Departures
I took Joanne to the airport today to fly to Amsterdam for the International School Psychologists' annual conference. I gave her a hug—well, several, really—and left her in line at the security checkpoint.
Before I left for home I watched cars drive up and let out passengers in front of the terminal. The body language of the goodbyes said an awful lot.
In less than a week I'll be taking the same flight to Amsterdam. We made a date to meet at noon on July 13th in the lobby of the CitizenM Hotel. Between now and then there are a lot of trip details that I have to finalize. I'm not used to this—usually Joanne does all the planning and I just show up and come along for the ride.
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Never Forever
I admit that the description "some of the hottest sex scenes..." caught my eye, so I decided to go to the Cleveland Cinemateque to see Never Forever.
The sex scenes were disappointing—lukewarm, at best—but the acting of lovely Vera Farmiga was terrrific. She plays Sophie, a young wife agonizing over her inability to conceive a child due to her husband's sterility. Her solution—paying a young man she encountered at the fertility clinic to have sex with her—works as planned at first.
But of course nothing is ever that simple. Things get complicated and then implode.
The more I think about the movie the more it seems like just a romantic potboiler, but the acting is so good that it really grabbed me. It made me think about the emotions and conflicts of people who could easily have been cardboard stereotypes.
The cinematography and editing were well done: dramatic at times, introspective at others. Overall, a good film to add to your Netflix queue for a romantic diversion.
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ARCHIVE
JULY 2008
JUNE
- Sunrises 6/30/08
- Peppers 6/29/08
- Sunrise, Sat. 6/28/08
- Sunrise, Fri. 6/27/08
- Sunrise, Thu. 6/26/08
- Sunrise, Wed. 6/25/08
- Sunrise, Tue. 6/24/08
- Sunrise, Mon. 6/23/08
- Sunrise, Sun. 6/22/08
- Sunrise, Sat. 6/21/08
- Sunrise, Fri. 6/20/08
- Sunrise, Thu. 6/19/08
- Sunrise, Wed. 6/18/08
- Sunrise, Tue. 6/17/08
- Sunrise, Mon. 6/16/08
- Lakeview 6/15/08
- New shoes 6/14/08
- Adobe 6/13/08
- More search 6/12/08
- Picnic 6/11/08
- SearchMe 6/10/08
- Coke bottle 6/10/08
- Lorain Ave. 6/9/08
- Beach 6/8/08
- Paradise '95 6/7/08
- Paradise '08 6/6/08
- Clean office 6/5/08
- Flip video 6/4/08
- Nature 6/3/08
- Free money 6/2/08
- Harvest 6/1/08
MAY 2008
- Sounds 5/31/08
- Photomontage 5/30/08
- Interactive 5/29/08
- Cosmic 5/28/08
- American? 5/28/08
- Kinda cool 5/27/08
- Foote's 5/26/08
- Smashing 5/25/08
- Packaging 5/24/08
- Answers 5/23/08
- Babysitting Pt. 2 5/22/08
- Babysitting 5/21/08
- Warmth 5/20/08
- Ready 5/19/08
- Welcome 5/18/08
- Jesus 5/17/08
- Bagpipes 5/16/08
- Drive 55 5/15/08
- Smart 5/14/08
- Peppers 5/13/08
- Success 5/12/08
- Mom's day 5/11/08
- Reward 5/10/08
- Show opens 5/9/08
- Pizza 5/8/08
- Range 5/7/08
- Invitation 5/6/08
- Monday 5/5/08
- Horror 5/4/08
- Beauty 5/4/08
- Rainy 5/3/08
- Pete's B'day 5/3/08
- 1000 visits 5/2/08
- Festival 5/1/08
APRIL 2008
- Clouds 4/30/08
- Twitter 4/29/08
- Pineapple 4/28/08
