나의 작품들 - 스토리
07/09/06 01:01(년/월/일 시:분)
"Hey, don't eat that trash food." I said to my old friends, Jack.
I know he is a good person, and we have been good friends for 30 years, but I don't like his eating habit. He likes hamburgers too much, especially Happy Meal.
You probably know what is Happy Meal, but Jack's Happy Meal is little bit different. In fact, It's crazy. He's eating Big Mac, drinking Budweiser, and smoking Marlboro at the same time. One bite of a hamburger, one sip of beer, and one puff of a cigarette. He calls this crazy combination "Happy Meal."
"Please stop eating like this." I said again.
"Man, this is my life, okay?" Jack said.
Jack has been eating like this for his whole life. He thought his fat body represents America's whole history, which is big, large, heavy, unhealthy, oily, greedy, and happy. I've tried to make him lose weight so many times, but he'd had no will to get rid of his America's symbolic fat from his body at all. So now, his belly is as tall as a mountain, his face covered with a lot of pimple, his blood vessel has heavy traffic jam with cholesterol, and actually he doesn't look like human, but a giant alien from the outer planet, whose name may be Obese.
Someone said we looked like Blues Brothers, which were a fat guy and a skinny guy. Actually I'm not skinny. I really care about my daily nutrition like low sodium, low carb, low fat, low calories, and high protein. It's really hard to suppress my appetite, but I want to keep my well-shaped body. That's why I always check the nutrition facts on food.
"Jack, your food is not so nutritious. Check the nutrition facts." I said.
"What? The nutrition facts?" Jack asked.
I checked the nutrition facts of Big Mac; Calories, fat, sodium, carbohydrate, protein, and
happy.
Calories 540
Fat 29g
Sodium 1040mg
Carb. 45g
Protein 25g
Happy 87
"What! Happy?" I shouted.
"Happy, that's right. You know I'm happy when I'm eating this." Jack chuckled while eating fries.
"What happened...?" Oh my god." I couldn't believe my eyes.
"I don't know, maybe FDA changed the law or something." He laughed.
It made sense. Happy point for Happy Meal. People like greasy or creamy foods because we feel satisfied. It was a calculation to measure our emotions. Alright, it made sense. I barely calmed down.
But, what about my life! I've suppressed my hunger to keep my body good. It's true I've never cared about my happiness. Some hungry nights, I had to be patient not to eat anything. I just hung around the refrigerator and opened the door again and again meaninglessly. Damn it, hungry!
Now, see Jack in front of me. Now he's recharging his happiness with the god-damn-big-giant hamburger. Oh my god, it looks so... DELICIOUS. He's absolutely not hesitated about eating. I think he just can't control his appetite well. It's eating disorder.
His face was full of happiness though. I know he might get a sudden heart attack because of the hamburger with lots of trans-fat and saturated fat. It might be happy but paintful in the future. Nothing is more important than health.
But, have I thought about now? or my feeling? How long should I wait not to be pretending nice? You know what, I'm already sick and tired of this kind of acting like a good boy. I can totally undertand his feeling now.
"Give me that shit, dude." I snated his hamburger from his hand.
Oh, it looks so greasy. I will directly get fat! Meanwhile, it looks so delicious, and it's calling great appetite well. It's natural as human being. Don't feel guilty about it. Be yourself. Damn it.
I took a bite. I chewed it thoroughly. Flavors and smells of the hamburger filled my mouth. Some smooth and sticky soup of the hamburger was going through my throat, and my stomach was being filled with hot material.
Yum-yum. Delicious! I'm feeling happy. How easy.
written by Kevin (xacdo)
as an assignment of the ESL writing class
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