Who are you?
- I'm Alyssa, though on the internet I'm mostly known as squirrel_tamer (unfortunately). I love drawing and writing, athough I feel fairly mediocre at both.


What's here?
- Well, as of now, there are a lot of stories and art. Most of the art consists of very meager scraps or things that I have no intention of finishing. As for the stories, most of what you'll see is fanfiction. Currently all of my original fiction is in friends-locked posts and separated onto various filter groups.


How often do you post?
- It varies. Sometimes I'll go through a period where I post almost every day and then one day I might just go MIA for a few months. Mostly I post when I feel I have a good reason to.


Why should I add you?
- Because you love me? Honestly, it doesn't matter. If you're interested in seeing some scrappy art of mine or having a quick link to my fanfiction then go right ahead. Be sure to comment on this post if you do.


Will you add me?
- Yes, I will! I love meeting new people and poking around my Flist. It keeps me well entertained.


Can I get added to the ______ filter?
- Depends. If you've shown interest in that series before or I just think you're awesome, then it's pretty much an automatic thing. If you've never said a word to me before asking, it's probably not gonna happen.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Sam, Freddie, Spencer, Socko, Carly, Gibby


( Her bag is now much heavier. I wish that I could carry her, but this is our ungodly hour. )

a/n: Some of you may have seen some of these before. I'm just gathering 'em all up into one post.

So I failed at that 12 days thing because I realized that, OH HEY, I don't have a scanner here. OOPS. So uh, instead of the 12 days of Christmas it might end up being the 12 Days of Mid-January. XD

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly, Hey Arnold! (just one!)
Character(s): Spencer, Socko, Freddie, Sam, Carly, Melanie, Gibby, Sam's Mom, A smidge of Helga at the very end


( Go on and cry in your coffee, but don't come bitchin' to me. )

a/n: Had the iScribble for iCarly party last night and it was A BLAST. Great group of people chatting it up. Precious little drama and just SO MUCH LOVE for the show and the characters and loooooove.

I am definitely up for another night like this sometime. I'm thinking about extending the invitation and posting about it in 5_4_3_2, but I'm not quite sure. The chat gets kind of confusing when there's a lot of people in it, but I also feel like others would enjoy chatting/drawing/watching so... maybe? WHO KNOWS.

To everyone who showed up, THANK YOU! OMG you guys were really fun to chat/draw with and I appreciate you all taking time to hang out with me and everyone else. :3

Also, to anyone who would like to grab all of these pics or whatever, I put them all in a single gallery here!

ISCRIBBLE PARTY.

GOING ON.

RIGHT NOW.

BE THERE HAM-ASSES.

1) OKAY. I am sucky and bad at picking dates, but now I have one and it might interfere with your vacationing plans or whatever, but I am WILLING TO RISK IT. ANYWAY. Yes.

iSCRIBBLE PARTY ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23rd!

details: So like around 6:00 PM EST on Dec. 23rd we are going to party it up in iScribble! This means lots of drawing and chatting about iCarlyness and YOU ARE ALL INVITED if you wanna go, even if you do not draw or whatever. It's TOTALLY COOL. Go to iScribble.net and sign up. Then shoot me a response with your username and I'll add you into the private iCarly board that I set up. DO THIS SOON and then you can go in there ALWAYS.

2) goten0040 is writing me iCave and it is ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. It is like someone took all of my inside thoughts about iCarly and MADE THEM INTO AN EPIC FIC. I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

CHECK IT OUT: Chapter 1 / Chapter 2 / Chapter 3

3) heyspocko now exists and it is MY FAVORITE iCARLY COMM EVER. SPOCKO. YES. THE END.

People on my flist who:

A) Love to draw
B) Have tablets for their computers
C) Are enamored with iCarly
D) Interested in sitting back and chatting as other people draw because they do not really like to draw but enjoy watching art ~happen~ and also enjoy friendly chatter with people who also enjoy iCarly.

WE SHOULD HAVE AN iSCRIBBLE NIGHT.

Y/Y?

Is tomorrow good or would another day work better? GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS MATTER.

ps This is iScribble. Basically I would make a private iCarly drawing area and then you guys would give me usernames and I'll add you to the list of trusted users and from then on you could go into the iCarly board ALWAYS.

pps I am home and it is good.

I know these things can get tiresome, but this one is Christmasy-themed and I'm a sucker. :3

My Thread at the Holiday Love Meme!

I go home tomorrow! This is exciting! Also, I'm really tired. I should probably go to bed. Also also, I blocked some chick on twitter because she was kind of an asshole and I can only take so much unfunny uber-sarcastic character bashing before I'm like: "No thank you!" Sooooo - huzzah for me! :D

Home Alone 2 was on TV tonight and it was awesome. I always forget how much I love both Home Alones, but this is definitely a case where the sequel is better than the original. There is New York! And Tim Curry! And Kevin THROWS A BRICK ON MARV'S FACE.

Anway, it was a good night and a pretty rad day and I am ready to be hoooome.

