My livejournal account turned 20 years as of today. I can't believe it. Now I feel old. It's amazing how much has happened and changed since 2004.

I wish you all a happy and healthy new year! ♥

I didn't realize until today that there had been a glaring change at WeHeartIt when I wanted to add something to my Christmas collection. All collections have been deleted, you can no longer log in, nothing works anymore. It's as if all accounts have been deleted. I am so sad. My heart is broken. I loved using WeHeartIt for a good ten years. Now it's garbage. :(

This is my email to the WeHeartIt team:
I don't expect a reply back, but I thought I'd write you some feedback on the changes you've made to WeHeartIt.
You have completely ruined a platform that many people enjoyed and used often. So many beautiful collections are gone, the contacts, the stories. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Unfortunately, WeHeartIt is now completely useless. You can actually delete the app now, nobody wants to use it anyway!

Merry Christmas!
A very disappointed ex-user

Nach einer Ewigkeit hat es mich wieder auf Livejournal verschlagen. Und ich möchte an der Stelle eine Crossover Geschichte mit euch teilen, die ich für den kürzlichen AU-Gust Wettbewerb auf https://treknation.de geschrieben habe.

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Titel: How It Should Have Ended!
Autor: artphilia aka Emony
Rating: ab 12 Jahre
Fandom: Star Trek Enterprise, Quantum Leap
Wörter: 10.929
Klappentext: Dr. Sam Beckett, seinerzeit ein brillanter Quantenphysiker und Erfinder des Quantenbeschleunigers, ist als Zeitreisender unterwegs, um Geschehnisse, die nie 'so' hätten stattfinden dürfen, zu korrigieren und somit die Zeitlinie zum Besseren zu ändern. Er ahnt nicht, dass ihm eine Reise in die Zukunft bevorsteht, um ein ganz besonderes Leben zu retten.

Da es sich nicht unbedingt um eine Kurzgeschichte handelt, empfehle ich dem Link des Titels zu folgen. Auf TrekNation kann die Geschichte auch als ePub heruntergeladen werden. ;)

Hey dear friends,

Once again I have been drawn to the Livejournal. And the old, bright layout caught my eye - literally. So I sat down and created a nice, new layout in dark colors.

And since I've been a big fan of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds since the first episode, I thought a corresponding layout was quite appropriate. :D

I hope you're all doing well, wherever you are.
I've been unable to work since October 2022 due to burnout and depression. I am currently waiting to be admitted to an inpatient rehabilitation clinic where I hope to recover.

I don't even know what made me look in on LJ again. Probably nostalgia. The longing for the good old days.
Fandoms are not what they used to be. I know almost no active portfolios anymore. There used to be so many creative people posting their fanarts, icons, etc. Now, most creative outpourings (including mine) are limited to fanfiction. And also the writing has decreased a lot. There is also hardly any feedback from outside, so the motivation suffers a bit.
And then, of course, there's real life, which always gets in the way.
Now, for example, I've been on sick leave since the beginning of October and would have time, but the muse has let me down.

I'm also currently looking for a new job, since I literally worked myself to death in the hospital. First I had a lumbago, but that was only the beginning. The whole thing was crowned by a massive burnout and depression.
I don't like to take medication because I haven't had the best experience with it in the past. So I take 'Calmvalera' several times a day, it's herbal and not addictive.

My applications are running. Let's see where it will take me.