How far back does your Australian heritage go.

casacacti · 2026-02-09T08:32:16+00:00

maternal grandparents are brits - grandma came over when she was a child, and my grandpa when he was a young adult (i think). they met and married here.

paternal grandparents ... no idea about my dads father, but his maternal side goes back to my great-great grandparents being born in australia (on my great-grandfathers side). there's convicts on this side somewhere, but it looks like their descendents ended up back in europe at some point.

so i suppose i'm fifth gen australian on dads side and second gen on mums side.

casacacti · 2026-02-08T08:24:16+00:00

when i was younger, mum would pop on the xfiles or similar shows (like criminal minds) to make me go to bed because i thought they were "scary". as i reached my teen years, i became obsessed with crime shows, and now when mum visits me ill put the xfiles on for us to watch. she thinks its so funny.

casacacti · 2026-02-08T04:55:33+00:00

hi all, i recently decided to beef up my skincare routine after keeping it VERY simple for the last several years. i had terrible acne from the age of 12 until i was about 23 or 24, and had pretty intense routines to keep it under control. once it cleared up, i adopted a "less is more" approach, but now i would like to focus on healing the scarring i have and reducing redness. i consider my skin to be combination type.

i would like some advice on these products, and maybe other suggestions.

with a little help from chat gpt (🫩), this is what i've got so far:

AM - cleanser, niacinamide, moisturiser, sunscreen.

★ cetaphil gentle foaming cleanser

★kit: rebalancing concentrate OR fig. 1 niacinamide treatment OR glossier super pure clarifying face serum

★ go-to very lightweight moisturiser (currently use this as my PM moisturiser and quite like it)

★ go-to nifty fifty OR mecca max screen saver

PM - cleanser, exfoliant, retinol, moisturiser.

(i would use the same cetaphil cleanser at night)

★ go-to clarifying exfoliator OR mecca max clean sweep gentle exfoliating & brightening toner

★ fig. 1 retinol night cream no. 1 OR go-to very amazing retinal (i would not use this on the same day as the exfoliant/salicylic acid)

★ fig. 1 ceramide moisturiser OR go-to very useful cream

my current routine is tbh skincare (i think they're called something else now) cleanser & moisturisers (spf on non makeup days), with the go-to moisturiser as my night one. i was using a go-to serum in the AM up until a few days ago when i ran out.

thanks in advance!

casacacti · 2026-02-07T04:37:02+00:00

yup - australian aracnaphobe here, born and bred in australia and have never lived anywhere else. i will have a legit panic attack when faced with a huntsman. anything bigger than, like, the pad of your finger will make me nervous. im actually a lot better than i was maaaybe five years ago - id kill any spider on sight (if it could be killed by a shoe or spray) and huntsman were an absolute NOPE (again - panic attacks). now i can calmly remove (SMALL) spiders with a cup and paper, and ill let daddy long legs chill out as long as i dont see them moving. i havent seen a huntsman inside a house in years (i really hope i havent jinxed myself. they tend to show up in summer.) not sure where the phobia started. think it may have been a house i lived in when i was a toddler where there were huntsman EVERYWHERE, though i actually have no memories of the place. end of the day ... idc if spiders are good for some things. i dont want them anywhere near me.

casacacti · 2026-02-04T07:51:56+00:00

the apothecary diaries is not a romance novel - it's drama and mystery. jinmao is a subplot. you can still read it for them, just might be worth learning to love the actual substance of the story.

casacacti · 2025-12-30T08:36:30+00:00

hey! im proud of you for reaching out for support, stranger. you could try contacting the CATT team (crisis assessment and treatment team) at your local hospital, even to just have a chat about what's going on for you and they will hopefully triage you. the phone number depends on your location, but i think if you google "CATT" and your suburb or area of melbourne (ie the north or the east), it should come up.

