14K guys! Thanks!

So, while I'm here, I'll confirm what anyone interested enough in my stuff to read this probably already knows.
I'm pretty much done with the Journal thing. I might post stuff from time to time about comics I might be working on, but based on how often I post one of those, I seriously doubt it.

But, hey, if you're interested, I've got a blog you can read instead (plug, plug).

"But Nick," you ask, "why don't you just copy and paste what you've written there?" Good question, I say.

The truth is, I don't know. It seems like a good idea, and one I've been meaning to implement for some time (since I set up the damn thing, in fact), but for some reason, I rarely do. Maybe it's because the stuff I do repost seems out-of-place here. Maybe it's because of something else.

Simply put, I'm not certain DeviantArt is the place to put this stuff in the first place. First and foremost, it's about art. If you feel the need to comment on what's been inspiring you lately, or why you've taken a certain artistic choice with your latest piece, that's what a Journal is for (if you can't fit it all in the description/commentary box, that is). If I posted more, I might have something worthwhile to write on this section of my page.

So, thanks in advance for the 100K pageviews. I knew I'd get there one day! I was kinda hoping it wouldn't take me 30 years, though...

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Nick out.

Wow. That was quick!

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Nick out.

Because, based on my experience, there's no real science to it.

Case in point: A few weeks ago, we had a party. A party I was pessimistically apprehensive about. The last one sucked, and the signs weren't good. But, determined to make the best of it, I took a deep breath and plunged into the crowd, armed with two bottles of Bishop's Finger (it's not an STD, look it up).

And it turned out to be one of the best nights I've had in a while. I became good friends with the people moving in next year, signed on as a drummer for a local band and had a group of around eleven people playing Rock Band 2 on rotation until 5am.

And it didn't stop there. I stayed up talking with this guy until 10, during which we got in a few games of Left 4 Dead, compared music tastes and critiqued each others comics.

Feeling fatigue beginning to rear its ugly head, he took off at 10am to go home. Basing my assumption on parties past, I felt I should get some rest before everyone went down to Ascari's for breakfast around noon.

Two hours later, give or take, I was up. No alarm, no secondary alarm. Somehow, my body just knew. And I felt great.

The rest of the day was as great as the night before. A great full English for breakfast, strawberry ice-cream for lunch, hot and sunny weather and an interesting walk around the end-of-year exhibitions at the main site.

All I needed was two hours, and I was refreshed to take on the next day.

Last night, I went to bed around 2am, after staying up to catch as much of Blur's set at Glastonbury as possible (I came close to crying tears of joy on two occasions. Not even Bruce Springsteen managed that) and then listening to Animal Collective via the BBC website (equally amazing. Every song they performed merged together, like one big happy dance club). As is the norm on weekdays, my alarms got me up for 8am. With six hours of sleep, I felt fine, prepared to do stuff. Sadly, I have nothing to do these days, what with college finished for the summer. Maybe it's time for me draw another comic.

I sense I've been rambling for far too long, so here's my point.

Sleep is great, especially when enjoyed with a loved one. But if it's just you on your own, you might as well get up. Nothing's going to be achieved by lying there, however comfortable you might be.

Based on my experience, more sleep doesn't affect anything you do the day after. In some cases, I've felt more tired by oversleeping than I do from "undersleeping." Grab some shuteye, but not too much.

Get up and do something. Do anything. Watch a film, read a book, write an overlong blog entry about the importance of doing stuff. You'll feel better for it, honest.

Best of all, you can enjoy breakfast at breakfast time. This is a vastly underrated pleasure.

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Nick out.

...by which I mean pageviews. I've just scuttled past 12,000, proving beyond all doubt that there is no correlation between the people who look at my stuff and the stuff I make.

Let me prove it with mathematics:



See?

Anyway, my thanks to you all, specifically the people that come back for more. You're insane.

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Nick out.

"They're always after me EPIC LULZ!"

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I'd just like to say what an awesome idea this is. Nice work, guys!

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Nick out.