They don't really count as inanimate objects, but I'll imagine conversations with NPCs in Fallout and Skyrim, especially with followers I like who don't have enough lines.
I can imagine a personality for any car I look at
I used to like to imagine that every object had a "soul", and the more complex it is, the more complex its mind could be (car > speaker > fence)
when it was broken or dismantled, the consciousness was split into each part and appropriately became less complex
they were fulfilled when used properly and efficiently