News:
So I saw an application on Facebook that was similar to this but without the flexibility that I wanted in order to share it with all my friends, so I rigged this together myself -- my 2009 presented as a collection of every Facebook Status Update! The year started off pretty slow, and in the third-person. But things picked up as the summer came to a close. Updates include love, hate, quotes, observations, music, movies, sports, opportunity, desperation, joy, sorrow, political ranting, shameless self-promotion, and even bodily functions. Does life get any more meaningful than this? Hopefully. Is it worth your time to read, absolutely not. Well, maybe. You'll see at the end. Enjoy!
January:
Aaron Brown is on Myspace. Go find him there. | Aaron Brown loves his girlfriend, Shannon!
February:
[aww... no updates.]
March:
Aaron Brown turned 31 today (kind of)... In Korea, I'm 32. It's weird out here. Facebook is dumb. Holla. | Aaron Brown wants a ukulele.
April:
Aaron Brown is colorblind. Really.
May:
Get scared Chicago! The 11-time Stanley Cup Champions are commin' at ya! Chelios says hi. | Red Wings, baby!
June:
Abdelkader makes Crosby and Malkin look like n00bs! | Calibrated the laptop monitor. Sweet! | Focusing on IMPORTANT news...
July:
Hoping I make it into the Seoul film festival. | So I guess Facebook is the place to go when you want mass-app-spam from all your friends. Then again, MySpace is the place to go for shitty band friend-requests. Hooray for The Internet! | Campaigning for votes... | Loves the Cubs, but wants you to vote for him. PLEASE!!! | Over 100 votes now. Please add yours: http://www.worldinfocuscontest.com/bin/Rate?image_ id=1006803773 | Sold a commercial license of the Chicago Realtor Building today. Woot! http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/6702572_Wy7BN/2/569 561399_4JwUF#569561399_4JwUF
August:
On the cover of Daegu Pockets magazine: http://www.daegupockets.com | A little less than 2 weeks left at summer camp. wo0t! | 2nd place, almost halfway there on votes, pass the word PLEASE! http://www.worldinfocuscontest.com/bin/Rate?image_ id=1006803773 | Cosplay photography in 90+ weather has mad me T I R E D ! ! ! | A Seoul radio station wants to interview me. Pretty cool. Too bad I can't get away this Wednesday to do it. [sad face] Hopefully we can reschedule! | How do I like my steak sauce? BOLD! | It's FRIDAY!!! | I gotta poop. | Last week of Summer Camp, wo0t! | Did Michael Jackson die or something? | Jay Cutler and Matt Forté, FTW!!!
September:
"I just wanna be successful..." - Drake | Go Bears! | New rule: you can't use the terms "epic," "ftw," or "pwn" unless you play mmorpg. Otherwise you're just a douche-er!!!1!1eleven! | Zoos smell like poop. Pass the word. | I have the rock opera, Franz Kafka, from Home Movies in my head. | Gotta finish these DGBD photos! | One of my kids asked me of I remembered Terrorist Day, today. I told him yes. He said it was awful. I agreed. | Go Bears!! | Three straight throws to the other team!? | Adewale Ogunleye! | Bears D is looking tough. Come on Cutler!! | Hester! | Jay Cutler = Interception. Boo!!! | The Swaze died? Aww... I'm going to do a little dirty dance for my lady later in his honor. | I miss my friends back home. | I love lazy Saturdays. | Getting through season 1 of Sons of Anarchy. Awesome show. I want to be a bad-ass biker outlaw, but alas I'm just a girly figured photo boy. Aw. :( | What's worse than buying a generic box of mac & cheese for $3.50? Opening it up and finding no cheese sauce. I hate Korea today. | Aaron took the "Which Actually Real Person Are You?" quiz and the result is Aaron Brown. Amazing. | Pizza is yummy. | About to watch Heroes Season 4 season premiere. Hoping it doesn't suck! | Cold pizza is so much better than cold turkey... unless you're trying to quit something. | Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" is so epic it makes me feel like I'm actually from New York and can do anything. Fantastic. | If you spell Jesus backwards it's Susej. That's pretty close to sausage in my book. | Just enabled Facebook Connect with my blog. Stop by and send me some love: http://aaronbrownphotos.blogspot.com | Noted: There's a distinct difference between Martin Short and Martin Sheen. | Today one of my students asked me if there was such a thing as a monkeypotamus. I immediately told him yes. | Getting ready for the gallery show tonight. Hope to see some friends there! | Lazy Saturdays are great, but Lazy Sundays are even better. :) Workin' on the site and watchin' movies. | They'll be playing when I'm asleep, but Go Bears!!! | I have a feeling there's something wrong with this HD. It shouldn't be failing every 2 months... | Sneezing my head off while I'm finishing the new blog. Achoo! | Aquarium Blog is Live: http://bit.ly/2MznBz
