Tonight myself and a friend went to the Philadelphia Gay/Lesbian film festival. It was our second time attending and tonight we saw Stephan Adly-Guirgis and Michael Pitt (look out Brad, is the running joke) starring in the prison drama called Jailbait. I thought it was amazing. The performances were compelling as they took us inside an abusive prison relationship based on sex and survival.

After the movie, the director stuck around and took some questions. Brett C. Leonard explained that the film was shot in nine days with a limited budget. I heard him say he didn't give up on his picture. When thefunding dropped out on the equipment he was supposed to use he found himself with two choices; scrap the whole project or rewrite. He moved on to plan B and rewrote the script according to the technical demands he was saddled with.

I can relate to that for my own life. It was a nice reminder to not become discouraged as I pursue different objectives. Three months after leaving a job I loathed, I was able to score a meeting with a local newspaper. Not to shabby and I need to remember that in the future. Tonight was an incredible evening for nine dollars.