{"id":24,"date":"2010-01-02T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-02T02:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tankhughes.com\/?p=24"},"modified":"2011-05-03T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T16:51:08","slug":"2009-a-year-in-pandas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tankhughes.com\/?p=24","title":{"rendered":"2009: A Year in Pandas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1. March 3rd, 2009: A mysterious package arrived in my kitchen, turns out it was a carrier for <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">EPIC PANDA<\/span> also known as <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">SUPERLATIVE PANDA!!<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6ypwom_gI\/AAAAAAAAAEo\/WcD6IfoCtiM\/s1600-h\/Photo+175.jpg\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421967431900265986\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6ypwom_gI\/AAAAAAAAAEo\/WcD6IfoCtiM\/s200\/Photo+175.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. May 9th, 2009: I went to China. I held a panda. You didn&#8217;t. Deal with it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6y5Tvl4lI\/AAAAAAAAAEw\/tKbNdiaHD0w\/s1600-h\/DSCN0887.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421967699022832210\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 150px; height: 200px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6y5Tvl4lI\/AAAAAAAAAEw\/tKbNdiaHD0w\/s200\/DSCN0887.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. July 25th, 2009: Marble gave me a panda necklace for my birthday. It has heart feet like Propaganda Panda does.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6znejIGmI\/AAAAAAAAAE4\/HhRnN5-4JG0\/s1600-h\/Screen+shot+2010-01-01+at+6.46.20+PM.png\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421968492197321314\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 200px; height: 151px;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6znejIGmI\/AAAAAAAAAE4\/HhRnN5-4JG0\/s200\/Screen+shot+2010-01-01+at+6.46.20+PM.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. August 5th: Yun Zi born at San Diego Zoo. Thus creating endless pandacam footage I would not shut up about.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6z5iyehQI\/AAAAAAAAAFA\/Jw6QXg_-Xqw\/s1600-h\/Picture+12.png\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421968802573092098\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 200px; height: 115px;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz6z5iyehQI\/AAAAAAAAAFA\/Jw6QXg_-Xqw\/s200\/Picture+12.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. September 6th, 2009: I bought a ridiculous panda hat\/scarf\/gloves combo at PAX, a birthday present from Ty. As long as I don&#8217;t look in a mirror, I&#8217;m happy. I love everything about it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz60bjt1CgI\/AAAAAAAAAFQ\/akFCpFCS5DY\/s1600-h\/Screen+shot+2010-01-01+at+6.50.00+PM.png\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421969386937584130\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 200px; height: 149px;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz60bjt1CgI\/AAAAAAAAAFQ\/akFCpFCS5DY\/s200\/Screen+shot+2010-01-01+at+6.50.00+PM.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. December 25th, 2009: Ty visited San Diego and brought back 2 panda souvenirs for me. One, a child&#8217;s panda face mask, and the second a framed picture of <span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">EPIC PANDA<\/span> in the wild, before he came to stay with me. Both from the zoo, both fantastic.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz60norAxrI\/AAAAAAAAAFY\/7kxoB3A78BQ\/s1600-h\/PC251586.JPG\" onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421969594426377906\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: hand; width: 200px; height: 150px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Ux-us03ZH3o\/Sz60norAxrI\/AAAAAAAAAFY\/7kxoB3A78BQ\/s200\/PC251586.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. March 3rd, 2009: A mysterious package arrived in my kitchen, turns out it was a carrier for EPIC PANDA also known as SUPERLATIVE PANDA!! 2. May 9th, 2009: I went to China. I held a panda. You didn&#8217;t. Deal with it. 3. July 25th, 2009: Marble gave me a panda necklace for my birthday. 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