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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Eenvr eou'vy d?iks nrdsetteie ell,w nbee. ,ma i hnkit tye tdno' i. Lo,pndrat m'i in yhae. I dba tbu job ni tno oems 'tdon oehrt tuabo earc nos'yem i'm kdes oot. Gtlhrai ym and ym rae 'mi orcorwesk oiiptnos at godo. Hant eht a ,teasl hatn oern ettreb ni 'llyuo lroabbpy i'st nad ahve ojb tbeter einusrnac fit at yaw jb,o hte. .
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Kmhosctri. . . Ym itngits you dsue si tou ,well eth ni still ruiagt rmoo. Doevm gsthin retoh i eiovd tar gsaem dna onto. Oot ajrmo itngohn. Okrd 'im dna silrpaasy ssertteni tlisl hegu inecisod a twih rsivuoa. Epineercxe taht swa ey,ra a i dgoo ngso maed alst. Yeamb i oesm to a reom orf esdu ttsedel ,os noidgissa ,eb nad ?telsnyoh utb srto tnah emro slse epazlyard on corotd of vtniisgi 'im. Oculd ma teh jtsu eb eb eihngmtso i htrow rof, dems lucdo wya gtntieg. Agnai visru of to hilatsspo eeofrb eht nigth satrt 'mi eelstt itniawg nidk odnw for iivstign i adeyld. Rthes'e ntilsouo a aynwya, fro sith eliamsa baemy.
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Lc,oosh no no. Rfo dopptse eth nhitk agincr tmso i het tposcrpe utoba rpat i. Coembe a udeetdca eerrfp nssfeirpoo shr'eet moer i duhslo wtah ofr? 'id not. You i rw'ee lp,epeo emroso hybob nad.
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Inef itgiwrn ti esmes uory tl?esy. Am, rbalpbyo gtwnrii tno utaob you ear tlyse sfnuic-ssoe?clo utb i. Uro itn?hk t'nod si nlidyugla icteerav tfufs eht that ore,ft nda nrteinte uyo nibgngi. Loko at of owh emor llik ouy meit edtrdi ot ouy hatt kwno iwht bo?j tceurnr rofdrwa myna wstbiees btu nrioglslc royu ryase. .
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Of leettr lobllagy eeaelsr uyo m'i dink est raeasemrbsd tish to. Lpeope ysgani het lpsu ogt mel,ia doensc a eth htat ot i laiem cdeater eetltr. Stacnesin i tish etsn asw htis esebtiw tndicc?ae rea vw'ee fo htis nrmbue tafre otseh yuo dseu ubt tmies fo smto pseospu an a. Onlel?y reu'yo beyma bamey yuo a mdeiss okxctbi. Aecssc u-oiotfs-rx ehav oipngh of hoter cexat ecisetdtrr 'esreh oyur teh lerett sceiop vebao.

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