Right, well, my exams start next Tuesday, so I'll probably be off deviantART from this Wednesday to next Friday. At least, I hope I'll be off. I bet it will be like every other time and I'll slack off as usual.


So, for a few reccomendations for books:

• I got Parasite Rex for my birthday. It's a very good book, though I was expecting more about multicellular parasites like fleas, but(as the book pointed out) parasites includes all the bacteria and protists which live off other life. I must admit, the book both made me fear for my life and pity the poor parasites.


• I also got When Science goes Wrong for my birthday. Also a good book. It's always nice to know that professionals screw up as well.


• I borrowed The Book of Animal Ignorance from the library. Of course I will recommend it, but even if it wasn't a QI book I would. I never really knew about the number of vaginas a kangaroo had...

So, I recently learned that Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was Rickrolled. Definitely not something I expected to exist outside my strange dreams. I suppose it's what Charlie the Unicorn predicted would happen if the internet and real life combined. Granted, I haven't seen fat guys falling down in slow motion, but my cats always seem to do people things.


You know, it's odd. I have 81 watchers as I write this, right? For the last 4 deviations (as an example), the average number of favs is about 2.25 and the average number of comments is about 2.75. So really, only about 2-3% of the people who watch me like my artwork or bother to comment. That's disappointing, but not entirely unexpected. I mean, I do a variety of different things, which people might or might not like, and it's kind of difficult thinking of a new comment for every deviation. But the really bothersome thing is that the number of views for these 4 deviations is around 37.25 or about 45%. So really, less than half of the people who watch me actually watch me. That's really baffling. Did people accidentally watch me and later realise that they don't like my work, but didn't bother to unwatch me? Do they accidentally delete the messages every time my work comes up? Do people only check their account every year? Are there really that many dead accounts watching me? And this isn't even taking into account the people who stumbled onto my work.

So, I put it to you, faithful watchers. I command you to do stuff! Fav', comment, get involved! I don't just mean that you should do it for me (though, really, I'm not sure how applicable this is for others). And for all my unfaithful watchers, stop watching me. If you're not watching me, I don't see any reason for you to watch me, because what's the point of watching me if you don't plan on watching me, you know what I'm saying?


But don't challenge me in ~ea-lec. I have those aforementioned exams to do and another challenge which I'm in already. But join up, by all means.



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