<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977</id><updated>2011-07-07T16:59:37.884-07:00</updated><category term='watchmen'/><category term='zack snyder'/><category term='alan moore'/><category term='dave gibbons'/><category term='comics'/><title type='text'>The Musing Manuscript of Metal</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-7484679348998827778</id><published>2008-12-27T12:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-27T12:52:17.237-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Ghajini - A Recipe</title><summary type='text'>Ghajini - A Recipe for Masala Movie Dummies INGREDIENTS Avenging Terminator-like hero who forgets his constipation every fifteen minutesGoody-two shoes heroine who's head is mistaken for a golf ball (could be forgiven had it been the hero)Second female lead - a.k.a. Flash card substitute and part-time diary reviewerRandom police inspector - full-time diary reviewer who seemingly had a falling out</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/7484679348998827778/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=7484679348998827778' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/7484679348998827778'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/7484679348998827778'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2008/12/ghajini-recipe.html' title='Ghajini - A Recipe'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-9101536232065851544</id><published>2008-12-14T09:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T09:21:14.910-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='dave gibbons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='comics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alan moore'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='zack snyder'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watchmen'/><title type='text'>Watchmen</title><summary type='text'>Being my first comic reviewOnce upon a time (lets call it the Beginning), there was a God. God created heaven, earth, and other associated paraphernalia. And then God said, "Let there be...comics"- Nerd Genesis 1:1But as with His other creations, comics were faltering on the path to salvation. Hence God sent two Apostles known only by their earthly names of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons to restore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/9101536232065851544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=9101536232065851544' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/9101536232065851544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/9101536232065851544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2008/12/watchmen.html' title='Watchmen'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-7245016381214657069</id><published>2007-06-23T11:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-23T11:48:14.259-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Year in Review: Prologue</title><summary type='text'>Once upon a corporate time there was a micro-organism which managed to do magic with whatever it had and received. It spent a good while growing slowly but steadily, when suddenly, it exploded like a nova gone berserk, and started gobbling up everything around it including innocent bystanders (an oxymoronic phrase if there ever was one). Most of the victims were assimilated and ceased to exist </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/7245016381214657069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=7245016381214657069' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/7245016381214657069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/7245016381214657069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2007/06/year-in-review-prologue.html' title='Year in Review: Prologue'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114957663323030317</id><published>2006-06-05T22:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-06-05T23:50:33.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Life will never be the same again...</title><summary type='text'>After going through this post by Vivek, I dumped all thoughts of writing another post dripping nostalgia and encouraging desires which will now remain forever unfulfilled. Not because I was disgusted or anything, of course...I'd be depressed the rest of the day! Sometimes I wish my heart were made of cold, stoic rock (mind you, I used to do a pretty good simulation).I am now, officially a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114957663323030317/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114957663323030317' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114957663323030317'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114957663323030317'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/06/life-will-never-be-same-again.html' title='Life will never be the same again...'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114591903790030854</id><published>2006-04-24T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T15:50:37.933-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A speech for a graduating class</title><summary type='text'>Some Thoughts on the Real World by One Who Glimpsed It and FledBill WattersonKenyon College CommencementMay 20, 1990I have a recurring dream about Kenyon. In it, I'm walking to the post office on the way to my first class at the start of the school year. Suddenly it occurs to me that I don't have my schedule memorized, and I'm not sure which classes I'm taking, or where exactly I'm supposed to be</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114591903790030854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114591903790030854' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114591903790030854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114591903790030854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/04/speech-for-graduating-class.html' title='A speech for a graduating class'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114535056013273143</id><published>2006-04-18T01:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-18T02:04:18.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Below Average...again?</title><summary type='text'>Hopping across a few blogs, I discovered something known as an untelligence test. I'm making no further comments.61% Untelligent!Your score is close to the current worldwide average of 64%The subject shows an astounding level of intelligence, and his sense of observation is one of his best qualities. Considering this, he shows a lot of potential, but that's only part of the equation.Also, as much</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114535056013273143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114535056013273143' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114535056013273143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114535056013273143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/04/below-averageagain.html' title='Below Average...again?'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114487187404895125</id><published>2006-04-12T11:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-12T13:56:57.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Se7en</title><summary type='text'>All thanks to Sameer's and Vivek's tags, here follows one of the most boring posts that I've ever written (at least for me)Not in any particular order...I. Before I die, I wanna...1) be the next Hugh Hefner2) direct/write/create an epic work3) tour the world (that'll take more than a lifetime of travel though)4) walk on another planet (kk even the moon will do)5) create milestones in the timeline</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114487187404895125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114487187404895125' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114487187404895125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114487187404895125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/04/se7en.html' title='Se7en'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114462633007365808</id><published>2006-04-09T16:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-09T16:45:30.090-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A Brief Aside...</title><summary type='text'>Taking a break from the sticky mush that nostalgia brings...For those who believe coding to be the most despicable and downright inhuman of jobs, work for the truly unimaginative, creatively challenged etc., check this  out. The primary component of all those works of art is...code.Go go digital Da Vincis!