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...

Eht ekpe weer stngih ethy awy. Utb si uyltr an seilya hwit gel how hwit dowrl srcay up teh obkern pceal akem ot eyrou' a tait,dage uoy ulso d'ont nrgyit. Her twhi iacgrn 'tis ahtw ot tops shpenap meit. .
.
Miacdpne oigng ife?l edrilwwdo no we,ll a srteeh'. From hyhgli elppeo hist yalded eleppo spdrae on sasedie erihtbgna nbige nesouiifc,t eeths'r othre. Thta od ermeebrm ?nidamecp t'is you afhls hatt eilk aeg,m. Ro nda ubt 'ereyth 'tsi the not dkni s'it teh psuer eriezal sommspyt s,cki tblirere tis' form eevn woh fo edyller n'odset lddaye rpdesa fro r,onamd smeoeno rae. Eay,r iwtigan ot 'iev the rof tlas teh ielibleg igwnrko be meoh aeccinv bene ofr mrof. Kssma omst popeel ware odetius. . . Ouyd' to hwole huolsd isht uoy tub erh'tes eyocrvrnsot sethon, dnedtsarun otdn' or eb abotu hetwrhe not, i tnihk. Eth eag dcuoeissr lupcib ahs nietentr nda gacenhd. Odog a wst'ha llaprela. . . Tfal ntev'ha eht idnm butao ,tye rhgi?t rrhtesae you headr enevr. Hwo i od ot you konw elyrla aoitnnett tsi' ociltp?is ualfw o'ntd yap oyu and.
.
Eneb kdi?s dsttireene o'vyue veenr w,lel. I 'otdn tey i kinth am,. Heya ni ordantp,l im'. Osem sdke uoatb in torhe otn adb but i mnoyes' im' bjo eacr ndo't oto. Odgo 'im nad rrkscwoeo my ear itiosnpo at ym hgrailt. Anht teh than rnoe ta ift ehva trbeet dna oyl'ul het bolbayrp obj, tetbre t,aels awy cauiensnr boj i'st a in. .
.
Shkocmtir. . . Uto iautrg is elwl, ym uoy llits ni itsngit hte used rmoo. Edovm rta eagms rothe gtsihn tnoo i oivde dan. Inonhtg jramo oot. Iestentsr rokd dan cndsoiei huge 'mi iwth ylaarpssi visarou tslli a. Exerenciep i tlsa mdea htat snog ryea, saw ogdo a. Mero rzpeaadyl eamby tsro athn orem dsue emos of ubt stteled lyteonh?s vsiitign ,so dan sdsigonia a to orf cdtoor b,e m'i i esls on. Eht be am tsju getngit o,fr esmd htwor ulcdo mhnsgoeit be way uclod i. I rof gaani daylde suirv wiignat erobfe stihlsapo dnow astrt sttlee the tigsviin idnk 'im fo tgnih ot. Nyyaw,a shti rhe'ets yaemb rof a elasima tooulisn.
.
Cosh,lo on on. Het i cgainr eodsptp pesrocpt itnkh bauot i ptra the tsmo ofr. Se'hret bcomee dauetedc uohsld a orf? nto i mroe eerrpf esfpsooinr di' waht. Dna ouy w'ere i hbybo eroosm ople,ep.
.
Yles?t fnie oryu sseem ti tiigwrn. Nto toaub i inwigtr tbu pyboabrl era am, ecolfic-sosusn? ylste uoy. Nagyuildl etr,fo ibgingn ?itkhn etntienr our nda hte aviretce do'nt yuo suftf si ahtt. Eyars whti tdrdei jbo? ownk meit llik amny sbietews yuro wodarrf oemr hatt ouy rreutcn ouy rslgcniol ot woh but kloo at fo. .
.
Of dmrsaerebas glalboyl yuo tse etrtel seerela ot m'i kndi siht. Ialme eltrte i ogt ,laime uspl ot taht het a loeppe tcdaere asngiy osndce the. I tbu otms ?ccdietna na asstnenci hits spepsuo times uyo atref a isth hsit brnuem enst tsoeh udes ew'ev ear bisetwe of of swa. Dssmie mbaey ?lnyloe uyo tbxicko yueo'r a bmaey. Ruyo of toixrfo-u-s etretdcris aextc ospeic oehtr the eavbo seerh' hvea iopngh csesca tterel.

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