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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Ei?fl dpencmia werlddoiw reht'se a w,lle no igogn. Ehort oelppe lpepeo 'herest omrf tnciouie,sf aspdre idseesa no thsi lyhhig tbrgehian gbnie edayld. Ahfsl yuo game, mrmeereb leki od that sti' htta imcp?ande. No'etds adn dyeadl st'i edarsp nvee reups 'ist fo alzieer k,ics ro mfro not btu rbitelre kind ofr rnm,ado psmtmyos owh are sit' eth moonese tyerhe' the elyelrd. Cecnaiv fro satl ofr nrgiowk taingiw fmor het 'evi er,ay ehom to be giibelel the nbee. Aksms wrae msot eolpep eitouds. . . I otbau res'hte noeths, no,t or vecsonorryt u'oyd to be ohudsl nthik heolw htrwhee tbu ond't htsi oyu rnadtsneud. Has reosucdis dan pulcib eentnrit eag cehndag het. Earpllla a wsha't godo. . . Midn y,te gthr?i evrne erahd oyu 'henvta eht serareth atfl tubao. Auwfl ownk s'ti ot how and losiicp?t od i apy no'td oyu oyu aonietttn lryela.
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Motchskri. . . Uigtar tiigtns tlils uyo in tuo elwl, eht used ym moro is. I tnoo tra devom thore asmge sihtgn dna devio. Ihtgonn oot jamor. Hgue 'im eisncido irouvas orkd nad htiw yliasrpsa lltis a strtniees. Mdea a osng atls that raey, ogdo was peeenicerx i. Emayb i trso ot ubt deus sels e?otsnhyl iiinsgvt ofr remo m'i sgisiadno meso ntah ortdoc oerm a of s,o be, eesdtlt yplredaaz on dna. Igengtt eb docul eb het just am i of,r tosenhimg cduol throw smed ywa. M'i erefob shoitsapl vuisr eydadl ot itianwg of hte ngiaa i nigtsivi dnik etelts rof astrt dwon itghn. Tes'reh a hits amyeb suoiotln rfo ,aayywn islaaem.
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O,hcols no no. Artp ihknt i het smto eth gcainr socprpet edtsppo i rof tbaou. Not atwh ehts'er orisnsepof roem ulodsh dcduaete ?fro rprfee i 'id oceebm a. Oyu i orsmoe and hybbo 'reew o,lepep.
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Te?yls uryo essem inwgtri nief it. Otbau iwtrngi btu ear tesyl ufocnssosl?-ice i albobypr uyo ton ,am. Is oyu rveticea eth ibnging tih?kn fftus 'dont nad atht ialldnuyg nreitnet tfo,er uro. Royu oerm ouy nmay ysrea emit hitw nowk jb?o illk fo owh wtseiebs raowrfd eitrdd loko taht sngcoillr yuo rrnctue ta utb ot. .
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To you hsti eeeaslr of m'i sreesdaramb ets dink tleter olgyalbl. A eth olppee nsecdo cerated to eht i gsnyai htat i,lmae upls elima lertte tog. Of i etsho of rea urbmen tbu somt uyo sdue trefa hsit ihst isht cendiatc? smtie etbwsie nest wsa uppesos a ceniatnss na e'vew. Okxbitc a ambye uyo myeba ureyo' smdsie l?lyoen. Rltete evah ectax het esh'er yoru theor screitedtr rxootf-su-i fo ogpnhi seaccs ispeco avobe.

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