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114462633007365808/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114462633007365808' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114462633007365808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114462633007365808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/04/brief-aside.html' title='A Brief Aside...'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114418232584944980</id><published>2006-04-04T13:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-04-04T13:28:21.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Beginning of the End: Premiere Step</title><summary type='text'>I woke up again to the monotonous, mind-numbing beats from Hum Tumhare Hain Sanam. What an army of bouncing jhingurs, assorted creepy-crawlies (probably halfway to Dr. Moreau's), Tropic of Cancer summer heat, drying water tanks, and last but not the least, attendance/pop quizzes could not achieve, was accomplished with gay abandon by those god-forsaken songs. They managed to wake most of my block</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114418232584944980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114418232584944980' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114418232584944980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114418232584944980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/04/beginning-of-end-premiere-step.html' title='The Beginning of the End: Premiere Step'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114375786914918825</id><published>2006-03-30T13:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-04-01T12:57:43.043-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Everything that has a beginning has an end</title><summary type='text'>WarningMusings in bracket are liable to piss you off whilst making you forget what the heck I was talking about. Enjoy catching up!Considering that Nitesh just kickstarted a blog for the sake of penning down his experiences of this particular  neck of the woods, I, never having anything remotely mentionable to bequeath to the universe in my own demented junk/spam/trash corner of the web passing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114375786914918825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114375786914918825' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114375786914918825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114375786914918825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/03/everything-that-has-beginning-has-end.html' title='Everything that has a beginning has an end'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-114277583048675583</id><published>2006-03-19T05:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T04:04:52.703-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Work to do?...ergo...I blog</title><summary type='text'>Here I am writing a (official) post finally (yes you guessed correctly: exactly because  I got work of ugliest kind to do coding, what else and from habit, I'm escaping the responsibility (ref. my orkut profile). I'm again going, nay gone into a complete rut (all-night gaming, watching TV Series the whole day, etc). Le Mannequin continues to try and inspire me to do a little more exercise than </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/114277583048675583/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=114277583048675583' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114277583048675583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/114277583048675583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/03/work-to-doergoi-blog.html' title='Work to do?...ergo...I blog'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-113919862022183137</id><published>2006-02-05T20:03:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-03-31T12:24:18.076-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Me a cartoon...not surprising is it?</title><summary type='text'> You scored as Donald Duck. Your alter ego is Donald Duck! Try as you might, you have a nasty temper that is hard to control. But you try hard to please, and you arn't one to go down without a fight. Donald Duck69%The Beast63%Goofy63%Peter Pan56%Sleeping Beauty50%Ariel44%Cinderella44%Cruella De Ville38%Pinocchio38%Snow White13%Which Disney Character is your Alter Ego?created with QuizFarm.com</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/113919862022183137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=113919862022183137' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113919862022183137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113919862022183137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2006/02/me-cartoonnot-surprising-is-it.html' title='Me a cartoon...not surprising is it?'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-113376018550905819</id><published>2005-12-04T21:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-04T21:23:21.293-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Just reading...</title><summary type='text'>The Washington Post Style section runs a contest every year where they want readers to combine two "real" words into a third word and then provide a definition for that new word.These were some of the winners this year.___________________________________________________1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/113376018550905819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=113376018550905819' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113376018550905819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113376018550905819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/12/just-reading.html' title='Just reading...'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-113278248169329601</id><published>2005-11-23T13:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-11-23T13:48:01.713-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I'll be back...</title><summary type='text'>The time is upon us...when evil rises, darkness falls, BTPs are enforced, etc:- it's the time to doze off... More on that later...(Aren't these periodic periods irritating? Or it just the vain attempt at alliteration?) bah...im too sleepy now. laterz, i'll be back...</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/113278248169329601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=113278248169329601' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113278248169329601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/113278248169329601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/11/ill-be-back.html' title='I&apos;ll be back...'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-112180153699165411</id><published>2005-07-19T12:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T05:41:03.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Way of the ninja !!</title><summary type='text'>The blonde haired kid with the forehead protector of Konoha glared across the table defiantly at the frightening visage of the Nine Tailed Interviewer. The young warrior clenched his teeth and managed to mutter "I DARE YOU TO..." in a manner befitting a more matured action star. He then shut his eyes and said Kagebunshin-nojutsu and replicated himself ten times over. "Very well, worthless Genin, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/112180153699165411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=112180153699165411' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112180153699165411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112180153699165411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/07/way-of-ninja.html' title='Way of the ninja !!'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-112025888067983453</id><published>2005-07-01T15:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-02T01:54:25.393-07:00</updated><title type='text'>War of the Worlds : Earth vs Sky</title><summary type='text'>Yes, yes I know people will say the ending was bad, the script was erratic etc, etc. The only thing I learned from this experience was that playing peek-a-boo with wanton rain-devils, when they are trying to drown your city with an incessant deluge, is as futile as trying to fight one of the omnipresent tripods (in the flick) with your willpower. After being confined to our rooms by yesterday's </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/112025888067983453/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=112025888067983453' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112025888067983453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112025888067983453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/07/war-of-worlds-earth-vs-sky.html' title='War of the Worlds : Earth vs Sky'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-112020117623124046</id><published>2005-06-30T23:57:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-30T23:59:36.