Thank you very much, CNN, for reinforcing the Ugly American stereotype so effectively. It's a sad day in the world of journalism when the self proclaimed "most trusted name in news" considers it good reporting to jovially encourage Americans to embrace their obnoxious reluctance to learn anything about any other culture and, rather, cling to the ridiculous assumption that the whole world over is just dying to bend to our will. I've hated CNN for a long time now. But this...this is a whole new low.

I needed to stop watching CNN immediately (and probably permanently) after that and started flipping channels. I sped past the Disney channel but had to flip back again, because I thought I saw a familiar face. Sure enough, John Tartaglia of Avenue Q fame has his own Disney show called Johnny and the Sprites. I miss having J.T. on Broadway, but I guess he has to pay the bills.