- Medill 4/27/08
- Spring Saturday 4/26/08
- Maria's 4/25/08
- Webbiest? 4/24/08
- Slaw dog 4/23/08
- Greener video 4/22/08
- It's new! 4/21/08
- Sunday 4/20/08
- Amish 4/19/08
- First run 4/18/08
- Website 4/17/08
- Magritte? 4/16/08
- Memorial 4/15/08
- Wendy Park 4/14/08
- Sign of spring 4/13/08
- Improvements 4/12/08
- AIGA review 4/11/08
- Worms 4/11/08
- Portfolio Show 4/10/08
- Semiotics, Pt.2 4/9/08
- Semiotics 4/8/08
- Flowers 4/7/08
- Processing 4/6/08
- Conference 4/5/08
- Boston 4/4/08
- Trip East 4/3/08
- No dump! 4/2/08
- Twittering 4/1/08
MARCH
- No Click! 3/31/08
- Green soup 3/30/08
- Worms 3/29/08
- Ballsy truck 3/28/08
- Freighter 3/28/08
- PIL news 3/28/08
- PS Express 3/27/08
- Sunny 3/26/08
- Video 3/25/08
- Diabetes 3/24/08
- Easter 3/23/08
- Waymarking 3/22/08
- Chuck Close 3/21/08
- Taxes, treats 3/21/08
- Spring 3/20/08
- Usability 3/19/08
- Pick me! 3/18/08
- Is there God? 3/18/08
- Cross Country 3/17/08
- Starting 3/17/08
- Final day? 3/16/08
- Is it possible? 3/15/08
- Friday films 3/14/08
- Film & food 3/13/08
- Watch, read 3/12/08
- Films 3/11/08
- Scanning 3/10/08
- Digging out 3/9/08
- Blizzard? 3/8/08
- OK, blink 3/7/08
- MS vs. Adobe 3/6/08
- Mini-review 3/5/08
- Ballot 3/4/08
- Custard 3/3/08
- Peppers 3/2/08
- MySpace 3/1/08
- Shadows 3/1/08
FEBRUARY
- More Google 2/28/08
- Walk Score 2/27/08
- People 2/26/08
- Movie debut 2/25/08
- Fuck Design 2/24/08
- Billary 2/23/08
- Snow shadow 2/23/08
- Tremont 2/22/08
- Pain scale 2/22/08
- Meet Obama 2/21/08
- Icy surf 2/21/08
- Obama 2/20/08
- Ideas 2/19/08
- PowerPoint 2/18/08
- Juno 2/17/08
- Do something 2/16/08
- Sunny day 2/16/08
- Sunset Pink 2/15/08
- Big LeBron 2/15/08
- Valentine 2/14/08
- World food 2/13/08
- Adobe CS3 2/12/08
- Latte art 2/11/08
- Garlic Card 2/11/08
- Really cold 2/10/08
- Clean office 2/09/08
- Sunset 2/09/08
- Color & texture 2/08/08
- Creepy mascot 2/07/08
- Lost glasses 2/06/08
- Online life 2/05/08
- Greener 2/05/08
- Participation 2/04/08
- Browns logo 2/04/08
- Lucky's brunch 2/03/08
- CJ Chenier 2/02/08
- Top searches 2/01/08
JANUARY
- Online life 1/31/08
- Temperature 1/30/08
- Themes 1/29/08
- VoiceThread 1/28/08
- Fiocca's 1/27/08
- Terrorist? 1/26/08
- Ice on lake 1/25/08
- Global warming? 1/24/08
- Cool car 1/24/08
- Class survey 1/23/08
- Work or play 1/22/08
- Fixed it 1/21/08
- Squeaky snow 1/20/08
- Netflix 1/20/08
- Early to bed 1/19/08
- Shoreway 1/18/08
- ZipSkinny 1/17/08
- License 1/16/08
- Yellow snow 1/15/08
- Interactive class 1/14/08
- Color 1/13/08
- Sunset 1/12/08
- Fred Eaglesmith 1/11/08
- New semester 1/10/08
- 52 Weeks 1/9/08
- Diagonals 1/8/08
- Buckeyes 1/7/08
- Looking ahead 1/6/08
- Museum visit 1/5/08
- Make a website 1/4/08
- Lake ice 1/3/08
- Late night 1/2/08
- Election 1/1/08
DECEMBER 2007
- 2007 fades 12/31/07
- Bowling 12/30/07
- Sushi 12/29/07
- S'east wind 12/28/07
- Mscape done 12/27/07
- Instructors 12/26/07
- Christmas Day 12/25/07
- Christmas Eve 12/24/07
- Video 12/23/07
- Memorial 12/22/07
- Equinox 12/21/07
- Energy bill 12/20/07
- U make it 12/19/07
- Improvement 12/18/07
- Birthday 12/17/07
- Mscape 12/16/07
- Snow 12/15/07
- Success kit 12/14/07
