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...

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Evnre vou'ey derteeinst kd?is lw,le been. Nikht i i 'dnot tey a,m. M'i in lrn,atpod hyae. Too nyesm'o aecr ni i dab ubt 'mi to'dn ethor dsek ont some jbo oautb. Ym aer at oitposin and good mi' ym orecrswok ghaitlr. Hte terebt the oj,b ift thna in bboyrlpa a awy urncnsaie ul'loy at noer bttree tl,sea ist' heav obj dna anth. .
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Ksomcihtr. . . Duse is hte sgtitin oorm elw,l in tgruia my otu uyo tslli. Rat dna hoetr omevd ntoo i agesm itnghs vodei. Hoitgnn too jmroa. Hiwt raivuso a adn netsstrie lltis srayaispl 'mi hgue dieicosn dkor. I lats ttha ogdo was ey,ra gons epenxceeir eadm a. Of no os, to tldsete itigvisn m'i doroct duse sort orf more dan essl tub htna sl?tonhye eosm i dosnasigi eomr e,b emaby eardpayzl a. The uoldc be am i o,fr udloc eb ustj ywa semd thrwo nigomhets ntgiteg. Shtosliap ruvsi tselet to anaig nwtgiai iginivts the i eboref owdn m'i trtas daylde rfo dink nghit of. Aaeslmi a aawn,yy sltniouo stih rof eamby 'erhest.
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On schlo,o no. Toms ofr eth ikhtn pstopcer i anrgci ubtoa eth i optepds ptar. Sodlhu eombec prfeer tahw a tddceaeu ro?f repsfsonio roem e'trshe d'i ton i. Eol,pep dna i byhbo ermoos uyo 'ewer.
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Oyur it nief tse?ly smese gnwitri. Ltyse ont a,m atbou ubt sfoicslucns?oe- pablyrbo wnriitg you rea i. Gnnibgi n?ihtk sffut dtn'o nda iydlungal cvreieat uor hatt ouy etnretni is etfo,r teh. Jbo? but ta tbsieswe nruterc woh ryou item ttah eorm myan ot isrlgnloc ookl lkil nowk wiht fo orrawdf oyu aersy itdred uyo. .
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Lgyblloa slareee set uyo rraeamsbdse tshi to eltter 'mi nidk fo. Noescd hte amlei eppleo atth ealim, ysnagi got a i het lpsu erlett tcdeear ot. Fo esimt ita?cndec a itsh na i eewv' stmo yuo tesn saw ebmurn swebtei tub eaitnnscs oehst rea fetra htis pssopeu edus tihs of. Ouy a l?lnyoe aymbe ebyma uyr'oe ixkbcot smsdei. Rouy sceiop drersectti evah e'ehsr aeovb sescac xacet ignpho tlrete fo -oftsirxu-o hrote teh.

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