Jason's Awards and Stats for 2011 In Pictures

Much like I did last year, here are some awards that I made up and some stats about the 365 daily posts for 2011 in Pictures.

Best Write-Up:

My Team Won, Apparently (8/31/11)

Top 5 Best Titles (in chronological order): 

1. What’chu Talkin’ ‘Bout? (1/18/11)
2. Snowpocalypse Now (2/1/11)
3. Our Wills Be Done (8/15/11)
4. Boxing Day (9/8/11)
5. Cake Stand, That’s C-A-K-E (10/13/11)

Top 5 Best Photography (in chronological order):  

1. Rolling (1/4/11): Meghan did a great job here of capturing four different phases of the rolling-over process.
2. Birmingham or Bust (2/18/11): This is about as photographically artistic as I get.
3. A Good Day (8/25/11): Who took this picture of Meghan reading? Amazingly, she did, thanks to an extension stick that she’s holding in combination with the timer function on the camera.li>
4. When Pigs Fly (11/1/11): I timed it perfectly and managed to capture the poor little piggy in mid-flight as he is about to begin his painful journey bouncing down the stairs.
5. Looking at Lights (12/23/11): I really wanted the picture of the day to be of us looking at lights, but I realized that would be quite a challenge to show us and show some lights. Eventually I was able to get this shot.

Top 5 Coolest Visuals (in chronological order):

1. Take this chore and shovel it (1/10/11): The flash captured the snow falling at night.
2. The type of file format, not the motel (6/11/11): The photo wasn’t supposed to turn out like that, but I really liked the weird effect, so I kept it.
3. Tunneling (6/22/11): The bright circles of color make for an almost psychedelic effect.
4. On Mauna Kea (7/26/11): The sunset in the background is beautiful, and the effect of the sun splashing over our near-silhouettes is very cool.
5. Happy Thanksgiving (11/24/11): This tree in front of our house has amazing color on it.

Best Where’s Waldo Game:

Climbing Trees (8/7/11) 

Weirdest Facial Expression (in chronological order): 

1. Me: Bowing to Wall Street’s Demands (3/30/11)
2. Dylan: Racking Up the Miles (10/19/11)
3. Meghan: Blackout (12/16/11) 

 

Most Meta:

The Cat’s in the Cradle (1/2/11)  (a blog post about creating a blog post!)

Most Subtle Photo Editing:

Just a Number (10/6/11)  (I had to blur out our last name and address on Joshua’s name tag)

Worst Technology:

Cell Phone Cameras.  Several times we didn’t have a real camera available and had to use a cell phone.  Even though it’s 2011, cell phone cameras are still seriously substandard.  A few examples (in chronological order):

1.       A Shelf of His Own (5/10/11)

2.       Weary Travelers (5/17/11)

3.       Shapes with Grandma (10/16/11) 

Most Links:

Christmas Rock (12/18/11)

Most People (not including concert crowds):

The Whole Family (6/5/11)

Least Amount of the Subject Shown:

The Cat in the Closet (9/26/11)

Most Words:

$2  Fleece (11/10/11)

Fewest Words:

Lunch with Donna (3/1/11)

Musical References:

Did a post title not make sense to you?  It might have been one of the many musical references we tend to use in our post titles.  Here is a list of the post titles that were references to either a song title or a lyric, with some verbatim and some modified to fit the subject matter of the post.  The link takes you to the song that is being referenced.  You’ll see there’s a wide variety of genres and generations among them.

1/2/11	The Cat’s in the Cradle
1/8/11	Ain’t No Party Like a 1-Year-Old’s Party
1/13/11	Should We Stay or Should We Go
1/15/11	Over Hill, Over Dale
1/25/11	I’m Gonna Work the Straw
2/9/11	Oh Canada, I Did Not Mean to Almost Enter Thee
3/9/11	In Da Club
5/11/11	Like the Rain?
6/4/11	On Top of the World Looking Down on Creation
6/20/11	A Whole New World
6/21/11	Up on the Housetop
10/26/11	These Boots Are Made For Walking (Indoors)
12/30/11	It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like…
12/5/11	Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree
12/17/11	We Wish You a Nicholl Christmas

Some Nerdy Stats:

Posts by Jason:	198
Posts by Meghan:	167

In each post we tag the people in it, as well as our own pets. Here’s the breakdown on the number of posts in which each person or furry friend appeared, among those who made at least two appearances. Ties are broken by the alphabet, not by how much we love you.

Joshua	205
Jason	167
Meghan	92
Natalie	30
Terrence	26
Clara	20
Julie	11
Peg	11
Christine	10
Ron	10
Andrew	8
Barb	8
Jason K.	8
Joanna	8
Nick	7
Jim	7
Alex	6
Tony	6
Mark	5
David	4
Lexi	4
Macyn	4
Abby	3
Callie	3
Grandpa Hall	3
Hadley	3
Jeff	3
Matt	3
Nathan	3
Brent	2
Carla	2
Deb	2
Donna	2
Grandma Hall	2
Hunter	2
Jason H.	2
Jeremy	2
Michelle	2

As you may have noticed, this year we tagged each post with the state (or in one case, country) where the picture was taken if it was somewhere other than Kansas, solely so I could do this exact list, because I’m curious about dumb things like this. Here’s the breakdown:

Kansas	305
Illinois	14
Hawaii	9
Nevada	8
Missouri	6
California	5
Michigan	3
Alabama	2
Arkansas	2
Indiana	2
Ohio	2
Wisconsin	2
Arizona	1
Georgia	1
Iowa	1
Kentucky	1
Canada	1

And there you have it. I hope you found these to be as nerdy and fun as I did.