dilemma

we have to form groups of 5 for valuations class. no more than 5. so yanni and i got bumped out from our normal group because of that limit. so then a phd in ece who is also taking the class asks to be in my group. i say ok. but then later he says he can't make the final presentation. so i say, lemme ask erik (yanni). but then when yanni came over, he seemed like he was ok with the phd even though i expected him not to be. so then i thought all was good since we were a group of three and we could work together with another group of three if there was too much work. however yanni decides that he's not ok with phd not participating in the final presentation and he defects to a group with fred. then i'm stuck with phd and a group that is too small. ah what to do. yanni was our strong finance guy. generally a good group doesn't have to be all strong finance types, just one or two will do. but then i'm certainly not a financial wizard, i'm only ok when it comes to that stuff. i was able to get by fine during my internship only because finance in the real world is ten times easier than at school.

after that long winded and convoluted explaination, here's the dilemma. yanni's group has one more spot open and i've worked with all those people before. there is only one person on that group who i don't like very much, however i think he may be good with valuations. he's just lazy and you have to kick his ass to do stuff. so do i ditch the phd and leave him with the group of first years? that group also will probably have an mscf guy, basically mscf (masters in computational finance) people at tepper are masters of finance. however the phd only knows me, not the rest of the group. so do i ditch the phd with that group and join yanni's group? or do i stay and take my chances with a group i've never worked with. *contemplate*

in other news, halloween was fun. even the dean came out dressed up as peter pan. the dean of the school in green tights. that was quite a sight. i won the costume contest, but it wasn't hard because all i had to do was make the most noise and wave my arms about to get people to root for me. but hey, i got a gift certificate out of it. yay!

i don't think i'm going to go home for thanksgiving. booo.....tickets are ove 500 bux! highway robbery.