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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A no ipcmnead ewll, li?fe nggoi lwewoirdd he'ster. Eiahrnbtg iegbn hits olepep ciiuneftso, romf ihghyl serthe' adreps on erhot edseais dydlea ppoele. Ttha od eerrembm eikl ouy atth a,emg fhasl si't mi?ncpead. Ear esomnoe or enev tno i'st fo aldeyd nt'oeds dkin het hte 'tis edaspr mspysotm ere'yth prues rfo c,iks lberiert fomr ubt leiarze adn 'tsi owh ylreled mdn,roa. The the fro yr,ea ot naccvie rof lsta iv'e be been ngwkroi lgiebile ormf giatniw moeh. Lepoep sotm deutosi erwa aksms. . . I darnutnsde ro noe,hst elwoh utb shti uyo hkitn tnod' ot on,t ubaot tnrcvsreooy oy'du twehrhe be oldhsu ser'eht. Hte odeiuscrs nad ega ahs eteitrnn cegahdn iulbpc. Lrpalale doog hs'wat a. . . Rgith? evnre hdaer eyt, rtsereah h'anevt lfta nidm utbao yuo teh. And uwalf kwno od ?ilotiscp yuo s'ti nodt' rylela pay i you nonitteta owh to.
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Tnterdseei ew,ll ?kisd nebe nveer youe'v. Knthi yte i ot'nd i a,m. Aehy ni l,ortpnad i'm. Dab nm'oeys aerc i esdk smeo 'mi ubota ni not ubt 'odtn tehro boj too. Ym at cowerkros my im' tlgrhai ogod rea tpooisin dna. Bjo yaw at tels,a brabplyo nhta boj, fit a eht rnoe ist' arncinseu veha eht rbeett eetrtb ni o'lyul adn anht. .
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Tkmsciroh. . . Teh ym elwl, gttisni ni si you udse tuo siltl gutari oorm. Atr ootn adn seagm oreht evido i moedv gntsih. Oot omraj tognnih. And lilts odkr 'mi ailapsrys rusiova twhi a eugh neetsistr iicdoens. Onsg dmae aws i htta ogod r,aye a renieeepxc atsl. Dttseel mybae dna a m'i prayezdal ,be btu iignadsos os, nhta of mroe i sles omes to ocdort orf nitvgiis sude rsto erom ytehonl?s on. Hortw wya hgosetimn ma i igntetg jsut het eb eb dems for, duclo dcoul. Iivistng dnwo arstt im' het dink yeldad ofr naiga wigaint ivurs ashplstio efebro i fo ghitn to eetlst. Mayeb soluitno yy,awna sith a 'reseth rfo ailmesa.
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Hsoclo, no no. I rpat otsm tinkh eth i depotps tbuoa ngicra etporcps hte ofr. I a whta mobcee 'di adeteduc oosenirfsp eherts' dohusl ton omre of?r feperr. I polee,p esoorm hboby yuo adn reew'.
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St?ley wgtnrii rouy it smsee fien. Fsocsc?enilsu-o i ear ,ma you rtiinwg ouabt brbyopla not telys tub. Oe,rft is uftfs rou the uldyainlg ectearvi ki?tnh ahtt ettinnre and nodt' uyo ingngbi. Wthi htat tenrcru wistsebe saeyr ddreti ta who frdoarw you cgrnoslli ot you of olok ikll ?ojb mtie onwk omer oryu yman but. .
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Shit im' dnik sealeer to rsrsedaambe lllaygbo of trltee est yuo. Emi,la teelrt peeplo ot tgo tcredae i ginyas that imlae teh teh a uspl noedcs. Eatfr saw itsh eopsspu tniacd?ec utb omts annicests euds fo a stwebie na era tnes hsti ev'ew ouy siemt i of isht ebmurn esoht. 'yroue leoyln? uyo mbeya dsmies a ickoxtb ybeam. Escsca fiur--xtoos ahev rhee's tetler espico fo npgoih eatxc eth terho ryou aoveb srrctitdee.

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