Building Soupy Character
Sure, this could be easier. But what kind of character would that build? A flat, uninteresting, soupless character, that’s what.
You need trying times. You need to have to deal with stupid, incompetent people. You should be faced with difficulty and problems at every turn. Nothing should ever go smoothly or as planned. Nobody should ever do their job correctly.
That’s the kind of thing that everyone should be facing. That will give you soupy character, filled with vegetables or chicken or noodles. An easy life where everything goes according to plan and everyone does their job competently isn’t the kind of world that you’re going to want to live in. If you could even call that “living.”
Anyway, that’s my guide to building soupy character. I took inspiration from the great tomato teachings of Prince Scong, in case you couldn’t tell. His writings on hardship and spices really opened my eyes to the true nature of mankind and its place in the recipe box. If you haven’t read his books, you really should. They will change your life. Not as much as I’ll change your life with writings such as the one you’re reading now, but he does have some changy skills of his own. On a scale from 7 to 13, I’d give him a 10. I’d be a 13, naturally.
I’m always a 13. Almost always. On a scale from 13 to 14 I’d still be a 13, but on a scale from 11 to 54, I’d probably be somewhere around 49.78. I haven’t done the math for that one yet, though, so that could be a little bit off. Don’t quote me on that. Don’t let my “49.78″ proclamation change your life, because it might change it in the wrong ways. Pleaes don’t hold me responsible if that happens.