{"id":825,"date":"2010-04-29T12:29:47","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/blog\/?p=825"},"modified":"2010-04-29T08:38:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:38:57","slug":"my-first-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?p=825","title":{"rendered":"My First Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So the take home message seems to be, I&#8217;m not as bad at blogging as I think I am. That&#8217;s comforting.<\/p>\n<p>I noticed I almost have 1000 comments. I have a $5 amazon.com certificate sitting in my inbox from doing wedding reviews. It expires in July. It&#8217;s yours if you leave comment #1000 :) Unless you&#8217;re Bryan. Then you just get a big hug :P<\/p>\n<p>I did one of my <a href=\"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/blog\/?page_id=326\">101<\/a> things Saturday without realizing it. I visited a penguin.<\/p>\n<p>I went to the zoo with Rachie and Chris. We met up with Chris&#8217; friends and their son. We saw penguins, llamas, wallabies, bears&#8230;<br \/>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?p=825&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-825 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?attachment_id=826'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-006.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-006.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-006.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-006.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" 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landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?attachment_id=827'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-020.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-020.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-020.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-020.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"827\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?attachment_id=827\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-020.jpg?fit=4000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zoo 025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-025.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?attachment_id=829'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-027.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zoo 027\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-027.jpg?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/silvercpu.com\/?attachment_id=830'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/silvercpu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/zoo-028.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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We went for coffee after the zoo. I had a chai latte with chocolate. Then we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise and I had one of those things in the picture up there. I also had a burger, too many sweet potato chips and as much dessert nachos as I was able to fit in my stomach. So good.<\/p>\n<p>Today is Surbhi&#8217;s last week at at&#038;t :'( She&#8217;s moving away. We&#8217;re going out for her final lunch today. *sniff* Maryam comes back from maternity leave next week. I invited her to lunch, but she has to take her daughter to the dentist. Hopefully the three of us can meet up next week before Surbhi leaves the state.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and we&#8217;re closing on the house on Friday :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the take home message seems to be, I&#8217;m not as bad at blogging as I think I am. That&#8217;s comforting. I noticed I almost have 1000 comments. I have a $5 amazon.com certificate sitting in my inbox from doing wedding reviews. 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