Is it normal to be good at something, making a big deal about it?
It's not weird, it just feels weird, it actually feels extraordinary. Everyone else is not so vain about their talents, not me, it even happens in TV commercials, me and them are not just good at something, we make a whole song and dance out of it, it's like making a mountain out of a molehill. I'm not just fancy, I make a whole elaborate way of life out of it, with my love put in myself (commercials make a big deal out of the love of what's fancy), it's wanting you think it's the best, it's beyond the best, too good, more than perfect (they were thinking of some philosophy I haven't even heard of but they're doing more than just philosophising). Therefore I don't just say "it's been good talking to you", I put worship in the person being such a fine speaker. I'm embarrassed but I like to say I'm proud, I'm vain, I speak for people's talent but without talking about it I make a big deal about people not just saying or thinking "your cooking is pretty good", I want them to actually think it's very good. In fact I don't like mediocrity, I like a whole fancy act of high quality with pride that it's great. I'm not just happy, I'm exquisitely happy, I'm blissful, I care so much about how good something is. And when it comes to my philosophical work I want more than just an opinion, I want people to think it's a fact that I'm such a great philosopher. Is that normal?