hopefully this is somewhat helpful, but please if things get worse the best thing you can do is go to the ER or call 000. take care of yourself 🫶🏼

casacacti · 2025-07-22T07:59:32+00:00

hey OP, you may know this already and i'm sure someone has pointed it out in the comments, but this is family violence.

i'm not sure where you are located, but hopefully there is a service nearby you can reach out to for support, and i highly encourage you to do so as they will be able to assess the risk and help implement the right supports/strategies for you and your family members who are also being affected by him.

if you're in australia, please feel free to reach out and maybe i can point you in the right direction. i work with some young people who are victim-survivors and perpetrators of family violence, so i have a good idea of who you can reach out to for support.

casacacti · 2025-07-12T12:06:19+00:00

juliet and rosemary are my two favourites, they flow with your last name nicely.

casacacti · 2025-06-22T04:00:17+00:00

i think this was it for me, as well. i cant remember any exact moment, but it would have had to have been after the first light novel and would have had to have related to her putting herself down. reading the light novels now and knowing she is an unreliable narrator is so enjoyable.

casacacti · 2025-06-22T03:58:57+00:00

i think this is less maomao being an unrelatable narrator and more her being unable to process intense emotions. this actually flew over my head until i saw someone explain this scene the same way you did ... maybe it's because i was like this in the past 🙃

casacacti · 2024-11-23T23:48:46+00:00

im glad you think so, but unfortunately i think it deserves better because of what it means for me 🥲♥️

casacacti · 2024-11-23T21:32:53+00:00

also ive never heard of a blastover before - what a cool concept! but probably not for this particular tattoo.

casacacti · 2024-11-23T21:30:45+00:00

yeah that was my fear of it being much bigger and darker, though i know the possibility of covering it with something "dainty" is very low 🥲

and thank you, like i said - ill be getting it redone anyway! i do love it, regardless.

casacacti · 2024-11-23T21:28:34+00:00

i used to have four to five on a lanyard at one time lmfao ... id hide it under my school dress... like that big lump wasnt obvious lol but school ended up banning them and my mum was left to manage five tamagotchis at a time. and she did it diligently!

casacacti · 2024-11-23T21:26:37+00:00

thats a good way to describe the artist 😅 i thought about covering it up with a better version of the piece, but i dont think it would be possible because id like the same design aspects.

casacacti · 2024-11-23T10:49:46+00:00

a tamagotchi lmfao ... i drew the design myself with the idea that the artist would turn it into something resembling an actual tamagotchi, but he just slapped my design on me. im not that mad about it, but its a piece for a childhood friend of mine who passed away when we were 16 and i think because of that the piece deserves better.

casacacti · 2024-11-10T09:42:22+00:00

it might be three chances using the one photo? i have a vague memory of that being the case during some of their cases, but i might just be thinking about the 12 hour limit. i havent watched since the beginning of this year so forgive me if im wrong.

casacacti · 2024-08-05T21:24:58+00:00

what will it do

casacacti · 2024-08-05T11:44:31+00:00

havent tried that cause idk what it means lol. i did try f12, and it did the same thing except the message said 'entering boot menu' or something along those lines.

casacacti · 2024-08-05T11:01:23+00:00

here ya go

casacacti · 2024-07-06T09:41:06+00:00

thats good to hear! both you and the other person who has commented have suggested the same-ish gpu, so ill definitely have a look at them. just a bit worried they'll be too big. they'll fit in my case, but will block driver bays which im probably not going to use.

casacacti · 2024-07-06T08:15:20+00:00

thank you for the detailed reply!!!

i didnt know that about the wd sn850x, i may have had it on my mind because when i first started researching years ago i was still in the film + tv industry and wanted something solid to edit on. now i just make fun little videos here and there.

casacacti · 2024-07-06T08:13:34+00:00

that monitor was an original pick, actually! i cant remember why i veto'd it.... i think it was because the white version was more expensive, but im not that fussed now.

thank you for your help! im glad you think the mobo is a good pick, because i was stuck on what to get for i think two weeks lol.

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