After Scrambling around a good amount, I realized the solution WAS in User CP, as i had originally suspected before Randuin's directing post. I had changed my style from Synthesis to Diablo. When I changed it back to Synthesis before I was certain my problem of being "zoomed" was still present, however today I changed to synthesis again, jus' cuz evil santas are woot, and I'm back to my "zoomed out happy" view.

So interestingly enough, problem solved. Thanks for those helpful posts, and THBBBBBB to Randuin. ^_~