( Rules! )


My List

1) Rhonda/Harold art/fic! I NEED MORE DAMMIT.
2) Mix CDs (Sent digitally or IRL. I <3 getting new music.)
3) Gift cards to Amazon/iTunes/Michaels.
4) Christmas Cards (Again both digital X-mas Cards and snail mail X-mas Cards work)
5) A HAND-KNITTED SCARF - this would seriously make me happy beyond belief, you have no idea.
6) Hey Arnold! Season 3 on DVD: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002VBWI56
7) The Art of the Princess and the Frog: http://www.amazon.com/Art-Princess-Frog-Jeff-Kurtti/dp/0811866351/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260754026&sr=1-1
8) Fic based on art that I’ve done. I always think it’s so neat to see how a person interprets a picture into a story.
9) Anything fandom-y using a pair you know I love. Especially if it involves Christmasy themes.
10) TO HUG ALL OF YOU.

If you want my address hit me up in a PM or at stillshines@yahoo.com. :D

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Fandom/Universe: Codename: Kids Next Door, Ternion, Hey Arnold!, iCarly
Character(s): Nella, Kara, Val, Remy, Nor, Calvin, Phoebe, Helga, Arnold, Sam, Freddie, Socko, Carly


( Oh can you see me? I am one in a million. Yeah, I'm Icarus falling out of the sun. )

a/n: Anybody on my flist interested in maybe commissioning me over winter break? I finally set up my paypal account. I'm not going to do anything crazy for the commissions, just full-body character drawings in my style on a white background. Prices are going to range between $8-$15 dollars depending on what you want. I'll post up the info soon. If it doesn't really go anywhere here, I'll post to DA, but I love you guys most so I figured I'd let y'all have the first chance at 'em.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Carly, Sam, Freddie


( And if you feel my love just let it show. And if you want my heart just let me know. )

a/n: Sorry I haven't really gotten to some of the iCarly prompts you guys gave me. I do want to, I just keep getting sidetracked by my own junk.

I'm at 1900 words in iCave and only about halfway through. I just want it to write itself!

Also keep giving me REQUESTS FOR THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS! I want a large pool of ideas so that I have lots to choose from. If you're confused about what fandoms I'm interested in you can always check out my profile!

So this nifty Meme type thing just showed up on my flist which is about taking requests, picking 12 and then writing fic for those twelve and posting them on the twelve days of Christmas. I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME IDEA.

However, I am not a writer! SO INSTEAD:


Feel free to load me up with requests for any fandom I've ever drawn before. You can ask for art from fandoms that I haven't drawn before as long as it's for a fandom I have expressed at least mild interest in.

From all your requests, I'll pic 12 that interest me most and do a sketch+some color (or a more finished drawing if I'm super inspired) and post them on the 12 days of Christmas!



There is also the the ♥ fanart love ♥ meme that you should comment on. :3

I want you guys to make multiple requests. GO NUTS. That way I have a lot of things to choose from. :D

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Carly, Sam, Freddie


( I just wrestle with you in my dreams and wake up making love to a pillow. And I fall asleep and dream of alternate realities. )

a/n: Here's my entry for 5_4_3_2's Fairytale Fanart Challenge! OMG you guys this was HORRIFICALLY FUN to do. I'm not even sure how this idea came to be - it just sort of spilled out.

Also, LJ scrapbook is currently being a little slow and unfortunate so if you can't see it or it won't load or WHATEVER just let me know and I'll swap it until my scrapbook pics are completely stable again.

iCarly fans on my flist! I HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU ALL.

Would you be interested in joining AND contributing to a new iCarly community that:


( Info and poll under the cut. )

notes: My co-mod would be obsessive0514 BTW. This is all very tentative and we've only just begun really discussing the possibility of a comm with these characteristics. I still sort of feel like we need some sort of "hook" to get people to want to join the comm, because I don't think SERIOUS DISCUSSION is generally a very good "hook". The exclusively iCarly universe thing is good, but IDK. We also are in DIRE NEED of a name for said comm.

Basically, I would just like some input. What is it that you guys are looking for in an iCarly comm or are you content with what's already available? Right now I think 5_4_3_2 is the cream of the crop, but it is not my perfect iCarly comm? Plus, even though it isn't COMPLETELY a challenge comm, that's what I tend to think of it as and what I actually sort of want it to be? If that makes sense.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Carly, Sam, Freddie, Gibby


( We're going down, and you know that we're doomed. My dear, we're slow dancing in a burning room. )

a/n: I actually finished up my Fairytale Fanart Picture for 5_4_3_2 already, but I'm going to wait for a little bit to post it. I kind of want to see what other people do before I post an entry? IDK. I'm weird.

Ugh, break is over and I am back in classes and it sucks ass. I JUST WANT IT TO BE CHRISTMAS OKAY? I have been listening to X-mas music almost non-stop since yesterday.

This might get long, so I figured I'd warn you guys right now. I also don't have my usual hand-dandy HTML document and Rich text and I are mortal enemies so I cannot produce a cut to spare your flists if this gets monstrous. HOW SAD FOR YOU.

