Cacta Cacticeae

Intro

Cactus Dancing Gif by @nanacobear

What is this page?
I'm honestly quite bad at intros and really shy to initiate convos to begin with
Basically i made this page so that i can introduce myself easier~

Hello there, my name is Lan
But you can call me Cactus or Cacta if it's easier for you!
I also go by Aria to make it easier for my Japanese friends so you can call me that as well~
I'm a programmer and an artist with Aphantasia

In this page you can find out more about me and what i do:
Click Here for my general bio!
Know me from Genshin? Click Here
Feel free to check out My Twitter, i post art like once a year or something.

Bio

This is my cat, her name is Friend. Yes literally friend :D
She loves destruction
(She was a stray rescue)

Name:
Lan

Nickname:
Cactus / Cacta

Hobbies:
Game Design, Drawing, Learning random stuff

Random Stuff I Can Do:
• Programming
• Spreadsheet
• Watch Anime without Subtitles
• Making Fluffy Omelette
• Riichi Mahjong
• Tiny bit of Card Tricks

Recent Fav Games:
• Atelier Sophie & Ryza
• Genshin Impact
• Valorant
• FFXIV

Some Anime I Like:
• Psycho Pass
• Bungou Stray Dogs
• Mob Psycho 100
• Witch of Mercury
• Hyouka

Random Facts about Me:
• INTP
• Currently studying Python & Linux
• I wish i can be good enough at drawing to start taking commission
• I love cute dumb and soft stuff, like Aranara and maybe you
• Used to play Sax, Piano, Drum and Harmonica & was really good at rhythm games
• English is not my first language
• I sit in discord voice chat basically 24/7
• 1 Cat and 3 Family Doggo (1 Corgi & Two Toy Poodles!)
• Give me Cheesecake & Hot Choco and you have my consent to kidnap me
• I have Thalassophobia (yes even in games ;-;)
• Very calculative & Doubt Myself a lot
• I don't go out my way to watch anime or play new games by myself, so feel free if you want to reel me into your favorite ones!
• I don't mind spoilers
• A bit more awkward in a group setting

About Genshin

Why did i start playing Genshin?
I have been following genshin, especially the art community since launch. So i knew whats the game about and i know i will like it if i do play it.
However i never actually get to play the game because i had no time to invest into the game itself, on top of it i also tend to avoid gacha games.

A friend of mine has been really excited about Nahida being teased to release in 3.2, so they asked me to play genshin with them.
At the moment i have more than a month break period, having nothing to do i decided it'd be fun to finally pick genshin up. So being a literal fresh sprout i finally step into genshin on the 1st of October 2022.
The reality of it
Honestly, genshin is exactly as what i expected it to be. I knew the exploration side of it is going to be great, what i did not expect however; is that rolling all the way from Mondstadt to Sumeru with Sayu, to be the most enjoyable moment in the game for me.

As far as combat goes i really like Hyperbloom and Nilou's Bountiful Cores. The imagination of launching and exploding starfruit mid-combat in my head is probably way more entertaining than what really is going on in-game. 22nd October 2022
After 3 weeks of playing i finally hit AR 45, and since i finished Inazuma archon quest my plan now: make friends and take it slow, do exploration + artifact farm on the side
I am currently exploring Inazuma but since i have phobia of large bodies of water, it is really hard to explore by myself. So if you want to backseat and hold my hand through Inazuma feel free to reach out! 1st November 2022
It's been officially a month since i started playing genshin and also half-way through my holidays ;-;
Been playing a lot of co-op recently and my new excitement in game right now is riding boats together with friends while screaming in voice chat!
Am very excited for patch 3.2!
14th November 2022
Andddd holiday is officially over, so i can't play Genshin all the time anymore, however considering i did get to AR 52, cleared Spiral Abyss and get a lot of friends, i think this journey was a successful one!
Also this new fungi event is the best thing in the game, i love me my anemo shroom

8th August 2023
Been a while here's a short update before Fontaine release~
I am currently looking for more friends that can sit in VC and hold my hands through Fontaine exploration because i am TERRIFIED of underwater exploration
Fav Characters?
Furina, Nilou, Hu Tao, Faruzan, Kazuha, Heizou, Yae, Kaveh, Kirara

Thank you!

If you are reading this, thank you! I appreciate that you care enough to read my profile
I'm always up to chat or hang-out especially in voice chat!
I can be a bit talkactive and excited at times, so i hope thats fine for you~
Looking forward to talking with you!

Oh also fun fact for you who read this, if you are wondering why my account UID starts with 63 despite me being new; I really like Hu Tao as a character and on top of that i really like a lot of Characters Rie Takahashi voiced (Most noteably Ramizel & Mashu) I really wanted Hu Tao & my friend was nice enough to give me their account which has Hu Tao at AR 12!

Elements

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    print 'Iteration ' + i;
    deck.shuffle();
    i++;
}

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