Dont eat a stem and see colors . Eat the whole bag and see God . <| sep |> As she did not conduct state business via her private email account , she had every right to skirt FOIA . FOIA doesn ' t get to access everything about every member of the government , it just gets to access what actions were taken by the government ' s representatives . Which not even the President is 247 . Barack Obama can open a gmail account if he wants to , and unless those emails contain state business no one gets to see . Same thing with setting up a PO box . He can . All of them can . <| sep |> How much does it cost ? <| sep |> Sam , you ' re not still thinking about going are you ? Jeremy asked . He was sitting on couch watching tv . I ' d been googling the distance to Portland , Oregon again . Of course not , it ' s just , I paused . I don ' t know , why would I tell myself not to go there ? Probably because something bad happens to you there and your future self wants you to avoid it . Well , obviously , but five places ? And they aren ' t just on the West Coast , they ' re all over the world . I mean , why would I even be in Warsaw , Poland in 7 years ? Then 2 years later in Cape Town , South Africa ? Maybe you ' re a like a pilot who flies all over the world ? And why would a pilot need to avoid specific cities ? Affairs with stewardesses . You break up with them and then they want to kill you . You ' re an idiot . I ' m being serious here . I guess I just wonder if it ' s a trick you know like I told myself not to be in these places , but really I need to be in these places at these specific times . Even you ' re not that stupid . Why wouldn ' t you just tell yourself to be in those places , instead of saying ' NEVER VISIT '? I don ' t know . I mean my future self must know this would drive me crazy and I wanted to make sure I ' d be there . It ' s only about 3 hours drive to get there . Portland ' s the first place on the list and I ' m not supposed to be there next Wednesday . What if I went a week early just to check it out ? You said ' NEVER VISIT ' that ' s pretty clear . I drove to Portland on Saturday anyway . I ' m not sure what I was looking for maybe signs of an oncoming catastrophic event or something . It was perfectly normal though . No signs of a top secret organization looking for recruits . I ' d been kind of hoping for that . I sat down on a bench in a park . My feet were tired from walking around the city all day . Hello , mind if I sit here ? A girl about my age smiled at me . She had long red hair and bright brown eyes . Of course , I said scouting over to the right side of the bench . She was very pretty . I ' m Sam , by the way . Julie , she said and smiled at me . I ' m afraid I ' m a bit lost and my phone isn ' t working . Do you think you could help me get directions to the Hilton ? I ' m staying there , but I sort of lost my sense of driection while wandering around the city . Sure no problem . I started to google directions for her . What are here in the city for anyway ? I have an exhibit in the city that opens on Wednesday . I paint . You should come check it out . Wednesday ? Oh , I ' m not planning to be in the city that day , I ' m I don ' t think so , I said . Oh , she said . Her smile faltered a bit . I mean , I ' m from Seattle and I ' m going home today . That ' s too bad . Here are the directions . I held out my phone for her to read them off my screen . Well , if you change your mind here is a card for the reception . She handed me a pamphlet before walking away . As I drove back to Seattle , I wondered how sure my future self was about not being in the city that day . Maybe I ' d made a mistake . Maybe if I was just there for a short time during the art show that wouldn ' t hurt would it ?