Some of my favorite things in 2009

I thought it might be fun to wrap up 2009 with a couple of lists of my favorite things! So here goes…

My 5 favorite songs of 2009
Based on number of plays in iTunes….

• Brand New Day, Ryan Star
• New Day, Tamar Kaprelian
• Right Now, Ryan Star
• Honest I’ll Wait, Lovehammers
• Neverfall, Lovehammers

My favorite blog posts by other people in 2009
A very long list….

• House Call: The Millard House Los Angeles 2/10/2009
• Inspiration: The White House, Daylesford Melbourne 2/17/2009
• Look: King William Historical Neighborhood San Antonio 3/10/2009
• Jeremy Cowart | Paper Route Shoot 3/25/2009
• Models.com | Lonesome Dove 3/24/2009
• Anna Kuperberg | Liz and Brian Engaged 3/31/2009
• Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog 4/6/2009
• Seven Productivity Tips For People That Hate GTD 4/9/2009
• The Euphoria of Admitting When It Sucks 4/17/2009
• Stop Reading About It and Do It 5/11/2009
• Day Trippin’ in Los Angeles (portfolio 4) 5/16/2009
• 6 Small Things You Can Do When You Lack Discipline 5/22/2009
• On Ambition and the Photographic Lifestyle 5/26/2009
• RE: On Ambition and the Photographic Lifestyle 5/27/2009
• John Keatley’s New Website 6/3/2009
• 5 Things I Learned From Traveling That Changed My Home 7/9/2009
• Danielle LaPorte’s 8 Emphatic Suggestions for Rocking Your Business 6/17/2009
• House Tour: Shawn and Amy’s Laurel Canyon Retreat 7/10/2009
• Dixie, Dead Malls and Fires 7/20/2009
• Inspiration: 500 Days of Summer 7/20/2009
• PDN’s Top 20 Songs About Photography 7/22/2009
• “500 Days of Summer,” and Its Real Star–Downtown Los Angeles 7/27/2009
• John Mireles’s Party on the Boardwalk – Fourth of July 2009 7/31/2009
• Bauhaus: Ninety Years of Inspiration 8/2/2009
• Lazy Journalists Love Pictures of Abandoned Stuff 8/24/2009
• Models.com | Such Great Heights 8/26/2009
• How to Get Screwed by an “Ultra-Hip” Magazine 9/9/2009
• Beautiful Black and White Photography 9/9/2009
• Portfolio Design Study: Design Patterns and Current Practices 9/17/2009
• Effective Twitter Backgrounds: Examples and Current Practices 9/18/2009
• 11 productivity tips that creative types already know 10/3/2009
• ph. Federico Cabrera for Gilles et Dada 10/7/2009
• Call to Action Buttons: Examples and Best Practices 10/13/2009
• A Photo Student: 26 Important Movies We Should All See 11/24/2009
• A Photo Student: Movies about Photography 11/30/2009
• Brenda Acuncius’s Macro Florals 12/1/2009
• A Pictorial Guide to Avoiding Camera Loss 12/6/2009
• Jessica Claire | Wedding at San Ysidro Ranch 12/11/2009
• Browser Size: a tool to see how others view your website 12/16/2009
• The Grandiose Decay of Abandoned Detroit 12/29/2009

And finally, my 5 favorite photos of 2009
Based on how I feel today, it could and probably will change tomorrow…