One of my friends sent me the link to this blog about an assistant psychologist. Even though its slightly different to our experiences (the assistant seems to be doing clinical work rather than research), it struck me about how universal the experiences were (supervisor issues, lack of job security, interviews for doctorates).

Also coming from a psychology background, with an ex-gf who went through something similar I found it true to life especially the stuff about rejection.

http://reservelistjockey.blogspot.com/