- Tiki Bar 12/14/07
- Dennis? 12/13/07
- Seasonal 12/11/07
- Mediascapes 12/10/07
- Red Solstice 12/9/07
- XP + OSX 12/8/07
- PIL + XP 12/7/07
- Semester 12/6/07
- Visual communication 12/5/07
- Teaching 12/4/07
- Stormy 12/3/07
- Blues benefit 12/2/07
- Waxy buildup 12/1/07
- Game 12/1/07
NOVEMBER
- Weatherman 11/30/07
- Palimpsest 11/29/07
- Flavors 11/28/07
- Web 2.0 11/27/07
- Kid's laptop 11/26/07
- Junk mail Pt.2 11/26/07
- Blintzes 11/25/07
- Junk mail 11/24/07
- Water heater 11/24/07
- Cold & sunny 11/23/07
- Thanksgiving 11/22/07
- Robt. Lockwood 11/21/07
- Storymapping 11/20/07
- Foggy day 11/20/07
- More Google 11/19/07
- Parma diversity 11/19/07
- CMA is back 11/18/07
- Updates 11/17/07
- Friends 11/16/07
- Alive Elvis 11/15/07
- Girly truck 11/14/07
- Visual story 11/14/07
- Pee pictogram 11/13/07
- Match-O-Matic 11/12/07
- Jerry Lee 11/11/07
- Mona Lisa 11/10/07
- Last supper music 11/10/07
- Wal-Mart ad 11/9/07
- Last Supper 11/9/07
- CSS secret 11/8/07
- Allergies 11/7/07
- To do list 11/6/07
- FreeRice 11/5/07
- Life & death 11/4/07
- Edirol R-09 11/3/07
- Gulls 11/2/07
- Cameras 11/1/07
OCTOBER
- Halloween 10/31/07
- Drive-through 10/30/07
- Web survey 10/29/07
- Towpath ride 10/28/07
- More eggplant 10/28/07
- Baba ganoosh 10/27/07
- Alice Neel 10/27/07
- Sabbatical 10/26/07
- Smart TV? 10/25/07
- Junk food 10/25/07
- Control 10/24/07
- Rain & sun 10/23/07
- Gang Green 10/22/07
- Paul Rand 10/21/07
- Sunny day 10/21/07
- Peppers 10/20/07
- Pigeons 10/20/07
- Grading sucks 10/19/07
- Baseball info 10/18/07
- Autumn leaves 10/18/07
- Faster ways 10/17/07
- Flying home 10/16/07
- RPS Society 10/9/07
- Cool car 10/9/07
- Sunny day 10/8/07
- CFLs explained 10/8/07
- Coffee, fairly 10/7/07
- Wild films 10/6/07
- Eloquent 10/5/07
- Towpath run 10?507
- Sputnik 10/4/07
- Tonality 10/3/07
- New View 10/2/07
- Learn online 10/1/07
SEPTEMBER
- Coincidences 9/30/07
- Fall colors 9/30/07
- Farmers Market 9/29/07
- Great Gatsby 9/29/07
- Eco-action 9/27/07
- Design-speak 9/26/07
- Eco quiz 9/25/07
- Site additions 9/24/07
- Home again 9/23/07
- Pokemon 9/22/07
- Pruning 9/22/07
- Story 9/19/07
- Ideas 9/18/07
- Beach 9/18/07
- Odds & ends 9/17/07
- Election '08 9/16/07
- Football 9/15/07
- Mussels 9/14/07
- Offline 9/13/07
- New view 9/12/07
- Remember? 9/11/07
- Cut & Paste 9/10/07
- Grocery lists 9/9/07
- MapsforUS 9/8/07
- Search me 9/7/07
- VoiceThread 9/6/07
- Not drawing 9/5/07
- Panoramas 9/4/07
- Wendy Park 9/3/07
- Mike's Barn 9/2/07
- iChat 9/1/07
AUGUST
- Reading day 8/31/07
- Advice 8/30/07
- More students 8/30/07
- First classes 8/29/07
- Island theme 8/24/07
- Dr. Brookfield 8/23/07
- Innovation 8/22/07
- Google Notebook 8/21/07
- College, Inc.? 8/21/08
- Postmodernism 8/20/07
- Monday night 8/20/07
- Late assignments 8/19/07
- Summer's end 8/18/07
- NetRenderer 8/17/07
- History map 8/16/07
- Walking 8/15/07
- Tech training 814/07
- Home & away 8/13/07
- Family day 8/11/07
- County fair 8/10/07
JULY
- Warning 7/27/07
- Akron museum 7/26/07
- Sound recording 7/25/07
- New camera 7/24/07
- Sicko 7/23/07
- Second looks 7/22/07
- Spectropia 7/22/07
- Found in Crowd 7/21/07
- Grandmaster Flash 7/21/07
