Marie Curie is a good female role model, even though she is no longer alive. She investigated radiation, and eventually died from it, but she won the Nobel prize for physics.

Perhaps this would be an interesting person for you to look into

Life goes on........ move on, get drunk, sleep with your supervisors and enjoy your PhD

I know a PhD is supposed to be a self-study research project, but there is nothing wrong with seeing your supervisor and if they don't let you see them, then they are not taking proper responsibility.

Imagine what would happen if you went another 6 months in the lab, and what you did was absolute rubbish and is useless for your PhD. Hope this doesn't happen, but thats why you need to see your supervisors frequently. Even if its just to say I'm doing this in the lab... then at least they can say 'no don't do that' or 'thats a good idea'.

Email and be straight to the point and say that you are not meeting up frequently enough. If over the next couple of months they do not improve, then consider talking to another member of staff (do you have an advisor?)

If I was to learn a new language it would be Italian I think, although I may want to learn french as well. French would be a choice as I can already speak some french, so I have a head start on that.

I don't think I would want to learn German, it looks too hard to be honest, but saying that, Japanese would be very hard, but it would be enjoyable to learn

Don't worry about it, just catch up on some reading, and write your literature review. Don't worry too much about your lab work as once you know the direction of your research you can do the lab work you require.

If your supervisors then say that they are not happy then point out that you are still new to the whole research idea, and that not having regular meetings is unacceptable, so perhaps they should take some of the blame.

Don't worry though, 6 months isn't that far in to your project, and it will soon work out and you will then have very little time to do anything except work!!!

I don't like american either, that accent is so annoying!

I like English. I tend to understand that one

it sounds like progress so yes you should be happy with yourself.

by the way girls, i am only winding you up

DanB, there is nothing to stop women doing stupid things such as buying a new pair of shoes every week. Thats just what they do.

Now, if women really did rule, then why do they do such stupid things like buying shoes they don't need, or crying at stupid things.

From a male perspective, I have one pair of shoes, and one pair of casual trainers. I have had the shoes for two years, and the trainers for 6 months. Now whos more stupid? men or women? well, its the women isn't it

Don't get me started on women drivers either!!!

women are easy to control, just give them an iron and they know what to do. Iron my shirt, bitch!

mine seems ok, I have just been plodding along, I don't let it get to me

I hate cats

you people worry me

I didn't, and don't plan to.