bending_sickle | I shall stand fast.*

I've started looking into European universities. This is even more urgent with each review of application requirements and moentary calculations.

I hate the damn gringo beurocracy.

So I'm going to start with this list of universities in the Netherlands on Wiki.

I guess I'll focus on the major cities: Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague (Den Haag), Utrecht, Eindhoven.

There appears to be surprisingly little variety of Bio programs. However, if I do go to Europe, I'd do a Masters, which is 1-2 years. You have no idea how reassuring I find this.

And I have no idea what to study to be a translator (other than "translation studies"). Though it's interesting that "one translates best into the language that one knows best."

Major "ugh" all around, textured with various screams.

On a side note, I'm still a confuzzlement of anger, sadness and fear. The little Sands icon*** is small comfort (though it be a thing of beauty)..

There's some NSFW**** fanart by

literarylemming on Jan 8's entry of

rayne_shippers, and there's quite a few Next of Kin and Angel chapters updated.
Do that meme of "10 fictional characters you'd have sex with" (as seen on

earthwhatwere's LJ).
And check out all the sites (+) on Neil's post.
Read

slammerkinbabe's post on male rape.
Check out the giant realistic scultpures of people by Ron Mueck.

* Kindgom of Netherlands' Motto, "Ik zal handhaven."
*** by

jeeeerk
**** Not Safe For Work
(+) "Horn Book article on the use of Mary Sues in school fiction, this Stewart Lee article on humour, a wonderful Ursula LeGuin article about fantasy from the New Statesman, Jane Espenson's blog filled with terrific writing tips, (...) an article about a recent case of human hibernation. Also Terry Jones on the sums of war. Oh, and a Good Omens Lexicon."