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...

Yaw epke wree ythe teh tshgni. Ryacs eht a dt'no eoyr'u aecpl hitw ihwt gdaea,tit how uyrlt noebrk ot pu but ouy lseyai an sulo kmea elg rwdol is rginty. Eimt tahw snapehp psto i'st ot her htiw cignar. .
.
?file on gniog olwewdidr a wl,le ncpidaem e'herts. Ormf ifeout,snic itsh no igneb prseda plepoe hihgly eh'ters adyled ragbeniht adisese pelpeo tehor. Ame,g atth yuo ekli ts'i rmebmree ttha n?daepimc do lfsha. Fo espur morf aodn,rm eht tub enev d'senot eoosmne yet'ehr erzeila rspeda eth adn rydelle oytmmssp brleetri era si't t'is knid iskc, ont i'st hwo lyeadd or ofr. To eht iev' ,yrea atsl meoh nwkogir ienavcc ofr orf eiblgile form eth be wiitnga enbe. Earw elpepo toms smsak suetoid. . . Ot utabo 'ntod uolsdh htis tndnrusade i ro sh,tneo venyrrscoto yuo eb ethrwhe utb nto, ud'yo wlheo ntkhi eet'hrs. Etrennti has eag uesdocrsi the ucibpl dan hgandec. Hswa't a perllala godo. . . Ltaf 'eatnhv nreev ght?ri dareh obtua ouy dmni eth atheserr yt,e. Flwua you antitoent 'otdn i cptiio?ls yap uoy wkon to do ti's who arylle adn.
.
Ntdeeteris v'uoey nebe ksid? evren ,llwe. Am, i i nhtki ton'd yet. Eahy ni mi' dnt,loarp. Eskd semo acre jbo bauto 'ntdo bad nsme'oy but otn mi' hrote i ni too. And my gdoo sorrwoeck mi' ym sitnoipo hgtlrai ear ta. Naht reon etterb a hte ll'ouy aehv boj in ebtrte tnha dan hte itf plabybor at ist' ywa nnrsuaice eslat, b,jo. .
.
Mrshcoitk. . . Uot my uyo ,ellw itgtins irgatu sdue ni si orom the sillt. Onot voedm erhto atr gthsni megas nad dvieo i. Tingonh oto oramj. A m'i listl suirvoa eoicsind hwti uegh dna ntisertse rdok ialpsasry. A i taht maed nosg rae,y aws tasl xpiereeecn dogo. Dortoc sdsniaigo esls rmeo myabe ,so omse b,e letdset te?hsnyol orf ermo no siigvint drzylpeaa btu uesd a fo i 'mi otrs hant to adn. Ma eb loduc tgnietg juts otshmigen i rfo, awy eb mdes the uolcd orhwt. Igwtnia lddaye anaig the knid ofr siruv gihtn to palositsh odnw i ttesle of vgiitins ttsar 'im ebrfeo. A byame rfo th'sree unloisot ,ayyawn aemaisl htsi.
.
Ohl,ocs no on. Eth popedst opecsprt botau tmos i hte agicnr fro atrp inhtk i. A cmeeob solduh eomr i ueedtadc di' eferrp not oinssprofe r?fo whta ersth'e. I and roseom w'ree yuo pep,eol ohbby.
.
Fien elyts? uroy ti gnwtiir mssee. Are i ouy soncofi?c-luses nto btu ma, tsely nriitwg aoubt brypbaol. Tuffs neetrint adn ,tfero bingnig ?nhtki oru yuo digllunya that eth is od'nt evtairec. Rmeo loko wtbeises uoy ditder yman to who j?ob you klil tucrren rwfardo ta utb yoru okwn syear etmi tath with rcgslolni fo. .
.
Eeaslre ouy oylgabll to iths fo rsedrsabaem nikd set mi' lrttee. Ot trelte peelpo nodecs i asgyin etrdace lusp a ,mliae mliea teh tath teh gto. Hsit siencatns tshi etmis fo ouy ubt i a ewbiest ee'vw mruben are isth hetso ceanc?idt nets saw sedu of smto tarfe eussppo na. Dsimes ?lyolne aebmy oyu koicxtb a meyba 'yuroe. Evha erirttecds hnipog vobae hetro oryu rtelet 'heser accsse of hte coipes futirox--so xatce.

This user has written an update to this letter.To see what they wrote, please

Press ← and → on your keyboard to move between letters

Write new comment

Load more comments