October:
Chuseok Vacation in T minus 6 hours... | I got a $40 box of Peaches and a $50 box of Spam for Chuseok! Oh, Korea. Happy holiday everyone... in Korea. :D | Cinnamon bun, you're the yummiest! I love my boo for getting it for me. | RE: @abrownphotos Thanks again to all who voted! I ended up with 3rd place in the People's Choice award. I also had th… http://disq.us/skvz | Bears! | New blog: Cosplay: http://bit.ly/SGRlZ | 5 days left to vote and help me get published: http://bit.ly/T6vLI | Why did I wake up with Madonna's "Lucky Star" in my head? | "Yet still you haven’t seen enough to just give me the part. You still make me sing for my supper." - Johhny Drama: Entourage | Over an hour wait at the bank today and still nothing was accomplished. :( | I have a strange affection for Lady GaGa. | I'm excited Cormac McCarthy's "The Road" is finally coming out in theaters! Check out the trailer: http://theroad-movie.com/ | I'm wondering who over at Borders thought I'd be interested in Michael Bublé's new album. Thanks for the e-mail, Borders. I'll pass. | According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded "to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses." | If there's one thing I've learned, it's that nay-sayers will always say nay... no matter what. | Sometimes Korea does me a solid: new Reebok Jay Cutler Jersey & Mitchell & Ness Walter Payton throwback -- $50. Done. | Korean Rockabilly Blog is now up: http://bit.ly/1crIBT | Damn! Sons of Anarchy is stressing me out! :D | Working on some photos of the hottest model I've ever shot -- my woman. :) | Excited to watch 30 Rock again! | Zombieland = fun movie! | Halloween flicks on tap to watch this month: A Nightmare on Elm Street 1- 7 and I might even throw in a few Takashi Miike flicks if time allows. I love sharing the freaky films with the little lady. Last year I introduced her to the Saw franchise. October is a fun month! | I use Firefox and so should you! http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ | Bear down, Chicago!!! | Johnny Knox!!! | WTF, BEARS!? | Finally! TD Bears! | Mondays, how I hate thee! :P | The future of HDR? : http://bit.ly/2Qdsli | Seoul Grand Park Zoo blog is up. Comment with Facebook Connect: http://bit.ly/Xt3OG | One of my cutie 5-year-old girls just came into my classroom and delivered some important information to me, in Korean. When I told her I didn't understand, she came up close and whispered it all to me in my ear. Then she giggled and left. I think I'm fired. | Jay Cutler deal good for both him and Chicago Bears: http://bit.ly/15ayTx | I guess I'll just use Live Feed... | I hate living so far away from my friends when bad shit happens. If anyone from the White Hawk / Texas Corral / Houlihan's crew gets details on what the hell happened with Rob Lowden, please let me know! | Last 20 minutes of Paranormal Activity were kind of cool. | I have "Thriller" stuck in my head thanks to Justin's Halloween photo. Thanks, you lowsey Bengals fan, you! :) | I laughed when I saw someone in my live feed "became a fan of Glen Beck." Not because it confirms their complete detachment from reality, but because they're content to join an online fan page that misspells its celebrity's name. Only someone as moronic as Glenn Beck could join his misspelled Facebook fan page. We need more Glenn Becks / Ann Coulters in the world, if only to help me delineate the crazies online here. | Saw VI was okay... I guess... | Two days 'till Halloween! | Where are all my Korean contacts going on Halloween? Shannon and I want to do something fun. | Korean contacts and friends: Where you be this weekend!? | Happy Halloween, everyone!