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh sweet, another survey!</title><summary type='text'>The Weblogger's survey@MIT Media Labs</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/112020117623124046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=112020117623124046' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112020117623124046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/112020117623124046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/07/oh-sweet-another-survey_01.html' title='Oh sweet, another survey!'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111962149514571925</id><published>2005-06-24T06:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-24T11:23:59.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Non drug induced haze</title><summary type='text'>Why am I writing a post when I am supposed to build a `resume' from ground up, and submit within the next day [Not a monstrous task by any means, considering my academic history, and propensity for doing work]? Why, the same reason I put forward my first tentative foot forward into the scary world of blogging! [where people would finally realize without the remotest trace of doubt, the new </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111962149514571925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111962149514571925' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111962149514571925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111962149514571925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/06/non-drug-induced-haze.html' title='Non drug induced haze'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111668945031928799</id><published>2005-05-21T08:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T08:44:26.070-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Test results are out !!</title><summary type='text'>What follows is the very rock-bottom that you can hit when you take the global personality test at similarminds.com. I assure that it is a complete coincidence that these results should appear in  my  blog. :DAdvanced Global Personality Test ResultsExtraversion30%Stability36%Orderliness33%Empathy23%Interdependence56%Intellectual30%Mystical43%Artistic50%Religious36%Hedonism10%Materialism70%</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111668945031928799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111668945031928799' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111668945031928799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111668945031928799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/05/test-results-are-out.html' title='Test results are out !!'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111663016450799315</id><published>2005-05-20T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:02:44.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Guess whoz back...</title><summary type='text'>...No prizes for guessing. Had an interesting week off DA-IICT. Went to Jaipur, thinking I'd go to Delhi. Ended up staying there and watching two movies, and reading two books. The movies I'd rather not talk about and initiate another ceaseless bout of trauma. The first book I read was Kurt Vonnegut's The Sirens of Titan. This 'satire', is science fiction only in name imho. it's about God and our</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111663016450799315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111663016450799315' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111663016450799315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111663016450799315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/05/guess-whoz-back.html' title='Guess whoz back...'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111495598179824539</id><published>2005-05-01T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T07:00:05.873-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Semesterly Review</title><summary type='text'>aXe's blog ["A Scanner Darkly" is a terrifying trip through the dark worlds of drug abusers - a contemporary classic by the master of all things unconventional: Philip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly) ] gave me an idea of writing out what I experienced or did throughout the last 4 mths in the college. After all, this is a milestone, and it demands a review. we'll see about the analysis later.the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111495598179824539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111495598179824539' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111495598179824539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111495598179824539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/05/semesterly-review.html' title='Semesterly Review'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111460675973857952</id><published>2005-04-27T05:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-27T06:03:26.280-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Of cognitive decay and its simulation</title><summary type='text'>#define man "men, women &amp; everyone else more confused"Isn't it a glaring irony that a man's age is (supposedly) synonymous with his maturity, but his propensity to attain greater maturity is in fact, inversely related to the time he spends on this planet. I heard somewhere a long time ago, that a man's brain stops manufacturing nerve cells after reaching adulthood. Doesn't fill me with dollops of</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111460675973857952/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111460675973857952' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111460675973857952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111460675973857952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/04/of-cognitive-decay-and-its-simulation.html' title='Of cognitive decay and its simulation'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111453469004418019</id><published>2005-04-26T09:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-26T10:18:51.300-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Mid Exam Chhuti Crisis</title><summary type='text'>Having a yawning break between exams is not going to have good consequences for procrastinating poopheads like me. How I am "utilizing" my time is obivous for all to see.Taking the discussion (discourse, whatever) away from myself, isn't it a pathetic reflection on our 21st Century lives that you have to read your friend's blog to know how his life is going; to know how he feels about this thing </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/feeds/111453469004418019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=12427977&amp;postID=111453469004418019' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111453469004418019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12427977/posts/default/111453469004418019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://metalmanuscript.blogspot.com/2005/04/mid-exam-chhuti-crisis.html' title='Mid Exam Chhuti Crisis'/><author><name>meTaL</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06845829525123419252</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://dextronik.alkem.org/Smiley.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12427977.post-111445251697652643</id><published>2005-04-25T10:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-25T11:08:36.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Debut</title><summary type='text'>I've always considered blogging to be a vela activity. it's stuff that only vela ppl indulge in. That hasn't changed. It's just that i am proving my velaness now. besides i got inspired by vivek's blogging. of course that doesn't mean im goinna sit down and write my thoughts everyday! i have too many of them per second to list them. 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