Synthesizing

Two status updates from Facebook today, random thoughts as they struck me. The first was after mentally reading the title of a book as I walked by and realizing it happens automatically regardless of context:

. . . is incapable of thinking or saying [small caps]doom[/small caps], because it always turns into [deep, resounding voice]DOOOMMMM!!![/deep, resounding voice]

(Kinda the way "Crom" can only be said in Conan-voice.)

The second was after I caught myself doing it, in the locker room at the gym, of all places:

. . . sometimes catches himself unconsciously providing sound effects for life.

Only upon reflection did I think there was perhaps a connection to each other and to a post from last winter, which reads in part:

I try not to think that I'm going out to exercise so much as I'm going adventuring and exploring. I may not make up characters and stories the way Calvin does, but I have that idea in the back of my mind. Which explains why I have a tendency to be overly ambitious, because if things get tough and hurt, well, that's just the lot of an epic hero. And I think it also explains why despite it all I'm not a particularly impressive physical specimen; I've never developed the discipline to make myself work out consistently because my motivation depends on my ability to make it fun.

I wonder if perhaps the world must be much more animated, dramatic, and exciting as perceived in my head than in actuality. From a couple of posts ago:

b. If your essence could be captured as a cologne or perfume, what would it be called?

Delude
(Embracing reality’s subjectiveness and giving it your own happy spin)