Are you allowed to use a a taser?

Thanks Zara, your last post gave my a nice thought for the day, a day when I'm going to be staring at a computer screen praying my reactions have worked (crosses fingers)...

We here so much negativity it's great to hear someones experience is positive. Don't feel bad, just enjoy it

I worked for a year before I started my undergraduate degree and saw people doing the same job day in day out. It scared me a little and motivated me a lot I don't want to end up in that position, hence why I'm undertaking a PhD.

It's quite rewarding (although I know I shouldn't say it), to go back home and see the people who used to treat me like s**t who are now working in their corner shops knowing they'll be there for a long time.

In the morning it's black, in the afternoon it's white and if I'm in town I splash out and go for the old cappuccino. At the moment it's nothing as I've given up coffee, tea etc for lent (along with chocolate)...

Currently enjoying the second year blues. Realised that on the 1st April, I'll be exactlly half way through my PhD which actually scares me a little. I think the secoind year is were you finally start to find your feet and really realise the amount of work that's a head of you. To combat the blues I'm just making sure I do something that does take me a away from my work and more importantly, but more difficult, to stop thinking about my work for a little while.

How did it go?

It depends. When revising then I like complete silence. But when writing I need music, although, sometimes I can get a little carried away with the music, start singing and then all concentration flies out the window... Hence why I try to listen to classical when updating reports etc.

Mia, does your hubby look like Alan at all?

I remeber duriing the last year of undergraduate studies I was revising the night before an exam so took a lot of proplus to stay awake. Consequently couldn't sleep that night and when morning came round had to take a lot more to be awake for the exam (vicous cycle). The exam actually went brilliantly but never ever want to go through that again.

I've had about 2 months where pretty much nothing has gone right (slowly driving me mad). Have other experienced these lull periods and, if so, how long did they last for?

Andy

Computer crashed or are you being harassed by that evil paperclip in microsoft office?

Me in the future to see if I pass the PhD :-)

I'd love to meet Shakespeare, Martin Luther King, Some of my ancestors to find out about my roots, Einstein and George Bush just to see how his little mind works...

I'm a macro molecular architect which sounds a lot better than polymer chemist.

I have a bad hair day at least once a week which means I pull out the old baseball cap and try really hard not to look like a chav. It's fortunate that I'm not wearing a tracksuit at the same time....