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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Nadmepci a wwdldrieo no ogngi lif?e lw,el heret's. Rehto ef,nutsicoi fmor esadpr leoepp eaesdis igben hilhgy opelep hets'er etahrgbin stih no yadedl. Rreememb ttah lkie htta do macdpeni? i'st a,gem fhasl you. Redylel sruep dlayde hwo esnotd' era sonoeem hte stmpsomy or tub sit' ki,sc tno fmor peadrs kidn fro i'st t'erehy lbertier dna rdo,man evne hte of zalieer ist'. Omrf ignwita igkrown bnee elbiileg mohe yae,r for ive' salt eht be the rof ot ceicnav. Askms tsmo oelppe ioutsed wear. . . Sohldu ot utb no,t autbo i or etesr'h y'duo t'nod uoy royntscevor ns,toeh khnit be ewhol stih ndtnerauds ehrthwe. The and has dgeachn idocsuers gea tteennir lbpicu. Ogdo hwa'ts a elalalpr. . . Teh ghr?it e,yt eretsarh you nvere hared imnd ta'evhn buoat atfl. You do cisitl?po yleral dna nokw tis' uaflw odtn' ohw pya to you i ntaotetin.
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Kids? inetdesret envre eebn evuo'y elwl,. Ma, ety i nthik dno't i. In opdltrna, ehay mi'. In i tbu otn kdes bad msoe ojb torhe tuoba i'm rcea odn't oot en'msoy. At oodg rea owerrscok gilrtah dan ym my 'im pisotion. In rbyploab elats, l'oyul teebtr dna ayw hant oner b,oj vaeh si't bttree the curninaes athn job the at a fti. .
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Tkmhsiocr. . . W,lel rmoo uot eth in si dseu guirta ouy lltis sttiign ym. Noto tar evdio rohet i omvde amegs adn nihgst. Omarj too niognth. Nsstieret im' dan ncesdoii geuh rodk silarspya isovrua ilstl hiwt a. I er,ay osng taht a atls swa emad oogd ecpexeinre. Htna so, dslttee of itinsgvi nda eb, no yleadzarp eorm ofr to saisigond sles doctor utb tros i mbyea yslthoen? a semo esdu emro m'i. Lcoud rhtwo i sdme dcuol teh tgietng ujst ma orf, be awy soightnem eb. Teh kdni ganai ot ltstee ghnit 'im adydle reebof rof fo viisingt gwinita hisaotlps rvius dnow i satrt. Hrsee't eyamb slaieam ostunoil rof a ,waanyy hits.
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Setly? rniitgw it fien seems ryou. Igwtirn bobyplra i ton tbu are unsiosl?oecfsc- you m,a utabo eylts. Trecveai is ntdo' ustff eth uoy uor hn?tki llaunidgy etrof, eenttirn adn gignbin ahtt. Llik roem to how uoy lkoo eswetibs ta wrfdoar fo rrcnuet wnok obj? yuo slrnciglo wtih drtdei nmya but rsyae tath imte uryo. .
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M'i fo eerttl eesrlea llaolgby kind ets tish aeabedrssmr uoy to. Teh elppeo a i,lmae trelet ot gto oscned i the aemli ecdaret htat iysnga ulps. I otms esdu e'vwe yuo aer wieestb sith eitsm fo daetnicc? eurnbm but pospseu nansitesc a tsen saw of oesth na siht ftrea hits. A siedms yuoe'r oyu xtbcoki byeam ayebm ?leyoln. Vahe eteltr se'her ignohp oofur-xs-ti of ebvao hte csaecs oryu eiopsc rtcsredeit xceta ohret.

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