Has becoming a writer messed with my mind?

Obviously. I would say that my new found writing skills have changed the way I read. I still like reading Harry Potter more than anything else in the world and science-ficition bores me so much that I'd rather clip my ear lobes off with trimming shears. Now, I do realize how the author switched up the sentence structure to make the reader feel really frantic. Or that the author used a verb that fit PERFECTLY with the situation. Or that the use of paragraph organization was as (or more) impactful than any other rhetorical device. Did becoming a writer change my view of the world? Ehh.. I mean, yeah I notice when billboards are grammatically incorrect and when a story in the newspaper is well written, but I don't go out and look at the trees differently because I can write. And I don't love my family more since I learned how to write. I think becoming a writer has given me a more advanced view of the simple things in life. I choose to talk with bigger adjectives because I sound smarter and I like when people don't fully understnad what I'm saying.