IV : Assumptions

I got into the elevator of my apartment complex today just as a classmate walked out of it with her group of friends. When I was about to press my floor number, she shouted "hey! You're in my Chemistry class! No, not Chemistry, Physics!! Hey!" and I looked up and reflected her enthusiasm with a "hey there!" She asked, "how did you do on the midterm?" and just as the door was sliding closed, I showed her the so-so gesture and went "nyeahh, it was okay." and she nodded, saying "Yeah, it had it's difficult parts didn't it. Well, see you soon!" and I shouted back, "see ya!" A quick conversation, sprouted from hyperness being so contagious. It's so strange how feelings can be contagious for some people and totally blocked for others. When I'm in high spirits, I want to pass on the feeling, and hope to infect those around me, like a hyper joy-spreading virus. But, the down side is, just as I can be easily induced to be overly happy, I can be easily brought back down. I don't know if that part spreads as easily, but maybe. I don't notice. I know my feelings can be easily read. See this:


one of my loves. I regripped it last night, instead of studying for my physics exam, which I took this morning. I probably started over about six or seven times before I was satisfied enough to hold and swing it. There were so many airy bumps in the beginning, and there still are a few, but I can deal with it. My first time regripping a racket. The racket, once I hold it, makes me feel energized somehow. Mentally, of course. And when all that epinephrine courses through my mind (just by being instigated by my mental image of the badminton court), I swing the racket around the apartment. Madly in love with badminton--my stress-reliever, my relaxation, my mental growth (and I guess some muscle-building, too). Can I assume I rely too much on it?
Surprise of the day:
It's a new back design for the penny! 2009 penny. The head still looks the same, but the back!! It looks fake. Too shiny. Too light-colored. Too bold. But a good surprise, nonetheless. At least, from the point of view of a collector; but isn't this penny showing us how far the financial crisis is going down? That we need to issue more (fake-looking) newly designed coins to hopefully jump start the country? They are, well, more suitable for chemistry experiments to turn them into "gold" zinc-coated coins.