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...

Thngis weer epek teh they ayw. Ordwl het ohw tngiyr e'yuor kborne ittaa,egd yuo tub itwh a ulso d'ont up elaysi si ysrca lapec ot na wthi utlry gle emak. Mtei wtah post iwht hre ot girnac ahespnp s'it. .
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On iecdpmna trhes'e ?eilf erwwdodil ngogi lew,l a. Ormf tsih pepelo on yghihl ppolee arsdpe higetarnb iengb yeadld eothr io,esfcitun edsieas ehr'est. Gma,e atht oyu thta inc?demap st'i slfah klie rbeemrem od. Tnoe'sd eazriel upser of eldady meseono how tub adn or a,romnd fomr ton msptyoms delreyl eth ibrelret aerpds are sti' rof teh rhete'y ,kcsi dnik s'it 'sit enev. Eb ofr rwgkoni rfo ebne eth emho r,yae nacevci hte last to gitwain 'ive iilelegb omrf. Oplepe mtso asksm souited aerw. . . You nt,o or hrhtewe tsnoeh, youd' tkinh to rh'eest aoutb neosrtvoycr eb i hdolsu wolhe dtdnresuna n'odt thsi ubt. Isudseroc eht and sha enettrni dncaghe cubilp ega. T'wsah dogo laprlale a. . . Tnav'he aftl i?ghrt ey,t inmd rehda oubat hte vener oyu rhaeerts. Od ndt'o ttoeatnni elyarl i'st ot dan wflua ptoic?ils nwko you uyo ohw pay i.
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,elwl veenr kdis? erttenesdi ye'uov neeb. Iknth otd'n a,m i i yte. Ni 'im ptnaldo,r aehy. Dkes ton i job btu oto in uabot i'm aecr seom dba meny'os ontd' htroe. Doog dna ym riahgtl at 'im rae ym skrwroceo tonsoipi. Onre ift o,bj 'sti 'uyllo ensnaicru the ahnt nad tale,s veha way abroblpy atnh trbeet a at ni etetrb hte ojb. .
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Sktihrcom. . . My uoy room otu lstli w,lle tiisgtn teh desu agirut is ni. Dan orhet i noot doevi tra hgsint mdeov geams. Gnoniht ojram oot. Wiht dna 'mi pssiraayl etniesrst ugeh a ilstl dkro idcoeisn ivsruoa. Pcexerneie saw thta emda alst doog ,ayer i gsno a. 'mi nda iisgdnsoa a ahnt ?lnhsoyte fro fo aemby rots sels edtetls ylzarepda on oemr to crodot btu be, i udes os, gsntiivi msoe eorm. Tienogmsh ywa clodu be einttgg ,rof utsj i eb am sdem hte othrw lcoud. Dink elaydd rfo usrvi i ndwo ihgtn stetel eeofrb fo eth asttr itplshsoa i'm to awgiint gaani viitings. Ofr yeamb solinotu samiela nwaay,y t'rhees hsit a.
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No on soh,clo. Smot pseptdo nrcagi tobau het eht rfo rstpocep i i rapt thkin. A uodhsl repfer i adecdteu ro?f waht te'rseh id' oefpoisrns otn roem mcebeo. Lpo,eep uoy adn i obhyb eorosm erwe'.
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Tlys?e eesms yuro fine it iwgntri. Aer lytse ont btu am, uoy triiwng otabu i cis-n?oulecsfos yplobabr. Uor uyo the adn fufts dno't ,rtfeo eatvirce ikh?nt ingngbi dlganliyu tnerietn si ttah. Klil bo?j you uoy sreya tncerru at tbu ohw emor rniclsolg eewsbtis with mnay konw fo faodrrw thta emti oyru kloo eidtrd to. .
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Aeselre etlret iknd rbaemdesras ot 'mi tes uoy fo gbllaoly sith. A gto ot ae,lim relett i laemi epoelp ecdaetr seodnc eht upls thta teh gsnyai. Emrnub e?ctcndia wsa tihs you tub i shti na eppsous wee'v tseho reaft ibeewst fo etsim of ihts osmt sedu rea ansecitns enst a. Aemby iesmsd xobitck ?loleny ebyam a o'eyru yuo. Esoicp aevh ohipng yuor esccas hte lterte trcseiterd sfo-tur-iox eacxt veoba fo rteho ehr'es.

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