- Ingenuity Day 2 7/20/07
- Troika Ranch 7/19/07
- Ingenuity drums 7/19/07
- Sandy beach 7/18/07
- Buying rubles 7/18/07
- Brutal to bland 7/17/07
- d.a. levy 7/16/07
- Save gas 7/15/07
- Clouds, music 7/14/07
- Colored shadows 7/13/07
- Neighborhood 7/12/07
- Surfers 7/11/07
- Ratatouille 7/10/07
- Online typography 7/9/07
- Greek graffiti 7/8/07
- Music at Market 7/7/07
- Self-heating 7/7/07
- Made in China 7/6/07
- Culture in public 7/5/07
- Beach "work" 7/4/07
- Fireworks 7/4/07
- Reality show 7/3/07
- Tech support 7/3/07
- KI to CLE 7/2/07
- Lake view 7/2/07
- Junk mail 7/1/07
JUNE
- Goodbye to KI 6/30/07
- Ferry, sunset 6/29/07
- Limestone quarry 6/28/07
- Stocking up 6/16/07
- Vidopedia, Life 6/15/07
- Progress report 6/15/07
- Etch A Sketch 6/14/07
- David Carson 6/14/07
- Web info 6/13/07
- Tech Support 6/13/07
- Fairview Park 6/13/07
- New computer 2 6/12/07
- Student thanks 6/12/07
- New computer 6/11/07
- Protest 6/10/07
- Sunset 6/10/07
- Olympics logo 6/9/07
- Street life 6/8/07
- Camera damage 6/8/07
- Sunset 6/7/07
- Architecture 6/7/07
- Web info 6/6/07
- Surfing CLE 6/5/07
- Old notes 6/4/07
- Good breakfast 6/3/07
- "Conventional" green 6/3/07
- Nashville Day 3 6/2/07
- Nashville Day 2 6/1/07
MAY
- Nashville Day 1 5/31/07
- Peppers & plans 5/30/07
- Street life? 5/29/07
- Memorials 5/28/07
- Blog or not? 5/28/07
- Breakfast @ Market 5/27/07
- Restaurant scene 5/27/07
- Anne DeChant 5/26/07
- New computer 5/26/07
- Computer woes Pt.2 5/26/07
- Computer woes 5/25/07
- Cleveland sunshine 5/25/07
- Amazon recommends 5/24/07
- Long Tail 5/24/07
- Click! winners 5/22/07
- Honda F1 car 5/21/07
- Human directionals 5/20/07
- Sunday sounds 5/20/7
- Marathon 5/20/07
- Icograda, Havana 5/19/07
- Web + politics 5/18/07
- Design excellence 5/18/07
- Sunset 5/18/07
- Flickrvision 5/17/07
- Tri-C Graduation 5/17/07
- Haircut Day 2007 5/16/07
- Kids' Art Show 5/16/07
- Web articles 5/15/07
- Birds' life 5/14/07
- Chess players 5/13/07
- Portfolio Show 2 5/12/07
- Memory map 5/12/07
- Russian visa 5/11/07
- Portfolio Show 1 5/11/07
- Encyclopedia of Life 5/10/07
- Neighborhood life 5/10/07
- Safe area 5/9/07
- Crile Building 5/9/07
- Passport photo 5/8/07
- Interactive toys 5/8/07
- Long night 5/7/07
- Lilacs 5/7/07
- Forgot to remember 5/6/07
- Cyclist colors 5/6/07
- Spring colors 5/5/07
- Click! judging 5/5/07
- Massage 5/4/07
- Rocky River park 5/4/07
- Beauty & beholder 5/3/07
- Browsercam 5/3/07
- Night game 5/2/07
- Classified website 5/2/07
- Classified video 5/1/07
APRIL
- Student portfolio review
- Dad's birthday
- Red {an orchestra}
- Web 2.0 successes
- Car tattoos
- Great brunch
- TED Talks
- Poor infographic
- Silverlight vs. Flash
- Recycle + exercise
- Better designer tips
- Our Town, CPT
- Audio news
- Old Ford
- Sound of ideas
- Nashville trip
- Dream house
- Soccer in the suburbs
- Hospital story
- Fragments
- Mixed message
- Multiculturalism at Tri-C
- Pretzels
- SEO Pyramid
- Spam, monkeys, Shakespeare
- Sebastien Chevrel
- Spring blossoms
- Towpath Trail
- Designers Toolbox
- Signs of Spring
- Gotta like that
- Map mashup
- Design Can Change
- Grass cutting
- Halloumi cheese
- First sunbathers
- Truck colors