diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index 56f0d01bb..c7443c7af 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
   inflection_method :grammatical_gender => :gender
 
-  helper_method :all_aspects, :object_aspect_ids, :all_contacts_count, :my_contacts_count, :only_sharing_count
-  
+  helper_method :all_aspects, :all_contacts_count, :my_contacts_count, :only_sharing_count
+
   def ensure_http_referer_is_set
     request.env['HTTP_REFERER'] ||= '/aspects'
   end
@@ -34,16 +34,8 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
 
 
   ##helpers
-  def object_aspect_ids
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @object_aspect_ids ||= []
-    end
-  end
-
   def all_aspects
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @all_aspects ||= current_user.aspects
-    end
+    @all_aspects ||= current_user.aspects
   end
 
   def all_contacts_count
diff --git a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
index 581a3c8ed..1286e85c1 100644
--- a/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/aspects_controller.rb
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ class AspectsController < ApplicationController
     params[:max_time] ||= Time.now + 1
   end
 
+  helper_method :all_aspects_selected?
+  def all_aspects_selected?
+    @aspect == :all
+  end
+
   private
   def save_sort_order
     if params[:sort_order].present?
diff --git a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
index a0dd7f1a0..952a50406 100644
--- a/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/photos_controller.rb
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 class PhotosController < ApplicationController
   before_filter :authenticate_user!
 
-  helper_method :object_aspect_ids, :parent, :photo, :additional_photos, :next_photo, :previous_photo, :ownership
+  helper_method :parent, :photo, :additional_photos, :next_photo, :previous_photo, :ownership
 
   respond_to :html, :json
 
-  
+
   def index
     @post_type = :photos
     @person = Person.find_by_id(params[:person_id])
@@ -181,15 +181,6 @@ class PhotosController < ApplicationController
   end
 
   # helpers
-  
-  # used on the show page to show which aspects are selected
-  def object_aspect_ids
-    if  params[:action] == 'show' && parent_aspects = parent.aspects.where(:user_id => current_user.id).all
-      @object_aspect_ids ||= parent_aspects.map{|a| a.id}
-    else
-      super
-    end
-  end
 
   def ownership
     @ownership ||= current_user.owns? photo
diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 2f018766f..5160411c6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
   respond_to :json, :only => :show
 
 
-  helper_method :object_aspect_ids
-
   # Called when a user clicks "Mention" on a profile page
   # @option [Integer] person_id The id of the person to be mentioned
   def new
@@ -110,7 +108,6 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
   def show
     @status_message = current_user.find_visible_post_by_id params[:id]
     if @status_message
-      @object_aspect_ids = @status_message.aspects.map{|a| a.id}
 
       # mark corresponding notification as read
       if notification = Notification.where(:recipient_id => current_user.id, :target_id => @status_message.id).first
@@ -126,11 +123,4 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
-  def object_aspect_ids
-    if  params[:action] == 'show'
-      @object_aspect_ids ||= @status_message.aspects.map{|a| a.id}
-    else
-      super
-    end
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/vanna_controller.rb b/app/controllers/vanna_controller.rb
index c5ad61430..f3997de7f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/vanna_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/vanna_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ class VannaController < Vanna::Base
   before_filter :set_git_header if (AppConfig[:git_update] && AppConfig[:git_revision])
   before_filter :which_action_and_user
   before_filter :all_aspects
-  before_filter :object_aspect_ids
   prepend_before_filter :clear_gc_stats
   before_filter :set_grammatical_gender
 
@@ -41,7 +40,6 @@ class VannaController < Vanna::Base
         @notification_count = Notification.for(current_user, :unread =>true).count
         @unread_message_count = ConversationVisibility.sum(:unread, :conditions => "person_id = #{current_user.person.id}")
       end
-      @object_aspect_ids = []
       @all_aspects = current_user.aspects
     end
   end
@@ -56,16 +54,8 @@ class VannaController < Vanna::Base
     end
   end
 
-  def object_aspect_ids
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @object_aspect_ids ||= []
-    end
-  end
-
   def all_aspects
-    if user_signed_in?
-      @all_aspects ||= current_user.aspects
-    end
+    @all_aspects ||= current_user.aspects
   end
 
   def set_git_header
@@ -130,6 +120,6 @@ class VannaController < Vanna::Base
   end
 
   def after_sign_in_path_for(resource)
-      stored_location_for(:user) || aspects_path(:a_ids => current_user.aspects.where(:open => true).select(:id).all.map{|a| a.id})
+    stored_location_for(:user) || aspects_path(:a_ids => current_user.aspects.where(:open => true).select(:id).all.map{|a| a.id})
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
index 76823b474..3994a06a4 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_aspect_stream.haml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
       = link_to_if(session[:sort_order] == 'updated_at', t('.posted'), aspects_path(:a_ids => params[:a_ids], :sort_order => 'created_at' ))
 
   %h3
-    - if @aspect == :all
+    - if all_aspects_selected?
       = t('.stream')
     - else
       = @aspects.to_sentence
diff --git a/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml b/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
index d882922b3..385197682 100644
--- a/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/aspects/_selected_contacts.html.haml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #selected_aspect_contacts.section
   .title.no_icon
     %h5
-      - if @aspect == :all || @aspect_ids.size > 1
+      - if @aspect_ids.size > 1
         = "#{t('_contacts')}"
       - else
         = @aspect.name
diff --git a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
index e77c0c2e7..329d76e36 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/photos_controller_spec.rb
@@ -186,26 +186,14 @@ describe PhotosController do
 
 
   describe 'data helpers' do
-    describe '.object_aspect_ids' do
-      it 'on show, assigns object aspect ids' do
-        get :show, :id => @alices_photo.id
-        @controller.object_aspect_ids.should == [alice.aspects.first.id]
-      end
-
-      it 'on index, it is empty' do
-        get :index, :person_id => alice.person.id
-        @controller.object_aspect_ids.should == []
-      end
-    end
-
     describe '.ownership' do
       it 'is true if current user owns the photo' do
-        get :show, :id => @alices_photo.id 
+        get :show, :id => @alices_photo.id
         @controller.ownership.should be_true
       end
 
       it 'is true if current user owns the photo' do
-        get :show, :id => @bobs_photo.id 
+        get :show, :id => @bobs_photo.id
         @controller.ownership.should be_false
       end
     end
@@ -229,7 +217,7 @@ describe PhotosController do
       it 'returns a visible photo, based on the :id param' do
         get :show, :id => @alices_photo.id
         @controller.photo.id.should == @alices_photo.id
-        
+
       end
     end