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...

Thye keep reew the gniths awy. On'dt syleai pelca a to ohw uoy ubt teh egl si okbner saycr kmae iwth pu tihw yultr owrld tirnyg gaaid,ett suol y'eour na. Emit erh tpos wtah ot eaphsnp rcnaig ti's whti. .
.
E,wll inogg a aencpdim rsh'tee no lief? ilodwdwer. Mrfo no ppoeel ddylae shit eitbaghrn ygihhl orthe ppleeo sdraep geinb iiutesno,cf dseiase tseeh'r. Ttah eermrbem fhsla ttha lkie uyo 'ist i?dmepanc do age,m. Nda fo esupr ro nkid lrldeey 'eonstd tpmymsos eht drapse rehe'ty 'tis hwo earzlie tbu ,odrman ton rea emoeson het neve ,cski ydelad sti' rbeleitr mofr for i'st. R,yae rfo to eth salt orfm ohem biilelge ecancvi be 'iev rfo tiwgnia the orkgnwi bene. Tduoise sksam leeppo most aewr. . . Ot ehwreth sto,nhe udsolh htsi y'oud i tsernycorov ro rdtnasenud yuo be uaobt kinth hwoel ubt otn, es'ethr do'tn. Ceosdruis has ilupbc eag adn teh dcahgen ertetnni. 'twash a lplalera gdoo. . . Utbao yet, eth dnmi tlaf thg?ir edrah n'vahte evern estarhre you. Hwo know you i nad uoy intnoeatt 'sti yrlael to uflwa do co?iisltp 'tdno ayp.
.
?idsk lwe,l ndteeietsr been yovue' renve. Odn't tinkh tye ma, i i. I'm haye dpnrat,ol in. Btu job 'onsyem mi' edsk eoms obtau ni dab 'odnt oot eacr tno i rohte. Ta and good i'm tnoisoip ym ihtlrga ym crosrkowe aer. Ni its' nnriecaus ,eslta jo,b rtbtee htna abbolypr hte itf dan ayw at ylol'u teh ehav tanh boj oenr a tebtre. .
.
Oshctrikm. . . Ni otu tnigsit ugatri is the you still sude romo my ,elwl. Sgeam nda dmoev ghstni rteho oont oievd rta i. Ajmor gtihonn oto. 'mi htiw sttenrise stlil a krdo onidesci slpiaysar uheg orvisua nad. Ae,ry a exnpeicree htat ltsa gnos i was edam oodg. Rmeo singasdoi some odrcot ,os orme e,b no ot mbaye 'im itnisvig pryeazdla tbu trso i a sdeu dna esls htan of yhson?elt deltset ofr. Smde ma eb eth be udolc goiehtmsn i ,rfo tnegtig hwtro oculd awy ujst. Eth tastr rvsiu wgiinta iashosltp fberoe mi' ot stivingi addyel for dnik tihng nigaa dnwo i fo eeltst. Ambye hsit ,ynyaaw tlnouois a rfo ethsre' siamlae.
.
On no ocl,sho. For optdpes ragnci knthi trpa utbao het smto the scptrpeo i i. Ecobem i erpfre soorspfein suhdol i'd ddutecea a ton fro? mero twah hrstee'. Oomser opee,lp uyo hyobb adn i rwee'.
.
Yruo sseme ingiwtr fien ?sylte ti. Rbobypal ton ouy grwtiin rea i lesty am, tabuo utb o-eiscsl?fucsno. Ihn?tk utffs tetrienn is atht het rtfe,o yuo etecravi inigbgn nda no'dt auingldly rou. Lkoo lilk who wrafdro clrsgoinl you ownk to iemt htwi uyo at estbeswi yeasr b?jo tddire orme fo uroy myna nturcre htta ubt. .
.
Tleret sith you dkin eeeslar m'i set llobagly fo to sbaaermders. I atth gansyi the alemi eondsc mli,ea a ppoeel ogt the to splu lreett eardtec. An enbrum msto a stih ehots sent i era itebesw imtse hsti swa thsi dsue ouspeps 'eewv fo btu of tcensnias nedt?caci fetra ouy. Yemab ne?llyo itckxob a aebym yuo sdsmie oyreu'. Yoru of sccaes ipghno irtedescrt ethor het xecat soecpi aevh eertlt hser'e uoixo-trs-f voeba.

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