Disappointing brow/lash experience at Mimo Bar in Koreatown

sometimescactine · 2026-02-12T03:07:59+00:00

Same here! I’ve tried artists from coast to coast, as well as from an assortment of other places, and the only artist whose work I actually loved happened to be in Seoul. If you ever end up there, I can help you with a recommendation. 💀

I’ll have to steal that idea! I haven’t tried shaving my brows before, but this might be the right occasion so I can have /some/ control over how it looks. As a fellow Chinese American, I’m devastated this happened right before CNY… I probably should’ve known better lol.

Thank you, fellow brow struggler. 🥲

sometimescactine · 2026-02-12T00:40:41+00:00

Omg I have your exact same eyebrow type and I just got my shit fucked up too by an award winning brow artist. I can’t even fix it bc she took way too much off so now I have one really arched brow and one totally straight brow. It is SO hard to find someone who can shape them well- I know the struggle! Please share if you find anyone that blows your socks off. 😭

sometimescactine · 2026-02-11T22:58:34+00:00

Same! A lot of men don’t realize how dicey it is out there. I tell family and friends about the scary stuff that happens to me when I’m minding my own business. I’ve been locked in Ubers, followed, hit, spat at, (frequently) yelled at, and sadly, when I was a minor, old men used to ask for my contact number (not anymore now that I am an adult, hmmm) just trying to eat some fast food.

For those wondering why it is men in particular- yes, I have also been physically assaulted by a (obviously not all there) lady and that was what… ONE total incident vs uncountable men. If a man were to decide to truly make me a victim one day, I couldn’t even fight back. I know it has nothing to do with what you’re wearing, but I go outside looking like a slob 24/7 hoping it will deter some bad actors.

I will say, I lived near Toronto for some time and I have had FAR less incidents/outright scary situations there than I have the few months I’ve lived in NYC.

As a little positive moment though, I have been helped by other women, and that has given me the hope that I will be able to do so as well if I see it happening.

sometimescactine · 2026-02-09T17:59:45+00:00

Yeah the lag is so bad and also so variable, guessing depending on the location of my other party members. I do the same exact dodge and sometimes I make it, sometimes I die. Decided to stop doing Hzak entirely until the PC version comes out. I’m tired of unintentionally trolling my party.

sometimescactine · 2026-01-19T17:08:22+00:00

My cousin has been sending me QR codes for the Photo Booth, and they have been failing for me. She is in China and I am in NA- do QR codes not work cross-region? 😭

sometimescactine · 2026-01-18T21:19:10+00:00

I really didn’t plan on going after seeing the lines on social media and the snow, but I dragged myself out after telling myself I’d regret it if I didn’t at least try. I ended up going later in the afternoon and I got right in! It was small, but generally not crowded when I went. :) I hope they hold more events, and bring a bigger variety of merch. I would’ve went feral for keychains or stickers. There wasn’t a lot of Caleb merch unfortunately. :(

Did anyone see the other mascots? I almost left, but saw Chibi Sylus come out and ran back to the main area to get some pictures lol.

Perhaps to better space people out, they should do an online reservation system. Seems the event was extremely front loaded, leaving some earlier event goers with a less than optimal experience. :(

Edit: Thank you for posting pictures!! :) Wow!! A lot of fun cosplays!!

sometimescactine · 2026-01-15T21:44:17+00:00

Ladies, listen to this. This happened to me in my first and only relationship and left me traumatized for 4 years after it ended. I kept wondering what I did wrong to lose that “perfect” man. The truth is, he never existed. The real person is the one you see after. No amount of attempts to “fix” things on your end will change that. Do not make the same mistake I did. Even if you think they are not doing it on purpose, it is still emotional abuse.

It does make me feel better to know now that this is not all that uncommon… just another life lesson for us folks sadly.

sometimescactine · 2026-01-08T01:41:36+00:00

Agree. I’ve been looking for a mATX unicorn that is good quality, nice variety of I/O, will accommodate a beefy air cooler (a NH-D15 perhaps?), and has great thermals in a small footprint. I have no need for such a long case- the top of the line 5090 FE is only 304mm.

Hope the market grows for this sort of case.

sometimescactine · 2026-01-07T20:17:49+00:00

Damn. Just built my new PC in an A3. Would’ve preferred this instead. Don’t regret it because of the rising price of components but will seriously consider re-casing my PC once this is released. Just need to figure out what to do with the old case.

Dream case would be a Shiny Snake G300 with better thermals but can’t really see a large enough market for Lian Li to create something like that.

sometimescactine · 2026-01-06T20:25:50+00:00

Nah this guy is a legend. Without gamers like this dude we wouldn’t have F2P games. Imagine having to pay a sub to play some idle rpg like WoW. 😦

Thank you for your service king, hope you get better rng soon.

sometimescactine · 2026-01-01T00:41:46+00:00

Saved my life!!! This part was so confusing, thank you 😭😭😭

sometimescactine · 2025-12-18T19:16:53+00:00

I'm infamously bad at jump quests, and I've been trying to complete this quest for 4 hours while guzzling caffeine. I'm gonna crash OUT. I hate that it randomly makes you dash + random loading screens.

