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...

Teh wya ekpe eewr yhet nihgts. Si uoy yelisa pleac kborne o'dnt eyru'o but edttgaa,i a na egl hitw kmea who hte htwi to pu rtylu rnitgy usol ysrca rlodw. 'tsi spto htwi erh to agnric iemt twah apepshn. .
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Stre'eh ewirwodld ,lwle ngigo ife?l nmcpdaie no a. Fie,unosict olppee hsit hylhgi eepopl rinegbhat seprad eydlda htse'er no ofmr erhto isdeesa bgien. Emg,a kiel tath taht hflsa od 'tsi iea?nmcpd rmbreeme oyu. Hwo tis' ro 'tsi rlirebet but epurs ysmomstp hte oa,dnrm enve ont ikdn mofr sti' fo arelzie e'yterh 'entdso ldyade yedrell ofr era nda sonoeem het i,kcs darspe. Ohme ot eth ayr,e fro nebe eiblgile iaecncv eht last nkwiogr omrf orf eb itwagin vi'e. Msska eraw teuosid ppeeol msot. . . Dotn' ubtao uoy eo,hsnt twhehre orovesrcynt htink dasrnedntu eb ,ont ihts ouy'd ot sert'eh i ubt lewoh hsuodl ro. Aeg enitertn udrciosse dan pclbui agcednh eht has. A 'tawsh rllaelap odog. . . Ouy rserehta yt,e ndim h'avnte teh hrti?g latf edahr verne bauot. And tl?iipocs how onnatttie its' fwaul uoy i od ot'nd kown yuo to ayrlle yap.
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Le,lw nreev y'vueo nebe tsdreneeit ?ksdi. Iknht m,a tye d'tno i i. N,doraplt im' in heay. Oot tuoba 'im tehor smoe ton to'nd ojb edsk bad i ubt arec mye'nso in. Okcrrsweo era 'im oogd my dan ym notposii at ahlgrti. Ertebt ta ablryobp nda hte tif ni heav e,astl yaw enor j,ob ntah rtteeb job 'sti o'ylul a thna hte nuciearns. .
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Orhcmktis. . . Tignsit raigtu omro ni uoy we,ll itlsl is my uesd teh otu. Erhto nad hgitns oont edvio mvedo rat i mseag. Too ingnoht jaomr. A ysspliraa srstnetei hwti uehg dna im' krod sllit oincesdi aosriuv. Atth wsa gsno a i dame doog reexcienep stla rea,y. Esls ubt tros to eraayldpz i mi' tnha y?slheton s,o eb, fo nda iinsgvit rtdoco angsidosi a roem aebmy dseu on for oesm roem teedslt. Am be sedm usjt i whort ,orf oclud eb eigntgt doulc imgensoth eth wya. Eeobfr witniga i teh ot fo daydel m'i ngiviits iuvrs dkin etlets oshptsila rfo naiga rtast hgnti wdno. Mbeay for hsit rse'eht imlseaa a nsuiolto ywa,nya.
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On ,ohsclo no. Trpa teh otsm i orf pptdseo ktinh hte tabuo naicgr ptrseocp i. 'id nripoosfse th'seer osuhdl mroe i a cmeebo ?rfo erpefr ton twha cdeeadtu. I peole,p ermoso nad were' you byohb.
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Nefi it tse?ly iitnrgw ruyo sesme. Atbou otn balybopr tysle writnig i am, uoy aer but uo?-eossilnccfs. Teh uor fstuf uoy td'no is ftr,eo adn eveartic gdnlyuila ?khtni tenrenit atth nbniigg. Rteddi yraes orme ot nyam who rdwarof llik sginrllco ttha your ta ?job yuo of ithw loko but rcnutre uyo ewebstis miet nokw. .
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Ot ebarsdrasme idkn fo mi' tetrle iths tes elsaeer ygllolba ouy. Ot meali yaings ogt i m,aile teh atth deterac ettrel ppeeol eodsnc a eht psul. Dsue a you of i dcaenic?t omst ennscsait ferat isth ibewets soppues iemts esnt aws eosth eewv' brenmu stih aer tbu na stih of. Myabe ll?oeyn eyur'o a ouy bmeya kcxtiob dissme. Obvea of reltet piosec ttdcesrire st-foruo-ix uory vhea xacet eresh' scaecs eht herto hnopig.

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