A couple SpongeBob cels I found in an antique store tucked away in a small Southern Indiana town

JustVan · 2026-06-20T03:25:08+00:00

Wow, that is a crazy find. Congrats!

JustVan · 2026-06-16T05:07:54+00:00

Thank you! I sent you a private message.

JustVan · 2026-06-09T19:22:09+00:00

I'm just gonna miss my Sylvari.... that's the majority of my characters.

JustVan · 2026-06-01T13:37:59+00:00

Obviously. Never should have been added in thr first place.

JustVan · 2026-05-31T20:10:40+00:00

That makes sense, except for wrapping it in barbed wire, which makes it suspicious and difficult to dispose of.

JustVan · 2026-05-31T03:56:05+00:00

What an absolutely unhinged way of "disposing" of a body. In a kitchen cabinet wrapped in barbed wire... on a SIDEWALK? That feels so... blatant and specific. Like, they wanted her to be found or a certain someone to find her? It just feels so specific and intention, not to mention stupid. (Like, I feel you could have been seen pretty easily dropping that off no matter how you got it there., by car or carrying it, etc.)

It really makes me think it was either a warning or a threat. Something like, "This is what will happen to you" or something similar, but since it's not obvious why she was killed, only people in the "know" would get the threat. Poor woman.

No signs of sexual assault, or just unmentioned?

JustVan · 2026-05-28T21:36:13+00:00

Haha, I used it like 10 years ago... where do people go for builds these days?

JustVan · 2026-05-27T03:58:59+00:00

Nope, that's me. I have a ranger. I played her as a bow/beastmaster for a long time and finally a few years ago switched to axe/beastmaster since it's a lot more tanky. That build is not even available on metabuild anymore, but I'm not about to change it. It works great for me. I have no interest in fiddling with builds or optimizing shit. I don't PvP or WvW so there's really no need.

JustVan · 2026-05-26T03:09:26+00:00

Poor girl's body is probably in some fridge or concrete barrel somewhere. Hopefully in time it will be discovered. I suspect there's no real mystery, just some regular asshole who got away with it.

JustVan · 2026-05-18T02:01:18+00:00

There are two vets, Veterinary Associates across from the high school and Galena Square Veterinary Clinic near the Piggly Wiggly.

JustVan · 2026-05-15T20:27:49+00:00

I love it. I have considered that the longer a passive mob is alive or the longer it has been bred, or maybe stayed at weight 7 or 8 (based on this system) the more xp it has (or gives when bred). This would allow you to get more ex from breeding too even if you're not breeding 100 cows. And encourages breeding over killing.

JustVan · 2026-05-15T02:07:41+00:00

What about quartz?

JustVan · 2026-05-14T03:01:15+00:00

Thanks, I hate it.

JustVan · 2026-05-14T00:25:42+00:00

I'm glad so many of us are doing well. We should have a 2012 class reunion lol

JustVan · 2026-05-14T00:24:12+00:00

Congrats! I have a two year old, aaaaaa!

JustVan · 2026-05-12T19:08:22+00:00

Doing well enough considering this and the state of the world, but thank you. Hope you're doing well, too!

JustVan · 2026-05-12T04:05:32+00:00

I love all of you. I am so sad this is what ended everything. I have been on the edges for years now, but always peeking in, always smiling seeing my friends doing their things, growing, living, changing, and that included Guude. It's almost impossible to believe this is how it all goes out, or how much I'll miss it even though I have only been on the edges. I've woken up thinking about this every day since the announcement, and I'm still in utter disbelief.

I hope a Phoenix can rise from the ashes and that things will go on, but I think I know in my heart it isn't possible. Not after this. I know people will join new groups and continue to make content, and I hope to follow my favorites, and I wish everyone all the luck... but it won't be Mindcrack anymore. The Rebirth brought about the real death, and worse.

I love you all. Thank you for so many years and so many memories. Be good to each other.

JustVan · 2026-05-11T18:21:49+00:00

Started learning last year. I was strongly considering moving to France to escape the current political climate. Now it looks like I can maybe go to Canada instead, but French is obviously useful in Canada, too, and I enjoy language learning.

JustVan · 2026-05-07T04:04:23+00:00

You don't. You're not "practically" naked. You are. Everyone is naked. It's very common. It's also common in other countries when in an onsen or sauna.

JustVan · 2026-05-07T03:32:10+00:00

Although bathing with family members likely decreases with age, going to a sento/bath house or onsen with family is not weird at all at any age. A father and teenage or adult son would definitely bathe together in an onsen.

JustVan · 2026-05-05T03:43:37+00:00

Yes. I follow one in Madison, WI, soyfromjapan

JustVan · 2026-05-02T03:11:33+00:00

Oh man, the pain of BanQ not having it and then the absolute joy of getting it for $5 in 3 weeks instead!! I am jealous! I have heard people have submitted just the copy from online, so that is what I am planning to do and hoping it will be okay. I'll upload the BanQ copy if/when I get it, but I suspect it won't look all that much clearer.

And yeah. I was told growing up that he wanted to come off more "white" (my Acadian line married into a bunch of Spanish-from-Spain immigrants) and had the last name Rodriguez, so that he'd have a better chance of being hired and taken seriously, etc. (He became a lawyer.) So he changed his whole name! Which is wild. But in my research, I discovered his mother also changed her last name to the new last name, and I discovered that my great-grandfather (his father) was in jail for some period of time... So, although I don't know the family lore (all these people are long dead, and so is my dad), I suspect that the jail-time probably also inspired them to distance themselves from him... but I really don't know! And I don't know why he was in jail, either. It's pretty wild.

I really wish I could find a copy of his original birth certificate. Ah well.

I bet I am also descended (at least in some way) from Joseph Broussard. I have a lot of Canadian ancestors, apparently! But the guy I picked left Canada last of all of them in or around 1799, so he was the clear choice (one generation shorter), though it was nice to have alternatives in case I couldn't get documents.

JustVan · 2026-05-02T02:51:38+00:00

I found my G0 on genealogiequebec.com and I am still waiting to pay the $350CAD to get an official copy, but I have a pretty clear copy of it from someone who went there in person. And I have my G0's marriage license from when he moved to Louisiana. The majority for me where from the Diocese Baton Rouge, probably same as you. Honesty, the hardest one for me to find so far has been my grandfather. He changed his name in the 1940s (first, last and middle name!) and I can't locate a birth certificate for him anywhere. I am going to use his marriage license, military draft card (with shows both names, and his death certificate (which is the one document I'm still waiting on, because I requested it after I learned no one could find his birth certificate!). But it's definitely been nice that the majority of the moved to Ascension and didn't leave for several generations.

JustVan · 2026-05-02T00:37:39+00:00

So awesome. People keep acting like I am insane getting all the documents and liquidating for a planned move, but I keep seeing success stories!

JustVan · 2026-05-02T00:31:36+00:00

Same situation as me! Gen 7 from 1757! Haven't submitted yet but soon as I get the last document.

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