So I had a long stretch of time where I had *absolutely* nothing to do. I didn’t have a room mate, a girlfriend, or any friends really for that matter. I’d come home, and make myself a soup out of whatever weird stuff I felt like, then go to sleep. Then I’d get up in the morning, make myself some liquid crack (aka coffee), then develop websites all day.
Whenever I checked in with my boss, she’d notice how I had an odd routine of watching X-Files, and having the same soup every day. Suddenly, the idea came to me to make a website for people who make soups out of stuff around their kitchen. The minute it came to mind, I laughed because I knew how unsuccessful and unpopular it would be, BUT it gave me something to do for the times when I had nothing to do, which was exactly what I needed, and occasionally it’s nice to share a soup that is tasty with other people who like soups. It was named “OopSoup” after the freaky spicy imitation crab based Matzo soup that had become my daily monotony lifeblood. I have since renamed it to “Matzo Crab Soup”, to be a bit more descriptive of what it contains. I may have to create a superior soup to dub “Oop Soup”, but have been eating a lot of hummus and veggies lately instead of soup.
Within a few months of coding in my spare time, I had a stable beta running online. I *only* worked on it when I felt like it, which was amazingly nice, so there was little to no stress involved (heavenly). I notice today that people who worry too much go bald way too fast because they are stressed out all the time about being the first to succeed or make something (I win! I win!) . I had lived like this in the past, and my hair has totally thinned from it, so now I shave my head all sexy-like, but this makes me work out, or the bald-thing FAILS on me.
So there was a point I was working on OopSoup where the thought crossed my mind to have a gnome throughout the site. I attribute this to watching “David the Gnome” on Nickelodeon every day, and thinking how cool he was for riding a Fox around, (who was also his friend) and tricking or capturing Trolls that were up to no good. I also collected gnome statues for a while.
The future plans for it are in development, and surprisingly I managed to rank top on Google for the phrase – Matzo crab soup, …. and the mild interest builds in suspense. :p
For those of you who have visited my website, and possess James-Bond-like detecting skills, you will have notice that the logo contains the soup from the actual photo of the soup. I’d give you a “super sleuth” button, but I’m all out.
I am not going to use a closing statement in an attempt to try and entice you to visit it all the time and post your failed soup inventions, but if you have nothing better to do, it’s kind of fun if you like sharing your rebellion against conventional cooking rules like me.
