people sometimes do things irrationally and that is ok

today i thought about lebron james and wondered if he understands his own actions.  he likes to throw baby powder in the air before games, except he makes it look like it is coming out of his mouth.  this is because the cameras on TNT film him from below, always from below to project his staggering mass and height onto the television audience.  here is what his performance looks like in person, at a game: 

there he is, one person, doing something with great care and intention.  there are other people behind him, walking around without direction.  these select people are being watched by thousands in person, millions on television.  

after i saw this, i dumped baby powder into my mouth, and then ran and jumped as high as i could into the air.  when i reached the pinnacle of my leap, i spit the baby powder out of my mouth and into the air.  most of it rolled out of my mouth in chunks, because my saliva had wet the baby powder, because the baby powder was in my mouth.  there was some powder that was launched into the air, where it hung for a moment before dissipating.  then i sat on the floor and almost cried, because having baby powder in your mouth is one of the worst feelings in the world.  i did not feel like lebron james.  i did know what i was doing, though.  i said this out loud to myself, with some baby powder still in my mouth, you knew what you were doing, david.