http://www.teamliquid.net/blog/Manifesto7 en-us Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:37:44 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=296242 Manifesto7 With the explosion of SC2, and I really don't think there is a more apt word that that, has come an incredible variety of business ventures designed to take advantage of this new market. These take the form of everything from stream, merchandise, apparel, coaching, live events, and more. I think it is great, because (putting on my old man hat) before SC2 there just weren't that many ways to spe... Mon, 19 Dec 2011 11:19:42 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=296242 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281841 Manifesto7 God it is so fucking hard to know where to start. I guess it should really just be with some simple truths. Truth 1: I fucking love this place I know I am not alone with this thought, but I feel the need to express it. I have been coming to TL for more than a decade. 30% of my life (and 99% of my online existence) TL has been my homepage. I have come here for friends, laughs, news (alway... Wed, 02 Nov 2011 22:09:09 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=281841 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=267023 Manifesto7 Three weeks on Intermittent Fasting or... If God is a chicken I am going to Hell In my last blog I talked about how a random TL connection exposed my to the idea of intermittent fasting, the leangains blog, and the fact that my friend was doing some consulting. Three weeks have passed since I started intermittent fasting. Considering that this diet, way of eating, and way of w... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 16:42:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=267023 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=262650 Manifesto7 Funny thing about TeamLiquid, being a member grants you access to a wide range of worlds. Go to a live event, throw on a pony shirt, and then say hello to your fifty new friends. Notice someone lives in the same area as you, send a PM, and the next day you are having a beer. I've hosted people travelling through Japan that I've never met before, and in return crashed on couches belonging to a v... Mon, 05 Sep 2011 16:08:01 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=262650 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=258748 Manifesto7 Hi everyone, it's been a while. Work, family, real life, blah blah... Anyway, I realized I had neglected to write a blog for quite some time. I find myself with a morning and the motivation, so here we go! This past spring I made my third trip to Korea. Unlike the first or second trip, this was not going to focus on StarCraft. After spending years involved with Korea through the prism of pr... Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:26:15 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=258748 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=162816 Manifesto7 For five years I have lived in Japan, and for those five years I have seen a pathetically small amount of my adopted country. Between work, school, family, and trips abroad, I have neglected travelling internally. To remedy this I purchased a touring bicycle this summer and began commuting to work on it. The goal was to take my bicycle and see various parts of Japan. Last weekend I took my firs... Fri, 22 Oct 2010 14:11:00 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=162816 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=153571 Manifesto7 Question. What does a teenager in Korea named Lee Young Ho and a Mongolian in Japan named Mönkhbatyn Davaajargal have in common? As of today they are the undisputed champions of their professions. With his complete dismantling of Jaedong over the past couple months; Lee Young Ho has proven he is the best StarCraft player alive. He is within a single trophy of matching the legendary Na... Fri, 17 Sep 2010 11:06:54 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=153571 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=142705 Manifesto7 Everyone is happy by the 8th inning of a Tigers game. Hey TL! Old man Mani just turned 31, can you believe it? I can't. In fact I refuse to believe it, and with the expected onset of Alzheimer I expect I will be able to forget it sometime soon. Father and daughter watching proleague. I'm not here to talk about my senile mind though, I am here for the best reason someone writes a ... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 07:52:05 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=142705 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=127514 Manifesto7 So I am browsing TL today (took the day off work!) and I came across a gem from this thread: And I was like wtf? Lose my status as legendary pokemon? Obviously that status is a defining feature of my life, and to let if fall by the wayside for the sake of things like family, kids, work, I mean... what was I thinking? So I shuffled my priorities for the day and decided to write this note... Wed, 26 May 2010 11:59:43 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=127514 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=116625 Manifesto7 Living abroad has presented many challenges. Adjusting to new cultural norms, being illiterate in the country's language, being a minority, and of course, dietary change. Some things I am willing to put up with. Yesterday I ate raw sea cucumber and smiled. I have ordered a $40 12 inch pizza that was topped with potatoes, squid, mayonnaise... and no cheese. But sometimes you just have to draw... Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:34:13 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=116625 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=115216 Manifesto7 Growing up I lived with my grandparents, and I was very close to my grandfather. He was a United Church minister in Vancouver, and some of my earliest memories are of him at the pulpit. In 2006 he was diagnosed with cancer. Before he died he committed to paper a booklet of mostly humorous anecdotes about his time in the ministry. I tend to read these when I am feeling reflective. Today I wa... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:56:57 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=115216 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=111673 Manifesto7 Needs sound, headphones especially. www.recordtripping.com Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:16:50 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=111673 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=101148 Manifesto7 Magnus Ragnorok Othello Vesuvius Bloodaxe Raynor Savior Ono 3200 grams, ten fingers and ten toes. He looks like he went twelve rounds with the cervix, but is healthy and mommy is doing well too. I'm off, back to the hospital, but just wanted to share. Cheers everyone! Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:19:52 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=101148 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=99096 Manifesto7 So I was going to do a write-up of my trip to Korea with fancy pictures and stuff, but I'm pretty lazy and tired. So, you can ask me questions if you are interested in Korea or progaming or going to a live event. Some brief notes, I was there for four days, stayed with Midian, attended both the OSL and PL, and ate/drank enough for my stomach to feel like death. Other random notes: - S... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 11:41:14 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=99096 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97619 Manifesto7 I think saying we would "like to grow as a person" is an admirable thing, but it can be difficult to measure. It is not often that we have instances upon which we can reflect and say "I have changed." Today however I was fortunate to have one such experience. Then Since moving to Japan many people have asked me about "culture shock". To be honest, I think the... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 12:23:50 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97619 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97186 Manifesto7 Please do NOT rate this blog. I have no desire to be rated for other people's work. My intention is to showcase some of the amazing work people have done in the past on TL. There is a lot of buried treasure out there. Source thread here. Notes: While I want this series to focus on work others have done, there was a period of history where I was writing the majority of news posts. I was lo... Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:23:49 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97186 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97060 Manifesto7 Today. Today was a good day. I woke up late, about 6:30am. The sunshine streamed through the windows, taunting me with its joyfulness. A rainy day would have made my decision so much easier, but a sunny day forced me to consider, the car or the bicycle. I nearly wimped out, but by 6:45 I was on my one-speed gathering inertia for the ride to work. One part of my hurried morning was that I lef... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:57:29 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=97060 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=93160 Manifesto7 The last couple days I have been swamped at work, so I have been doing what most people do in that situation, playing Bejeweled Blitz and watching YouTube. I like listening to standup in the background and thought I would share a couple that I enjoyed and hadn't seen before. Maybe you can suggest some others. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFnKTs6CXwQ Anthony Jeselnik has some pretty blac... Tue, 12 May 2009 16:41:38 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=93160 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=88042 Manifesto7 Of 132 people that finished downloading the ProMusic torrent, only 6 stuck around to seed. SIX. Jesus christ, there are still 55 leechers on that torrent, and only SIX people stuck around to seed. This blows my fucking mind. I honestly thought that people had more respect for the TL torrent system than this. This isn't the PirateBay, where you are sharing with strangers, and can hit and run ... Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:46:10 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=88042 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87904 Manifesto7 Please do NOT rate this blog. I have no desire to be rated for other people's work. My intention is to showcase some of the amazing work people have done in the past on TL. There is a lot of buried treasure out there. Source thread here. Notes: As promised, here is one of my favorite mensrea battle reports. Again, VODs were still relatively rare for the masses in 2004. So, text battle rep... Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:05:20 +0900 http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87904