To you, from you

Peaceful right?

Trying to get back the girl right now, waiting around in a lonely, white-walled apartment for another 50 days to pass, when I'll visit Reno in May. I'm going to go have pizza and watch Argo in the conference room in an hour with coworkers. How's life? I wish I could get a response from you, to know that it works out, to know how things happen. Are kids in the future? If I'm back with C she'll want children within the next six years, which currently freaks me out. So if that happened, our first kid would be almost two or three by now, right? I wonder if I'll use my list of names for naming a kid. That's jumping ahead a little, though. Did getting back with C even work out? Haha, was memorizing that Pablo Neruda poem worth it or a waste of time? Are you in Reno now? Is she in Portland? Right now I'm worrying about money a little, and how airfare is ridiculous and I'll pay for a lot to go visit every month or two. Maybe you're a rich jetsetter by now and those aren't concerns anymore? Hey, this is sent from eight years ago. Pretty perfect number, right? :D So I wonder, how have you progressed? I'm trying to learn guitar through Rocksmith, I'm kind of succeeding. I mean, you'll know this because you read your journal... How about your internet prospects? Music production? Language learning? "The language?" How about comic creation? Or the creature world thing? I still need glyphs for ghosts, dragons or chaos, and the cosmos... Are you still at your insurance job? Have you gone back to school? Right now I feel pretty stuck and ambivalent, and scared for the future. I'm getting paid alright and don't want to leave, I know that if I stick it out I'll just get paid more but over time but obviously it's not an enjoyable or fulfilling position and there's much more to life than this godawful cubicle. Does my writing seem different than your current style? Anyway, I guess I'll go do something else. I'll be sending this message a few times across the decades, so if you get this, remember to type up a new one so there'll be a message that gets added to every 10 years! Hmm, maybe I'll make it 8, that seems more suited to me. Alright, see you in 2029.

Epilogue

2 days later

My dude, you should stay in Portland. That whole Reno thing is a waste of time. You're afraid of moving on, so your paradox solution is taking a risk to...

Thye way erew teh ekpe sihtgn. Up ulryt si orbekn ihtw a woh het rntgiy not'd aeplc euyr'o ayelis ekma na yuo sycar ittd,eaga wlord utb gel to thiw olus. Agnrci sopt erh to wthi wtha 'sit espnahp eitm. .
.
Life? a w,lle on ginog oerldwidw rteshe' paceidmn. Seprad pelpeo on iengb ssaidee eoelpp fmor tghibnear ohetr isth ctnieofuis, esrhe't dlyead lhihyg. 'tsi ahtt meemerrb ielk tath e,gam od aslfh ?emcndpai uoy. Si't sti' the ro it's of mysmpsot rea rm,aodn sck,i ont mfor and rpades 'rehtye zeaeril eupsr lerdely lrtribee rof eyaddl btu neve st'doen teh dkin how emsnooe. Rof ofmr rfo iacvcne ot eohm i'ev eb slta the eth elleibig iwtagni inkowrg ,ryae nebe. Mkass pelepo otedsui smot awre. . . 'oyud ot t'don i kthin sthi vocrnyrotes utb suldho hest,on uyo 'treseh hewrteh or aubot oehlw eandurdstn eb n,to. Suosiercd eht gae has dan ednhagc ntenetir bipluc. A godo hwats' rlapalel. . . Eevnr avnthe' mnid ye,t tbuao uoy lfta erheasrt dahre teh tir?gh. Yuo pay nad 'ndto lpsi?oict i s'it to od tneatnito aylrel yuo ownk fwula how.
.
Ikd?s vrene tnesidrete e,llw ouv'ey bnee. I tye ,am ntihk i 'otnd. In yhea m'i pado,lrnt. Mi' nodt' in tbu i jbo atbou ecar too not sedk semo reoth y'smneo abd. Rlighat doog 'im tsniiopo my aer at my wseocrokr adn. Nroe yaw job, rtbeet blraobyp hvea fit teh the ettreb ni tahn dan a ylo'lu iacsnreun hnta job at aesl,t 'ist. .
.
Kthicrosm. . . Ouy riutga uto rmoo elwl, si ueds eht ilstl in my ttigsin. And doive tisngh atr i gmesa herot toon vedmo. Ajrmo nnhgtoi oot. Aslrpaysi enrtteiss litsl and dkor a m'i rousvia osiecidn eghu hwti. Nsog saw mdea i tasl godo that a ayr,e enpireceex. Rsto be, fro elarzyadp to htna m'i on h?nyostle tedtesl oemr fo remo i a oesm odtroc adigsinos udes sivgtiin dna utb ,so ayebm esls. Eb eb ,orf smed dlouc tnioshmge utsj i orhtw het nggteti way ucold ma. Seettl dedaly usriv vsiigtin ot rof m'i tghni fo dink i hte winagti wdon oberef gniaa olhpitsas ttrsa. Set'her a esmilaa a,ywany thsi mabye snluioto orf.
.
On sclh,oo no. Aotub hte ptar i hkint tpspdoe ofr iancrg mots crptseop eth i. Tecuadde ton orem i'd e'shetr fssperoion ahtw or?f eprfre ceboem i ohusdl a. Byobh dan re'we you i ersoom oepe,lp.
.
?tlsye fnie ouyr sesem ti wnigrit. ,ma babrlyop lssoos?cuci-nef uoy i itngrwi are aoutb ltsey ton but. Veirteac gaullydin trneneit rou fufst htat is otref, the oyu 'otnd dna ithnk? inniggb. To ookl okwn reiddt fo rayes htta ta iebsstwe tcrrnue oyu amny twih slgrolicn ubt uyo oyur orem ohw iemt lilk rrofadw jb?o. .
.
Oyu etetrl raeeels kdni ets edsabersmra to isht of im' loalybgl. A eodscn gto puls adreetc hte to hte limae, popeel ahtt leettr amlie i insyga. ?inccatde benumr an i this rea ouy iasesctnn fo eisbwte a hstoe sude spuoesp swa hsti of imtes 'weev stne tmso faert btu thsi. O'ueyr dsmsie coixbtk bmyea yoenl?l a abeym uoy. Rtelte fo sotfxr--oiu tcexa reoth inphog yruo esdteitrcr hte voeba oepcis evha ehe'sr sceasc.

This user has written an update to this letter.To see what they wrote, please

Write new comment

Load more comments