Anna Phylaxis

I have a thing for natural disasters. I’ve been like this since I was in elementary school. I have seen some shit. When hurricane Agnes hit Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1972, I was there to see all the flooding. As I’ve gotten older, I have driven through hell, flooding, and tornadoes. Jeff and I drove through a storm cell in 2019 on memorial day as a tornado was dropping from the sky to our left. So, on this fine Sunday morning, I am watching the top 10 tsunami disasters are and will probably watch more lol

I’m a slacker this week. Sorry about that lol

I loved it. But I’ve loved all of them. But this one broke my heart on an extremely deep level. Still awesome, just my soul hurt a whole lot.

I remember Mephisto’s being one of the bars I visited the first time I came to Detroit. I really liked it. I’m sad that it doesn’t exist anymore. I’ll have to check out Black Salt, though.

The girls and I will be going for sure.

Oooh! You should add the Oddities and Curiosity event on July 15 at the Suburban showcase showdown or whatever the fuck it’s called ☺️

Welcome! TA is an awesome dude. And this is a good place to be. Holy shit, y’all. I just realized that I have known most of you that are still here for almost 20 years, thanks to DGN.

What’s so wild about this to me is the fact that, even though the huge, main group that was here, when I came in are gone, this board is still moving along. I have peaked in, on and off, over the years. And Tron is doing a fucking phenomenal job. I’d love to help rebuild it, somehow. I just know that it’s because of this place, and these people that I uprooted my entire life to move from Baltimore, Maryland to Detroit, Michigan. I have zero regrets. And even if something happened to my marriage, this is my home now. I could move back east, but why? I’m absolutely thriving here. And it’s all either directly or indirectly because of something Troy did. I just feel so damn fortunate and it’s just so nice to be here.

I don’t even know exactly how many years it’s been since I’ve seen, Troy, in person. I think that it was at Angel and Wreckie’s wedding. I don’t come out much because it’s just a little too peopley for me sometimes. Every so often, I’ll make an appearance at Smalls. It’s always a nice little group, and it makes me happy to see those faces. He and I had a falling out, several years ago. The crazy thing is that I don’t know what it was about. I came here to visit and socialize and see who was here. What I got was a verbal attack that I never saw coming. Several people stood up for me and I just stopped coming. He eventually apologized, in his own way. I think he was embarrassed. But the reality is that if DGN didn’t exist, I wouldn’t be here at all. I would probably still be back home, living a miserable life, because I just wasn’t thriving there. DGN brought me some awesome friends, a wonderful husband, even my job. I don’t know how my life would be if it wasn’t for this place. This community has given me a lot without even trying hard. The community, here, is something I brag about, often. When people ask me how I met Jeff, I told them all about this place. It has given me a lot.

Waiting for Sierra to come out of her apartment to go to the office because this is the first of the two required office days, each week. Personally, I would rather be asleep. 😂

Anxiety ridden, today. Not a fan.

About to see the new Guardians of the Galaxy movie with the family. I don’t know how I’ve avoided the spoilers and am not sure if I’m emotionally prepared for it…

I’ll check out the post! But I think that it would be great if more people just met up, in general.

Oh, I know it wasn’t. I just really wish that we could’ve hung a bit longer because it made me so happy to see y’all and I want to do it more ☺️

I think that it’s a perfectly good diary ☺️

Stuck to me like glue. My literal everyday life 😂💖

I think that Jeff and I would have come and hung out a bit if it weren’t for the fact that I had already been up since 430, been to work, came to the dinner, and had to do a couple of other things before going to bed where they weren’t going to get done at all. but it really would be cool if we could make this happen a little more often and if more people came out. It’s true that a lot of us have kids and jobs and other things. However, I honestly would like to come out more often. It was really nice to see everybody and it would be fun to see everybody a little more often. It’s been too long, and honestly a lot of that is on me because I kind of dislike most people lol.

I remember the days where I posted so ridiculously much, along with Phee and Paper Hearts, that nobody could touch us. And it was never to see who could post the most. OK, maybe once or twice it was 😂 we had so much fun. For real, some of the greatest people that I know are people that I met, right here.

*coughcough* I also have Facebook

Perhaps we need to make it so that we all get together for better circumstances. Like for shits and giggles, or because it’s Friday. You know, something like that.

Going to Ferndale Pride with @TomCat and the girls

Last night was awesome. I was nervous coming in, but it felt like home. We’ll probably start coming out more ☺️ If I missed saying hi to anyone, I apologize. Anxiety is a bitch 🖤

Tonight was awesomely, unexpectedly glorious and my joy is rather ungothly and I don’t care who knows it. It was so nice seeing everyone again! Also, @TronRP you’re adorable and I’m a fan 🖤☺️

Mildly anxious about this evening. Some of you I haven’t seen in a few years, and some I haven’t seen even longer. I don’t think I’m going to the pop-up goth night, though. I have to paint some rainbow colors into my hair for Pride We’ll see.

This creeper is Skyndi Laupurr. She sneaks up on you, and then pounces and scares the ever living shit out of you, whenever she has the opportunity.