Personal Agenda, Book Two: CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

EXILE 14: PART ONE
(A few weeks before I went to South Africa)

Brand Smit and a salaried position
Vision of the future, possibility one
Soldier in a larger war
In the name of the father
The new label (parts one to four)
Where is my place in the Great Hierarchy?
Pale-beard on the Trans-Mongolia
Vision of the future, possibility two
Pale-beard does his math
Soldier for the soul (if his weapon just wants to fire)
Reality, and a few other facts
The question remains …

EXILE 14: PART TWO
(Three weeks in South Africa)

The poet learns to be smart
What I see
Reason for uncertainty, and a new mantra
Word games
Last outburst (before the end my vacation)

EXILE 14: PART THREE
(First month back in Taiwan)

Time for mathematics again | About potatoes and vegetables
Dark Tuesday | Lighter Thursday
Take responsibility for yourself in 2018
Mistakes, insights, questions, new vocabulary, and advice
Creative, full-time
What if …
Vision of the future, possibility three

AUGUST 2003

Scorching kebabs

SEPTEMBER 2003

My new apartment
If I am …
Two plus one important remarks
Thirteen minutes on a Saturday night
Factor X kicks in
The criteria for survival (are getting tougher by the day)
To be part of something bigger
A futuristic denial
My current life
A noble intention
(Initially about) The fauna and flora of Taiwan
Money and art
The (real) value of money
If the perception is disturbed
Establishment of the Anti-Futility League
On the technical aspects of belonging and membership
End contemplation, part one/The ultimate hope
End contemplation, part two
The end of an address/Transformation
To ignore what is obvious
I feel miserable and lost, and consequently threaten transformation again
Belonging and mobile membership

OCTOBER 2003

Who and what
Three incidents
On the next generation: Introduction
On the next generation: Parenthood
Storming ahead with a burning violin
One/zero, and why one is better
Productivity and the lie
Not desperate enough to be rich

NOVEMBER 2003

Money is important
Benchmarks of adulthood
Just another piece of writing

DECEMBER 2003

All of us alive at this time
You and I
Taking stock, 4 December 2003
A thought brews in my head, part two
Old heroes stand, some fall, and posters are changed
The correct answer, and what to do with my exercise bike
Let’s write something
Three thoughts from the 16k

END

In the service of an idea
The last exile

GOODBYE

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