anova and arima

Finally, My Econometrics class got over with a bang, with my deciding that if I have dogs in the future (which is highly unlikely) or children, I'm going to nickname them Anova and Arima. I'm highly inspired by Ecometrics and that's one of the major takeaways from the subject. There are other takeaways too, such as how auto-regression and moving averages work and stationarity can be achieved by finding out delta values but I also know, very soon i'm going to drop all of this. Statistics are such a hokum i say. How can random variables in the past years, help to predict a random variable this year. I mean, it's a misnomer I say. How can one explain an aberration and predict it's occurrence in the future. Actually, I have very little faith in the power of probability also but chuck it.

These days, the new object of my affection is tennis. We've stepped onto the next level I think. PK and I do things for this new occupation, that we'd never do for many things else. So when we have appointments in the evening, we go in the thick of the afternoon. These days, we play one rally after the other, which don't last so much, not because we hit a wrong shot but because I crack up thinking Oh God! this is too good to be true :D
we also run a lot in the court, trying to play powerfully and place properly. We don't lob so much. PK nudges nudges the ball, so that it lands on the slant of my racquet and gouge the moving ball, right on the lap of the racquet, scooping it such that I dont have to bend to pick it up. Fancy :D. And I have to buy new shoes, because my soul has stopped moving up and down with my foot so that it feels restricted and bridled. We're going to be the new legends that started so late, but win all the slams by 45.:D. Even if I put all the jokes aside, I have to say, we're improving and we feel extremely accomplished after playing. In our dreams to stay fit and athletic, playing tennis is like a definite impetus. But it also might be because of PK, whose love for the game most certainly bears upon mine. Finding a player, who's exactly the same level as you in terms of the quality of game, shares a similar liking for it and refuses to give up, atleast for some time, is almost like finding the most right and similar friend. Both are pretty rare, or atleast found with much difficulty.

Last night, we had a nice Morgan accompanying us on our trip into the night. It was spicy and the tongue could tell it's that. We had chips and lemon and lots of talking, along with it too. But it totally stole the thunder. It made me long for bed every now and then though, but it was only morning when i finally got to hit it. But ya it was nice chatting up with Tan and PK.

India won, and not that I know much about test cricket, I was slightly sad to see Sourav Ganguli retire. He's been one of my more favourite players. I liked the absolute grace with which he made his way to the team again. Quite an example.

Besides these things, there are some other things that need mention. I'm going to look more South Indian today than anytime else. It's because mummy is making me participate in the 'cutest' baby fancy dress. She's going to dress me up and make me look pretty :D

I'm going to be back with another story of indulgence. Till then, play it. Play it high and short and deep and low. Play it with flourish, applauding gallery lo!

Later