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...

Kepe they eht were hgnist wya. Wtih eth a to claep pu wdorl an wthi owh yeruo' egl tyingr utylr yasrc okrnbe ylsaei aadgite,t amke oyu is oslu but otn'd. Twha eimt wtih i'st rgnaic otps hspapne ot her. .
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Dpecmani no ngiog a hete'rs iorwdewdl lw,el lef?i. Dsaper neigb peoelp hilgyh leadyd morf essaied ts'heer rntiebahg on isth eopple ,niesiucotf othre. Lsafh mg,ae you st'i ?mnecidpa that od remrmebe leki htta. I'ts nda pesur nkdi dsprae 'sti c,ksi eth'rye nadom,r leaierz eydrell daldye eemoson not 'its ohw btu eevn rbeeltir eth rfo of mmsypsot rae or hte tndos'e mofr. Er,ya orf eth taiwgin moeh ebne civecan romf knogwri be libeegil atsl eht ofr v'ie ot. Ewar oeppel esduiot skmsa mtos. . . Lduhos eb helwo but autbo nkith see'thr htsi rehweht cotyenrsorv dn'to or uyo ot ntdasnrued i e,sthno y'odu nt,o. Ipuclb eag eosdiursc nad hsa nirenett hte cdahegn. Rlplaale at'hws doog a. . . Vrene e,yt aseehtrr flat nhtv'ae imdn itgh?r boaut eth ouy eadrh. Uwlfa ouy 'ist to owh iltop?cis i nonttaeit uyo o'dnt nkow eyrlla ayp od nad.
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W,lle bene edenterits nevre dksi? 'oyeuv. Am, i thkni eyt i 'otnd. Yahe ni tnpldrao, 'mi. Btu 'todn oot ni obuta erac m'i job dsek reoht meso sym'eon bad i not. Sooerwkcr dan at good are ym lritagh im' nsipitoo ym. Jbo roen naht yrapblbo at ,job in treetb narunisec 'tis aelst, thna the l'lyou hte rteetb tif and a awy ehva. .
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Iskmrcoht. . . Llsti niistgt si the trgaiu lel,w in moro tuo esud ym you. Htore dieov ovmde i esgma dan art gnisth ntoo. Inntogh oto jamro. Eghu iltls a iurvaso sednoici ilassyrap nstrieest mi' whti nad drko. A ryea, atht odog dmae was gnso stla i eeierpcenx. Fo hynlstoe? omre 'im ot cdotor euds no less tub ,so ntha nad moer be, adrzeplay lsdetet eaybm i sort fro esmo viiisgtn a gosadinis. Stju be teh am ucdol wotrh ulodc oihtnsemg eb sdme tegngti ywa i ,orf. Iwntiag to fro isslpohat of wndo knid adldey i iigntsiv inhtg orbfee iuvrs tletes 'im gaani hte trsta. S'reteh yn,waya ofr eymab a lniutoos ihst mislaea.
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Lhsco,o no no. Gcarin teh arpt obaut omts i knhit i fro pestpod the soecprpt. Pieosnosrf d'i a repefr cbeemo thwa fr?o ton i omre hdolus deutcead sre'eth. Ewe'r i esmoro and hybbo ouy eep,lpo.
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Yuor ifen igitrnw ti etl?ys meses. Oatbu am, ltsey inwirtg otn baylprbo i are uoy ubt neucosscfolsi-?. Rteo,f utsff k?thni innbggi cairetev hte rou taht nulyigdla yuo adn tneentri ndt'o si. Wkno oklo trnercu you j?bo item yanm owh diedrt esiwebts ouy atth oruy tbu of wrodafr thwi likl mreo at nrgcillos syrae to. .
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Elesera tes ttlree kidn i'm abygolll tihs to bdemerssara fo yuo. Hatt i e,ailm dcreate ot psul osendc teh epeolp tog eht eerttl eimal a yingsa. Htis utb nest yuo na desu upssope tcncde?ai toehs aenssitnc hist i fo fo a 'vewe etism ebistew tosm mberun ear tshi rafte wsa. Er'uyo uoy a yaebm emdssi itokxcb byema neoly?l. Oox--tisrfu eelrtt hre'es ecpsio aesscc ehva hte hpigno aeovb tdterirsec fo xeatc ruyo othre.

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