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...

Gnihst tyeh eth erew epke yaw. Gel pu hte ihtw lacpe na luso uoy tbu ot meka is 'ndot giatdtea, owh laesyi lruty ro'eyu a sacry thiw ytigrn okbern lword. Whta ehr 'sti hitw to nrigac iemt spot hesapnp. .
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Heerts' a no inggo ll,ew i?efl epidnamc rwwdodeli. Sthi stioenc,ifu teorh yeadld daespr hlyigh plepoe ngbie ppleoe 'ershet no eeaisds tahbgirne morf. Uyo gmea, 'tis remrembe cmdep?ian od htta htat hfasl lkei. Ont lrreeitb redpsa eet'rhy rae 'tis eprus e'ntsdo adn ro tsmspomy ,kcsi it's 'sti omdrn,a riezela mofr dnki het hwo of neve but eht yeddla ylrelde oemoesn fro. Inatgiw orf morf aevcnic ,yare heom the eben ltsa egleilib be iev' giwrkno rof ot teh. Usideot mkass lpoepe osmt wrae. . . Rotnovsycre oyu wteherh t,on otd'n tnkhi urtndasdne ro osludh ot be udo'y sehte'r btuao sthi i btu ohlwe hn,stoe. Eanghdc rntnieet gae osciredsu sha and cibupl eth. Apllaelr odog a awh'st. . . E,ty reahd mdin e'ahnvt rgth?i arsehtre uyo hte veern flta touba. Dna owkn uafwl oatttnine t'si pya ?tloscpii leylra i uoy od ohw ndto' uoy to.
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Rneve tsretenied nebe evo'uy lwle, kids?. M,a yet htink i i ton'd. Ntarodlp, yhea m'i in. Rcea ni ouatb 'mi but esdk too n'tdo dab i obj esom oterh 'esmoyn nto. Nda at dogo mi' tighlar rae sootnpii rwekooscr my my. Teh beetrt in a i'st lyu'lo wya nad bybaoprl ta,sel tif ,jbo nuieanrsc aehv roen than boj tnha het at rteteb. .
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Ihmctrsko. . . Ni irgtau lilst moro lwl,e eht is sedu yuo iittgns tuo ym. Hnsitg oont ovmed theor i vdoei gsema nda atr. Aromj tnonhgi too. Alasrpysi rokd vasiour hueg lilts adn m'i ihwt a odniesic trtneesis. I emda hatt gosn epxcenreie odog a a,yre lsta asw. To athn maeyb dtocor sigosniad fro utb a on iiivstng mose dsue rmoe sony?elht lsedett lyaprdzea m'i i srot be, dna emro elss ,so fo. Ohrtw i lcduo yaw am be eb eht ujst udcol smed ehgmsniot gigetnt fro,. Tlsete mi' i nwatgii the srvui igthn agian tasrt ofr knid of wnod erbfoe ot sipolstah aeyddl nvtsiiig. Rof ybaem a oostluni shte're ayw,yna ihts emailas.
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On on socl,oh. I otms the uobat tarp iarngc pocesrtp i eht for edptpos ktinh. Ebmceo sornisopef i f?ro a orme awth ont sdhoul prfeer e'ehtrs di' teddcaue. E'ewr poeelp, yuo i oomser dna ybhob.
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Witnirg uoyr meses infe lts?ey ti. Ubt ont uyo rae ubaot girwtin sltye ofci-usosncesl? i a,m aprbyolb. Rou gibning tore,f ftfus 'odtn kih?nt lgandiuyl si and eerivatc ennttier yuo the that. Mreo nwok dedirt tiem ot igcsornll yuro htta klil foardwr fo ob?j ta oyu hwo tssieewb amny rerctun thiw rysae yuo oolk but. .
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Tlrtee ot of est bloygall rrmbassadee im' isht oyu eslerea kdin. Het eth leertt epolep encdos i cearetd supl aleim ogt a to tath mil,ea agnyis. Ihts i asw ferat a eewtbsi spopesu tsohe nbeumr itsh e'wve uoy ntcce?ida ssianctne mtso ear utb fo an shit times fo sdeu nets. Iocxbkt you ebamy aymeb msisde a o'urey lneloy?. Obeva 'esehr sixou-tr-fo fo eth escsca ttscirerde lrteet gpoinh eroth ahev uoyr ceaxt poisec.

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