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  • RosaliePreistley
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    1 year ago

    One day at a time. Peace of mind feels nice. A walk to the pride centre this morning should be good. I’m getting at least 6 or 7 ks walking every day sometimes quite unintentially so and I’m reaping the rewards. Losing belly fat and tightening the loose skin from loosing a ton of weight of last year. Finally cook my new stew today and do some aa. And of course play with the cats.

    I have a new sense of absolute freedom now I’m working on sobriety. I’m glad it’s uncool. I’ve never wanted to be cool or a part of mainstream society and never felt like I was a part of it anyway. Always been queer as fuck and always been alternative. A misfit and a punk but I’ve lost the anger of punk while retaining the passion to change the world from my own place in it. I also accept that certain things I cannot change but have the courage to change the things I can and act.

    My life is completely involved in positive queer spaces, from work to my aa home group to my volunteer work. I feel so much less alienated from them than I used to because I’m not in the queer party scene. It also wasn’t my scene. It’s restricive, mysoginistic and very much a monoculture. I had an amazing queer family once 20 odd years ago but it was smashed apart by the suicide of one of us and it’s when my substance abuse really took hold. I have brain damage from all the partying but getting my much needed oestrogen into my female brain is alleviating some a lot of it.

    • landsharkkidd
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      1 year ago

      Oh, I’m going to the pride centre today too! I only really go there to go to Joy FM, but I should really just check it out and walk around.

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        Go and check out the bookstore on the ground floor, hares and hyenas. Its a really nice vibe there.

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          I had a zine published there (I don’t think it’s there anymore it’s been like almost 10 years). If I have time to kill before I have to go to Joy I might do that.

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            oooh, I love zines. Don’t really see them around much though these days.

            Do you volunteer at Joy? I’m thinking about doing it. I’d like to keep djing, but not in bars. Obviously I wouldn’t go straight on air or anything but I have a bunch of community radio experience from a bunch of moons ago as well. So I could be useful, and I can walk there!

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              Sort of but not really. So like I am on the radio with a show that is on Checkpoint but I’m not volunteered with Joy, if that makes sense…

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                Checkpoint

                Winner of CBAA 2019 Community Radio Award for Excellence in Innovative Programming and Content

                Yes makes sense. Nice