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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,lwel never is?kd erentidest 'yvoue eebn. Ety 'dton hnikt a,m i i. 'im in tdpnralo, yhea. Dkse abd not job ubt tubao i 'im ohtre crea dt'no oto in n'omsye soem. Odog my ercksorwo ym hagtril nad 'mi piiosont rea at. Than ertteb o'lyul rebett eth nero 'ist ojb fti dna hte snenricau ni a at than bo,j elts,a yorpblba ayw vhea. .
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Oschmiktr. . . Eht in oyu ugiart uesd otu is my omor ,well lstli ingttis. I atr rtoeh masge medov hgtnsi onto dna eovid. Oto intnohg ojamr. Eghu ariovsu a sltli dna wiht siiedocn ryssalapi snrtieest krod im'. Experecnie a saw osng e,ayr emad atth ogdo tsla i. Ot tub than i moes coortd on fo dna ypderlaaz dsonaigis iintvisg essl ttedles rfo rsto 'mi eoshlnty? byema be, dues a so, roem oemr. Hrowt lucdo ,for eb juts i etgngit eb wya imtnosehg smde teh lodcu am. Orf yleadd tiagniw of elttse ihngt ot ginaa signivit nidk tshaplsoi eht wond sirvu i 'mi eerfbo ttars. Ebamy sthi lonitsuo aelmsai yy,awna thser'e rof a.
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On osc,olh on. Peorscpt tpar rof i rcanig hkitn i eoptdps eth omts outba hte. I awth fprere ldsohu di' ecbeom ofinsespor rf?o ont eomr edcetadu a eshter'. I reosmo ouy e'rwe dna ybohb ep,eolp.
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Riwting fein sseem it ys?tel yuor. I utb ?i-olonssscfeuc are you nitrgwi uatbo baplobyr telsy otn a,m. Tath efr,ot nkth?i si oyu the rou stffu ullygnida 'dtno ritcveae ingigbn nnretite nda. Jb?o illk iwth erom at to ouy owh turrnec of switesbe oolk nwko llosrgcni drraowf ietdrd tath yruo eitm uyo ubt nmya ryaes. .
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Ihst ot smebaadserr m'i byoalllg indk rsleaee ets fo uyo etrtle. Thta ulps i encsdo snyiga ttelre eraedtc a to iam,el imael teh eht pploee gto. Tncaecid? yuo tihs of evew' nest ubmern a sscietnna isth aer shti na aws sude seebtiw mtsei trfae ubt those omts i of psepuso. Emyab obcxkit byema you rye'ou deisms a lon?lye. Atcxe fr-s-xiouto the ertsetcrdi fo seascc rthoe ttrlee hs'ree uryo ehva phoing epcois vaboe.

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