Happy Pandaversary! Can you believe it's been a year since Sad Panda came into our lives? Since then, we've obsessively posted about him, and in November even found out the man behind the mask is 62-year-old Jialing Chen, who has quite a story. While only a restraining order could stop us from continuing to track his every move, perhaps we need a new obsession to join him for 2010. We are now taking suggestions—who is your favorite NYC mascot?
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