The Perks of Being Sober

This is the story of where my love for puzzles began, since I’m sure you’re all wondering where the desire to be the fastest puzzler in the world came from.  I knew from a young age that I was really sad. I was a depressed kiddo. We always had puzzles around and did them during the holidays. Once I became sentient, and would start puzzles on my own, my dad would grumble about how he couldn’t walk by the puzzle without doing it. I would set up our puzzle board in front of the

This post can only be accompanied by the soundtrack to Romeo+Juliet, thank you for understanding. Part of my goals for this new year is moving my body more, but accepting that I can’t keep myself accountable to that alone right now. I need my friends and community to laugh with me and teach me how to move my body. That has looked like saying yes to invites to queer events like roller skating drag rodeo disco or two stepping night. I don’t often insert myself into bar spaces,

As I often do, I write half blogs and get distracted and forget about them. This was written at the end of 2025, reflecting on the year and seasons of change. I haven’t been writing as much lately, and that’s simply because I’ve been out living my life, in the best way. So I present to you my year end reflection, two months late, embellished and tweaked by the experiences of the first two months of 2026. What a wild year to reflect on. I settled into Austin and life as Cerby’