Dealing with the PhD Blues

I like science. But...

- I can easily imagine other things that I would enjoy doing
- I am not sure what it is that we are trying to find (I guess I am spoiled by the Konvalinka's lab in this aspect) and this lack of purpose kills my motivation as well as it makes me wonder whether I am completely wasting my time
- I am not sure if one of my colleagues is not crazy
- without knowing it, I entered a particular area that, it seems to me, has been done to death

So...

either I carry on, find my own questions and purpose and finish my PhD in six to eight years OR I do something else. Hmmm.

Disapproving of a friends boyfriend

Well, it's a trap...

New job, new target degree, new friends. All of that finally lead to what I have been dreading for so long - my new friend has a boyfriend that I loathe. He is probably typical Czech guy and, well, for me I guess that's the issue. I could never stand up men who sit and expect women to do everything just because they are women. Who expect the woman to just silently sit and look up to him while he goes on about something dumb, when the woman is so much smarter and funnier than him. Who just can't reach for the bottle he wants that is sitting on the table just next to him, so the woman needs to get up, walk across the room and hand him the bottle that he could easily reach himself without the least effort.Who doesn't let her finish one sentence...

The question is, what do I do? Usually when I disagree or disapprove, I do not hesitate much to say it out loud. But in this case... I guess it's none of my business and I am a new friend, while he has been around for several years.

But will I be able to say nothing and develop a poker face - something I have always lacked?