11.1.10

The Winter Break Coma/Hibernation Period Ends.


Papa Brown and Rilo, originally uploaded by _ambrown.

Hey, Portland. It's been real. This photo is from Thanksgiving Break but it could very well summarize my couple of weeks here at home over the break. My general lackluster, sleep-late-every-afternoon pattern comes to an abrupt end as I valiently attempt to graduate from college and move into "the real world," whatever that is. Sounds very 2010 to me.

But yeah, monday afternoon, Empire Builder-ing to Saint Paul. See you on a bitterly cold, sunny, cheery Saint Paul Wednesday Morning.

3.1.10

2009 in pictures

I did this last year, and I liked the results. I tried to put up photos here that I hadn't published before, but some photos (Carnaval) are just too legendary not to be included in a "Best Of" list. There's a sad dearth of photos post September; I still haven't scanned in all of the film that I've accumulated over the past semester in my photography class, and to be fair at least a few of those shots would otherwise be included. But! Hopefully I don't get too bogged down in 2010 with everything (HONORS/WORK STUDY/SENIOR CAPSTONE/STUDENT GOVERNMENT/AHHHH) and I actually take some photos for fun.

I recently went to Vancouver with Papa Brown, and I want to write about that, and I hope to also blog about how excellent it is that we're done with Decade Zero, but I feel like I missed the boat for opportune timing on those blog entries. Stick with me dear readers; there will always be times at five in the morning when insomnia strikes, and I'll want to throw together a blog entry and tell you how I feel. Worst comes to worst, things'll definitely pick up post graduation.

Until I actually do get the chance to write something heartfelt, meaningful, , reflecting, thoughtful or whatever, I like how my blog has slowly morphed into a cyberscrapbook, a collection of miscellaneous pictures or phrases or thoughts that capture something relevant to my life while I'm procrastinating on doing real work. Expect more ironic wittyisms, flickr photos, and gchat conversations to fill in the gaps. If you're really into that sorta thing, I got addicted to twitter this fall, and on the sidebar you can follow me and my friends.


So long, Oregon., originally uploaded by _ambrown.



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The Summer's Life is Good, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Third Largest City in the world, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



Carnaval 2009, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



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Hey buddy., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Numbers 6, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



Fire on Table Mountain., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Home sweet home in Langa., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Raf, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Football, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Evenings on the West lake., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


IHPers in Vietnam, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


The hanoi living room project., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Ihp portraits., originally uploaded by _ambrown.


Leeeeean, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


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Happy Fourth, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


goal, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



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Waldo Lake 2009, originally uploaded by Aaron Michael Brown.


Rilo, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



Montana, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



bridge no 9., s.e. mpls., originally uploaded by _ambrown.



Peter, Chelsea, Joe and Ian, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



hayley loves the cold weather, originally uploaded by _ambrown.



oh hey macbikes, originally uploaded by _ambrown.


The Drive, VANCBC, originally uploaded by _ambrown.

2009 audibly, according to Lastfm: (a reliable source)
1 Bon Iver 1,389
2 Blind Pilot 1,010
3 Frightened Rabbit 516
4 The Rural Alberta Advantage 438
5 The Weakerthans 427
6 The National 418
7 Death Cab for Cutie 402
8 Barenaked Ladies 354
9 Horse Feathers 313
10 Red House Painters 276