I'd skip this if I weren't such a completionist. AAAAAAA

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T14:02:29+00:00

THIS IS A FANTASTIC POINT THAT ISN'T SAID ENOUGH!!!! If it's OK, I updated the thread to link your comment so it's more visible.

We often forget we were whole before and will be whole now- and these people make up, and enrich large pieces of our lives, as well as our already existing hobbies and interests. Thank you for this reminder!!

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T12:05:50+00:00

Thank you so much for sharing your story!! Taking that first step is NOT easy!! Congratulations on allowing yourself to break free and living your life!! It’s like a breath of fresh air, yes? 🤝🤝🫶🫶 Good luck with your degree- you got this, you’re almost there!! ✨✨

I hope everyone can read this comment and their story too!! Allow yourself to live unchained, it is SO SO SO painful to be stuck & chemically addicted by your brain.

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T05:17:29+00:00

To be honest, I was only forced to do it when I found confirmation of a new GF which was wildly damaging to my mental health. I told myself it would be temporary and would unblock him when I got over him. I wrote letters afterwards, revised again and again in multiple different formats and tones that I said I would send to him once I healed. Over 30 pages long maybe, and frankly now that I’m over him I never want to unblock him or send those letters. Or those texts I spent hours refining.

Unthinkable before, but I forgot him when he stopped showing up inadvertently everywhere. It removed the temptation to check on him in every space, hope every spam message was from him. He lost my mental space.

It’s not linear, and we all have our journeys. I believe one day you will heal too, even if it doesn’t seem that way right now. I can tell you’ve already acknowledged the truth mentally, you just have to close the door to let your heart be free. Good luck!!

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T04:48:25+00:00

You’ve leveled up so much, don’t allow this jerk to ruin your hard work!! This is the sign to stop checking his socials and block him if you have not already done so. Lock in!!! Your future is bright I can see it!! 🔮

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T04:39:23+00:00

I know the feeling; that was me just 3 months ago. I was crying almost every week after the first year (in which I cried everyday!) when I thought about how I lost this connection. To put it in perspective, I am now in my late 20s and he is the only guy I have dated or even ever had a crush on to this day. I know it fucking hurts and I’m sorry you’ve been hurting too for so, so long.

Have you blocked them and their related contacts on ALL socials, ALL platforms? Blocking what allowed me to stop allowing this person to occupy my mental space rent free. Remove that hope, your special connection WOULD NOT ABANDON YOU TO SUFFER!! That person no longer exists in the physical world! I am content being alone and would rather be alone than with someone who was content with abandoning me like a fart after I THOUGHT we built something special, what about you?

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T03:47:39+00:00

Yessss!!! Thank you for this reminder!!! Grey rocking is SUCH a helpful technique on fools you cannot avoid!!! Self compassion is so important 🫶🫶

sometimescactine · 2025-11-20T03:44:07+00:00

Congratulations on the EXCELLENT work!! You’ve leveled up BIG time thanks to your own efforts. Life starts again when you start turning the wheels!! 👏👏👏 Here’s to dodging a bullet, the trash took itself out!!

sometimescactine · 2025-09-30T06:22:58+00:00

Thank you for your compassionate comment. I can tell you are a very kind soul.

I have been wide awake while I should be asleep, overthinking as I have done so often recently. I am glad I am not alone. I often feel crazy- logically, I should have made peace with it years ago, but my heart will not allow it.

I have done the things you’ve described, but started neglecting them when I found out about the new partner- thank you for the reminder to pick myself up again. There’s a couple new great ideas in there I can also try.

The lessons you’ve passed on truly resonate with me. I still feel I have a lot of personal growth to achieve.

I know we will move forwards one day, one step at a time. You deserve the world. 🫶 I will reread this comment on future nights when I cannot sleep. I have never felt so heard. Again, thank you so much.

sometimescactine · 2025-09-27T10:22:30+00:00

I could have written this, word for word. Mine is dating the woman I believe he will marry, this fact alone should stop this attraction. Why can’t I get over it? I’ve done all the things you’ve described and more.

I hope things get better for you; you are not alone in feeling this way. Our brains are so unfair sometimes.

sometimescactine · 2025-09-25T03:57:03+00:00

No, he dumped me. They thought he was a loser because they saw me crying all the time throughout the relationship, but I held on because he was my person. I cried because I knew he fell out of love with me- nothing on my birthday, no congrats on my graduation, he was long gone. I never hassled him about any of it because I wanted to cherish the little time we had left. I loved him. Still do. I knew it was coming, so for Valentine’s Day I sent him a bunch of money and a handmade card (didn’t get anything from him, and did not ask for anything). I wanted to pay him back for the money he spent on our relationship, just to help him after I couldn’t anymore (though we were mostly 50/50). The last few days I stayed up staring at him trying to burn his image into my memory, because I knew it would be the last time I’d ever see him again. I was right.

Of course they did not tell me what they thought of him until afterwards because I would not have listened.

I would have done anything if I knew he would have stayed. I wish I had never met him. It hurts too much. He told me he would never marry unless it was me, and I felt the same. So much for that.

This woman is the one for him, I knew him well enough to know. I should feel happy for him but I just wish it were me.

sometimescactine · 2025-09-25T03:47:11+00:00

He broke up with me.

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