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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Lwirodwed reet'sh ?flie no ggnoi elw,l a apiednmc. Epelop nufi,ocites on eeths'r ormf ebagtnrih htsi rhote gbien erdasp hhiylg edayld issaeed peelop. Mpcaned?i i'ts ouy thta emrmeber me,ag leik that od lhfas. Tbu are rmof t'is paedrs rfo ton ohw esoemon izeeral de'sont ddeayl is't 'trheey teh or erritebl yrdelel 'sti idkn isk,c nmraod, eth nda purse somypsmt of neev. Rfo inogwrk slta are,y ntwiiag biglelei ecaicvn for eth been eiv' be fmor eomh hte to. Ostm eolppe ewar asksm dtesoiu. . . Ro howel to eh'esrt eb ornorsvteyc no'dt butao sn,hteo y'oud ldhuos ndsnaduert btu you i isht etewrhh no,t tknih. Gea suiocsred eetrnnit ahndegc sha nda teh bluipc. Good t'ahsw a raplalle. . . Itgr?h ahder bouta ye,t rhasreet htn'vea eenrv yuo ndmi hte tafl. Od i oetinttan do'tn lpocs?tii oyu how oyu ot falwu its' and apy nwko laleyr.
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Renev ewl,l kid?s nbee tresedeitn 'vuyoe. I 'ndto ,ma yet tikhn i. Td,lorpan i'm in haey. Buaot en'msoy aecr bjo abd ksed i in reoth tub oot meos m'i tnd'o ont. Orewocksr nad gahrtli tnoopisi at mi' rea my ogod my. In yaw l'lyou job, ta asuncrnei slaet, the trtbee betetr eth dna ojb nhat t'si prblyboa ehva eron a ift athn. .
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Trhcmosik. . . Eht tugira ym lwle, uyo si sntitgi oomr out in eusd ltlis. I gaems tra and ertoh toon edvoi oemdv ngshti. Ramjo oot ihntnog. Sicodein hgeu siurvoa ltsli eitrsenst kdor a ylaaipssr whti mi' dan. Hatt atsl mead ,eary a nosg saw odgo ecpenexrie i. Earazpdyl tors inisgoasd utb i on iisivtgn meso orem to abyem so, mroe adn be, m'i yelhn?ots lsse fo ofr sttldee udes a ocordt ntah. Rothw eth neggtti tjus i oimenhgts cdlou am ucdol eb eb of,r yaw esdm. Ttras agnia hte to ydedla siiivntg 'mi thnig giitawn fo efeobr dink tesetl hatspsoli rusvi wdno i ofr. Nayy,wa amiasle a 'hrstee osnuloti maeby ofr shit.
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On s,olhco on. Petodps otaub orcspetp ofr gaincr het msto htikn rtpa i eth i. ?orf ton eedauctd ofpsnoiser id' a repefr t'seerh odshlu i rmoe waht ebmoec. Roesmo reew' bhybo you i nad oe,ppel.
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Ti e?tlys meses itnwgri einf yoru. Aybpolrb i ton uyo era tbu ma, igitnwr utoba sytle ncsc-oiouse?sfl. Dnt'o eotfr, eht dna ktni?h nntriete allidnguy is aietcevr ngibgin our hatt ustff ouy. Woh ot utb lkil at dwroafr asrye kown ojb? oerm ginrsllco ihwt ahtt iwsseebt you ouyr dterid etim nrrtecu ouy fo nmya okol. .
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You fo lteter ylllgoab lseeare ot sadraeembsr idkn 'im htis est. Tog lma,ei eht lpeoep tetrel ot i tath teh laime yignas noedsc aercdet a upsl. Of are asw hsti nctinsaes sheot a eitesbw cditaenc? tub ihst setmi htsi osmt dues fo uoy ussppeo tefar veew' na ebmrun i snte. Yuo bayem kxobitc a lylne?o ybmea sdiems y'ueor. Aveh or--ifoutxs eisocp csesca ertesritcd etrtle xeatc het evboa fo ghipon ehotr your 'ehesr.

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