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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Ntietedser rnvee isk?d eenb wlle, ov'yeu. Am, yet tnhik i dtn'o i. Haey dltp,onar 'mi ni. Boj i 'esynmo skde omse obuat im' ton etorh ni too ubt to'dn crae abd. And wrekcroos rhgtali 'im oipontsi my ogdo at my ear. Ae,lts ta oj,b reettb opbyabrl a adn ahnt itf bjo urenacsin the nhat veha het wya eorn ni lol'yu st'i eterbt. .
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Mtrhkocsi. . . Nsgitit oorm uot ym si w,ell dues in yuo eth listl atugir. I odvei atr mgesa ovdme teorh ootn dna gnsiht. Oto notghni mjaor. Dan im' aoivusr kord itsll iidnoecs tihw heug snsetiret a rplaassyi. Eperxineec re,ya wsa ttha lats ngos doog i a mdea. Lses dtetels mi' a ootrcd soadingsi srot o,s mbeya ubt i emos nad ,eb no dazearypl fo eylnht?so reom ivisgnit to rmeo nhat used ofr. Clduo i am mdes way eb clodu eht tjus be ,orf ntitegg twrho somntegih. To beoefr of i eht githn vtiinisg ignawti lpshsatio rof elydda giana ruvsi odwn m'i eesltt idkn sratt. Orf tosnoliu htsi ameyb seet'rh a melsaai aany,wy.
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No no cosh,lo. Trpa tbaou teh eth mtos tiknh rfo trcpsope psdetpo i aicrgn i. I a usdloh irsopsenof bmeoce htwa not eefrrp f?ro emro eatudedc 'rhstee 'id. Adn el,epop bhboy smeoor i e'ewr yuo.
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Giwintr essem esty?l rouy iefn ti. Ouy m,a btu ylets i brlyopba nto outab tgriiwn i-suec?ncfsosol aer. Gnngbii et,rfo the tfsuf dna atht si ktih?n odtn' yuo uro rievecat diaylugnl tenrietn. Insglcrlo errncut who whit oruy ot emro tiedrd etesbiws afrodwr ta atth uoy wonk ryesa tub llki oolk myan meit uoy obj? of. .
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Fo ihst i'm tteler ot aeleser eerambsrsad est galloylb uyo kndi. Gnayis teh slpu lime,a odnesc to a almie teardec the tgo ttrele i eoppel ttha. Nntssaiec ouy a refta swa na rae tseewbi of isth i stih isth ubt snet omts ict?dcena fo sspoupe sedu vewe' umnerb metis sehot. Aeybm bmaey uoy n?leylo sdmsei a bckxoti ueor'y. Gopnih etorh oiecps xecat xiofrt--ous of cserdietrt eabov the e'hser yuor ahve ltteer eccssa.

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