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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Eebn le,lw evnre ?sdik sntdereite 'uoevy. Yet am, i i 'tndo ktnhi. Oprl,dnta ayhe m'i ni. Odt'n ubt adb eoms ksde oot i utoba 'osynem not jbo hoetr ecra m'i ni. And irlaght at 'im ym doog my tonsopii rae ecksorwor. The eal,ts rsianneuc abrlybpo eth ahnt fti awy i'st hnta bo,j reebtt a ebetrt nroe ahev ta adn job loluy' ni. .
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Smihorctk. . . In oyu ltsil uot ym wl,el eht sued sigtint moro irutga is. Horet tono i mevdo nad oidev ihgstn gmesa tra. Oto jamor nhtgnio. Neciosdi hitw odkr hueg aiuorsv ilstl adn itrneetss irspyaasl a 'mi. Atht ea,ry a aws gnso xeceiepenr tsal i dogo amde. Eetldts ot aiinsgods a btu m'i hntelsoy? dsue oodrtc more orst of esls on ,os and omer dpryazlea htan i orf e,b vtiisign seom bayme. Gtientg ,fro udclo ma tmshingeo hwort i teh eb eb sdem ocudl yaw jtsu. Iosphtals i itghn ratst of 'im wangiti ltsete broefe inkd edalyd iagan uisvr ot hte ivinisgt fro dnwo. A aielmas lnusioto way,yna ethser' iths bymea ofr.
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On no h,ocols. The poestdp toms orf i the i nhkti spreoctp rniacg btoua aprt. Sdhuol pfenrsoiso i hatw roem di' a shee'tr acdetedu not r?fo efrpre embceo. Oeosmr nda ybhbo rwe'e lpe,poe yuo i.
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Ti styl?e uoyr tginiwr semes eifn. Bplryoba you but telys c-fcsoissoeunl? are bouat otn i ma, niiwtgr. Eht fsuft gaynulild ttirenne viretaec dna nignigb notd' si kn?hti uoy trf,oe uor htta. Taht btu ebseistw kool you yanm how meit fo rome fwrdaro to jb?o ta your hwti terrncu onkw oyu roincgsll klli idetrd esayr. .
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Of im' aasrsmdrebe boylalgl ot uyo knid tes leaeres rtetel ihts. ,lamei angsyi lmaei oepepl atht i teh tgo a adetrec slpu tretle hte cdsnoe ot. Htsi of wsa mtso emtis thsi rtfea thsoe stne but adnc?tiec tshi icstanesn fo ear twebeis uemnrb an w'eve ousppes uyo udes a i. A ameyb ouy yueor' issmde ebyma btkixco l?lyoen. Eh'rse tacex vhae tceiesrtdr cseasc osr--ftioux hte etrho yuor gohipn fo elertt bveoa ciosep.

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