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La cynique mélancolique

Friday, 28 April 2006 | 0:07

Light gray clouds are floating quickly through the sky, converging on the city. It’s supposed to rain tonight. Ma journée a commencée bien: le soleil, l’air doux, les calins avec mon compagnon jusqu’à tard le matin… Puis l’après-midi m’a apporté des mauvaises nouvelles, et je ne suis plus d’une bonne humeur. I’ve been alternating between being emotionless and teary. D’où vient ce mauvaise humeur? Je ne vous raconterai pas mes chagrins, sauf pour dire qu’ils sont des chagrins financières. Suffice it to say that my situation hasn’t really changed, but rather I’m now fully aware of it, and it isn’t particularly rosy.
As I rode home on the bus, crying behind my sunglasses, a woman with a child in a stroller got on. La fille n’avait que 2 ans, je crois, et elle était une petite fille extrèmement heureuse. Elle souriait, elle riait, elle disait ‘bonjour’ à tous les gens sur l’autobus. It couldn’t help but brighten my afternoon, even if only a little bit and for only a short while.
As I climbed off the bus at my transfer point, I looked across the street at the department store and thought: I need chocolate. Bien que je suis un peu déprimé grâce à mes finances, une petite tablette de chocolat n’est pas trop cher. Et comme vous le savez, le chocolat est un antidepresseur très efficace! But something else entirely caught my eye as I walked in to the store: the produce section. Bright pink and white, barely ripened strawberries, and fresh, green sugar snap peas – on sale! Make no mistake, I still got some chocolate; but as soon as I got home, I washed and prepared my fresh, colourful treasures and indulged. Imagine that: fruits and veggies as comfort food!
Les fraises, pas complètement mûres, sont toujours un peu dures et acides; les pois sont croquants et légèrement sucrés. Après ce casse-croûte plein de fraîcheur, je me sens mieux. And a quick look out the window shows that the clouds have parted ever so slightly, allowing some late-afternoon sun to shine through.

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