November:
Got through all the Nightmare on Elm Street movies for Halloween. Wow. Not as great as I remembered. | I love this version! RT @Weezer: Weezer ft. Sara Bareilles - I Want You To (Acoustic): - I Want You T.. http://bit.ly/4F30vR on =w= YouTube | RT @JoeMcNallyPhoto Hot Shoe Diaries was just named Amazon's #1Editor's Pick for 2009... http://bit.ly/2m4bVf | Happy hump day, Korea. :P | TGIF! | I've been geeking out on the new @joeyldotcom Sessions with Joey L DVD: http://www.joeyl.com/sessionswithjoeyl/ . Awesome stuff! | "Y'know, I came up with a new game show idea recently. It's called The Old Game. You got three old guys with loaded guns on stage They look back at their lives, see who they were, what they accomplished, how close they came to realizing their dreams. The winner is the one who doesn't blow his brains out. He gets a refrigerator." - Chuck Barris | I really need to get out and work on The Metro Project! | "Fingernails are pretty. Fingernails are good. Seems that all they ever wanted was a marking." - FF | I scored 4 boxes of Pepero today. Awesome! My students love me. :) | I need votes, please! Vote for Wrigley Field at the Seven Wonders of Illinois Photo Contest:http://budurl.com/wfby | I'm excited. I get to listen to a Bears game on Internet radio when I wake up in the morning. I hope they win! | Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears, Da Bears... | Int!? INT!? Boo. | Robbie Gould is a pimp. | Time to burn my Jay Cutler jersey... | I vote yea. How about you? Should the NY Times and other publications allow photographers to submit HDR? http://bit.ly/1Ozsio | Mocha latte, give me the energy I need to teach these children! | I may have to paint myself pale and bite Shannon on the neck a few times this weekend since New Moon won't be out in Korea until Dec 3. >:[ | Be a part of the Help-Portrait project: http://bit.ly/QwkEk | Bladow. | Just set tweetboard up on my blog. Play with it. Cheers! - AB: http://blog.aaronbrownphotos.com http://po.st/E8g | This weekend went by too quickly. Boo. | I hope the Bears win one today! | Got a GREAT deal on a Canon EF 15mm f/2.8 fisheye lens from a guy here in Korea getting rid of some stuff he didn't use. Happy xmas to me! | Some people anxiously awaited New Moon, but I've been giddy about The Road, which opens tomorrow! wo0t! http://theroad-movie.com/ | I'm very thankful for all the great people in my life -- near and abroad! Thank you, all. | Aaron Brown likes this. | It's Friday! wo0t! Seven hours with the chillins and then I'm off to enjoy the weekend. Relaxing with some shows tonight, photography meeting / work Saturday morning, nightclub with Shannon Saturday night, and only Buddha knows what else is in store. Life moves pretty fast indeed, Mr. Bueller. | I had a yummy lunch, and now it's time for work. Let's get this Monday over with already!
December:
Sons of Anarchy just blew my mind. Damn that show! | Had fun shooting at an orphanage yesterday for the @help_portrait project. My body is aching today -- those little monkeys wore me out! :) | Finished a lot of photo editing tonight! Working on a few projects this weekend, and I'm close to landing a pretty big gig. Details to come! | Listening to the "Requiem for a Dream" soundtrack (Mike Wytrykus put me in the mood for it) and packing up my new camera bag. Fun times! Fun times. I need more photo gear! :D | Learn from these words: Frankie Say Relax... Don't Do It! | Random fact: I have never seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show but I have done the Time Warp... again. | Can't wait to see me baby tonight! I've been missing her badly. :( | Hey you, out there on the road always doing what you're told, Can you help me? | Working on the Help-Portrait project wrap-up blog. Heading to the orphanage this Saturday to present the framed photos to everyone. wo0t! | It's a balmy 16 degrees out. Brrr... | I wish this writer would give me the [expletive] job already! | Xmas, xmas, xmas!!! It's almost Xmas! | Hoping the hot water works today... showering in icecubes kinda brought things down a notch yesterday. | Hoping my Red Wings can pull one out against the Baby Hawks tonight! | Last minute Xmas idea for me: a new laptop. ;D | One of my little ones told that me her mom said Santa had influenza and probably wouldn't make it to their house. One of my teen boys had surgery for phimosis (I'll let you google that). Happy holidays everyone! | After two days of trying to back-up (clone) my HD, I finally switched to Acronis True Image 2010. Worked like a charm. I really recommend it! | Xmas love to all! We got a little snow here tonight... Just watched White Christmas for the first time, to boot. Cheers everyone! | I love my Canon 7D! http://www.dpreview.com/news/0909/09090105canoneos 7d.asp | I love the Bears today; now if only they played like this consistantly. | The Invention of Lying = Awesome! | Heading out of town with Shannon for the New Year. Cheers everyone!
All-in-all, it was another great year in Korea. Though, I can't wait to get home! If you actually just got through all that, then I owe you like 5-10 minutes of your life back. I figure at $7.25 an hour (Indiana minimum wage) that's worth about 60 cents to a dollar 20. How about I just buy you a beer or something? Let me know so I can add you to my list of bills. :D
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