I'm home and relaxing ATM. Thanksgiving was good, lotsa family and food. Tomorrow I'm hoping to get together with my girls and have some awesome times. Apparently my one BFF brought home some girl she is seeing - who I have never met and didn't actually know about so uhh, that ought to be interesting.

On Saturday I'm going out with a bunch of people for SUSHI and I am SO EXCITED OMG.

I mentioned the 'Fairytale Fanart' thing and my ~EXCITEMENT~ about it the other day, right? WELL, apparently it seems as though the finished picture might POSSIBLY, MAYBE end up being princess!Sam, knight!Carly and dragon!Freddie having makeouts? IDEK.

And I've been doing some concept stuff for it for funsies too. Lots of Sam in purty dresses swooning at knight!Carly. Also some seductive dragon!Freddie got mixed in there and I AM THE WORST/BEST.

I need a haircut like yesterday.

I have been having STERN WORDS with a fellow Sam/Freddie fan over at the creator's blog and on twitter as of late. It has been actually sort of fun, because I enjoy drama sometimes? And I like getting to tell people when they are being awful and WHY they are being awful. I have also been getting better acquainted with some Carly/Freddie fans and they seem to be pretty awesome people. I still do not ship Carly/Freddie and probably never will, but I like discussing the show from different shipping viewpoints.

Also, it makes me sad when a certain ship gets a giant following and then members of that giant following turn out to be annoying to the point where people start jumping ship just because they don't want to be associated with the rabid fanbase. This happened with Zutara and I! I was interested in it early on, but the fans killed my love. :\

Anyway, I'm going to miss iMove Out and I am REALLY sad about this. The end.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Carly, Sam, Freddie


( And why do you sing Hallelujah if it means nothing to you? )

a/n: OMG. It looks like 5_4_3_2's next challenge is going to be "Fairytale Fanart" and I AM SO EXCITED. Just today I was like: "SAM SHOULD BE RAPUNZEL. THE END."

Anyway, going home tomorrow so if you don't hear much from me in the next week or so, that's why. To the people in my flist living stateside, have an awesome Thanksgiving! For everyone else, ROCK ON!

Oh and if you want, you can still hit me up with iCarly prompts. Hmmmm. Let's say, gimme a ship/character - your best bet is to keep it within the main trio and I WILL take Carly/Freddie prompts, but I'm not making any promises about actually finishing them - and a... verb/emotion? NOTHING DIRTY OMG THEY ARE CHILDREN. Also, if you have a specific prompt in mind and want to forgo the Character/Ship + Verb/Emotion thing and just ask for something straight up, feel free to do that too. I'll take just about anything. As always, no promises about finishing all/any of them, but I'm still in a pretty fierce iCarly mood so HOPEFULLY!

Title: Trying
Fandom/Universe: Hey Arnold!
Character(s): Helga, Arnold, Phoebe, Gerald
Rating: Teen
Chapters: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9


( In which best friends reunite and it is awesome... )

a/n: Was planning on this being a little longer, but I'm kind of debating about how long they're going to stick around Gerald/Phoebe's. I was originally going to have them stay this night and then leave sometime the next day, but now I'm wondering if maybe I should rush the timeline more? But I also think Arnold deserves a good night's sleep. A-and if I change up the timeline than other things will go awry that are counting on certain events happening on certain days. :\

Okay, so Phoebe's tangent about Hot Air was an OH SO OBVIOUS reference to Pyrus Japonica's Hot Air. Also, I promise to explain the 'Helga is kidnapped' thing better next chapter. I know I sort of glossed over the logic for it in this chapter. Hopefully when they sit down to explain shit to Gerald they will also explain things to you, dear readers.

ETA: Also, I am sorry that things have gotten much less action-y as of late. This is because I am SETTING SHIT UP. Also, because I am not good at being mean to my leads.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Carly, Freddie, Sam


( Hello Seattle. )

a/n: Haven't really had much time to dig into some of the recent prompts I got. My goal ATM is to work on the next chapter of Trying and get it out before I have to go home for Thanksgiving Break. Oh and BTW I won't be around much from next Tuesday-Monday. I'll be home and with limited internet access.

ETA: Okay, so you guys need to keep reminding me that I AM TOO OLD to go submitting pics I've drawn to iCarly.com. BECAUSE I AM WAY TOO TEMPTED YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

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Fandom/Universe: iCarly
Character(s): Sam, Freddie, Carly


( I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you... )

a/n: Give me more prompts! I'm on a roll and I'd like to keep it going as long as I can. I'm most likely to draw Sam/Freddie stuff, trio-ness or maybe a little Carly/Sam. Carly/Freddie doesn't really do anything for me and I have little interest in trying to draw the other characters. Spencer's awesome, but the idea of trying to draw Jerry Trainor is just... He's too much! I can kind of simplify the kids, but Jerry Trainor's essence is too BIG and over the top for me to handle.