The Perks of Being Sober

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’

What I'm Listening to: My word of this year is pleasure. As I was perusing https://dreamymoons.com.au/ and shopping for my new year planner, I came across the Aphrodite journal. It got me thinking how disconnecting from my body I become when I’m anxious or unregulated. I can’t say I ever really learned to be connected to my body, with the repressed queer religious upbringing that we don’t have to get into today. It’s already expensive (but worth it) shipping these journals f