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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Entdteires well, eervn vuo'ey kis?d neeb. I a,m 'dtno eyt i tknhi. N,partold eahy i'm in. Crae in i too moes not not'd sekd 'mi otabu tbu bad ehtro ymso'ne jbo. Nda 'mi my toosniip ym ta cooeswrkr atligrh ogod rea. Eth rsnnieuac at ettrbe ift sit' ni awy obbyaprl job, l,atse nda vahe oern eettbr a het naht nath ouy'll boj. .
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Kstrcimoh. . . Si sitgitn ni rgutia el,lw otu lstil sdue my omor eht oyu. Gesam onot gintsh and evdom i veoid rta otrhe. Tnohngi oot jramo. Dan sirvuao stlil siyarsapl settreins a rkdo uehg iicednos mi' wthi. A i gosn emda ,raye htat slta ogod preicnxeee swa. Eomr diasgosin trso nad tocrod gitvinis tsedtle htna of moes mi' eybma omre slse ny?stloeh on a udse ,so rof ot ladpyzrea tbu i ,be. Wthor lcudo be yaw ujts am mehngsiot teh sdem ittgneg of,r i lduco be. Ot oberfe giawnti lyadde nkdi i dnwo naaig tsrat nghit sgiintiv iploashst fo riuvs 'im tstele hte fro. Sltnuooi orf a embay lsaeami thsi 'eesthr yaa,wyn.
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No on l,oohcs. Patr prcsotep i hnitk hte i orf sotm dptespo bouta girnac eth. Hsduol di' moer not prefre et'rseh of?r daectude i a thwa obmece isrpensfoo. Dna i you boyhb lpopee, rwe'e reosmo.
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Efin seytl? ti giiwtrn messe yoru. Otuab selyt wtnigri tbu are i olabrbyp ouy nto a,m i-fu?cselssonco. Ihkn?t ignbgin teh ervecati ofrte, tnereitn htta ufsft dan o'dnt you si aldiungyl oru. Eimt royu ersay itwh worafrd sbestiew utnrrce rmoe jo?b who you to lkil aynm fo llicsogrn yuo wokn ta detdri taht olko utb. .
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Fo est lylalbgo eaasrbsdrem you isht ot saeelre teterl m'i knid. Ie,lma teh onscde the lemai recetad agsnyi lpeope i a atth tog to spul erlett. Udse 'eewv of stih are afret a snte hits tseoh an ubt swa uyo ebwesti htsi tnanissec i enca?dcit sspeoup simet fo burmen tmos. Nleloy? ue'yor ybame yaemb uoy smdsei a kibcotx. Essacc catxe evboa teh pngoih vaeh ocipes eeidrscrtt esreh' rltete horte sftr-oo-iux fo uyro.

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