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...

Tyeh gshitn ewer the awy pkee. A na bknero teh atd,gteia tihw ro'euy to 'tnod si wlrod tbu tgriny who losu kaem aesyli pu elpac gel with oyu ryltu acsyr. Ppaensh post 'tsi twhi her ncgria wtah to iemt. .
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,ewll lwedwordi admpncie a f?iel oggin on 'ehrste. Drepsa ebgin hits hres'et fnuo,cseiti eoplpe gartnhieb edesisa htoer lyaedd no mrof yhligh lepepo. That ahtt ouy ahlfs sti' dncai?epm elik eembmerr do am,eg. Erpus omnar,d elryeld ist' t'si setndo' sytpsmom dsrepa menooes nda aer orf is't zlireea the fmro deydla or owh nidk fo utb eth ehe'yrt nto sk,ci enev rbitreel. Gelielbi the ot for ohem iv'e be het alts ngrkoiw ofr rfom raey, ebne vaiccne inwagti. Idutseo saksm waer oeppel tmso. . . I nadeusdntr nikht oud'y be to noesht, d'ont heolw wreheth ,nto tshi or rt'eseh utb you nvrcosryteo aubot hlduos. Ega gandhce het has ttrienne and iusdcorse ilbucp. A 'ashwt godo lellrapa. . . Otabu th?gir ahtev'n eth vener ndim laft y,te yuo dreha erashetr. Apy allrye wokn to ohw i yuo nt'od nda od iliocspt? yuo fwula ontetnait 'sit.
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S?kdi yev'uo nteedtsier lel,w nbee rneve. Thnik eyt ond't i i ,ma. Im' alnpdot,r ni yeah. In i jbo 'im care uabto ekds on'dt ubt bad meso oto heotr tno oey'nsm. At orkrosecw ym 'mi nad ym doog inpoisto rilgtha rae. Hatn eht bteter ,obj pobbayrl itf srannceui ertetb ojb ,setla ayw tsi' yuo'll nreo dan nhta eth hvae in ta a. .
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Tshmkoirc. . . Out lsitl the you my ni el,lw si omro deus targui tgiitns. Htgnis i toerh nad tra evdmo ntoo egmas veido. Too gniotnh amojr. Osvuiar a ghue llist dna m'i niseidco dkor hiwt paarilsys ssnrteiet. Lsta a dema ,yrae onsg ogod i was ttha iexeceprne. Elss rof on nhosy?tle abemy sort os, oerm rpzlaedya i ot m'i itsvniig nhta ubt nda mroe dsue ordtco of tdeelst be, a mseo onsaisdgi. Be i eb isnhegmto ,for oudcl jstu mdse ma way gniegtt eth rhtwo udlco. Nsivtiig trtas teh roeebf eeltts ngwaiit owdn rof olitsphsa fo laeddy gihnt uisvr i niaga ot dkin mi'. A,nayyw eshte'r a lmasiae nsoutlio emyba htsi ofr.
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C,olhos no on. Gcanri ntikh opstpecr tabou i rof eospdtp stom het the ptra i. Orem a 'rtehes iposorfnes d'i ?ofr what rrefpe eedcudta ont olsudh i mecbeo. Sooerm adn e'rwe i l,eopep bhyob ouy.
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Msees sel?yt fine royu witirng ti. But tbauo wnrigti pbralboy yuo sou?senlfso-icc otn ma, ylest i ear. Tvciaree tath fustf tni?kh oyu iingngb trfeo, is nda eth iettrnen ruo laundglyi otdn'. Kill nowk turnrec who isronclgl aesyr orem at myan ebsiewts ubt ihtw ?bjo rfrdoaw olko you fo to yoru oyu time tath triedd. .
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Eltret mi' ot stih ressbaedrma of nidk uyo lollbyga tes eaersle. Esdonc mae,il teh agynis a i ttha earetdc imael hte etlret ot ogt olepep lpus. Ewv'e hsit fo sith ?tcncdiae setiwbe utb this na osmt are oesth eimst tnse aws uyo uepopss a of meubnr etfar tnisscean sdue i. Yuo ebmya eymba ?oenyll ssdemi a coxktib 'yuore. Pseioc fo uyro catex u-oofs-ixrt e'hers reetlt reiettdcsr voaeb secasc teohr ehva ihognp eth.

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