{"id":2148,"date":"2011-12-31T22:15:40","date_gmt":"2012-01-01T02:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/?p=2148"},"modified":"2012-01-01T00:10:14","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T04:10:14","slug":"happy-nearly-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/happy-nearly-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Nearly New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not yet sure if this is the start of a tradition, but with no other plans it was decided we&#8217;d have appetizers for dinner. See what you can pick out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2149\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/happy-nearly-new-year\/dsc_5643\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"996,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325360259&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_5643\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643-199x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643-398x600.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2149\" title=\"DSC_5643\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"904\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643.jpg 996w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5643-398x600.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mallory wanted something a little more substantial, opting for giraffe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2150\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/happy-nearly-new-year\/dsc_5646\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,996\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325362610&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_5646\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646-600x398.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2150\" title=\"DSC_5646\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646-600x398.jpg 600w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5646.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is the first new year&#8217;s eve I&#8217;ve been home to enjoy in 6 or 7 years (who can remember?), so it&#8217;s a nice change of pace. And with that, a gratuitous photo:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2151\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/happy-nearly-new-year\/dsc_5653\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,996\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325362853&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_5653\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653-600x398.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2151\" title=\"DSC_5653\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653-600x398.jpg 600w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5653.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a self-portrait FAIL:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2152\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/31\/happy-nearly-new-year\/dsc_5656\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,996\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D90&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325362979&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_5656\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656-300x199.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656-600x398.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2152\" title=\"DSC_5656\" src=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656-600x398.jpg 600w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/DSC_5656.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or maybe not. I can just imagine Mal screaming, &#8220;Ma, don&#8217;t push me out of the frame! And why are you fuzzy???!!!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Happy New Year!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not yet sure if this is the start of a tradition, but with no other plans it was decided we&#8217;d have appetizers for dinner. See what you can pick out.<\/p>\n<p>Mallory wanted something a little more substantial, opting for giraffe.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first new year&#8217;s eve I&#8217;ve been home to enjoy in 6 or 7 [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,18,4,23,37],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQPn-yE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2148"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2148\/revisions\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2148"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2148"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/davidtallacksen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2148"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}