Painglorious or how I kickboxed it old school

So I went kickboxing for the first time this evening. I'm not sore. Yet. By tomorrow my ass should be throbbing. Once again, get your damn mind out of the gutter.

After the first 20 minutes I was already on the floor weezing like a smoker who just climbed six flights of stairs. Needless to say I signed up for more punishment as soon as the class was over. Oh yeah, toss in some more weight training and some cardio and by mid summer I should be in whup ass shape. Of course, that means I'll need to cut back on the fast food and loose the soft drinks. Which is always hard as hell.

What's going on filmwise?

Too much, too much.

I'm working on my writeups and reviews for the Atlanta Hip Hop Film Festival. I didn't get to see a lot of films. However, the ones I did see were thought provoking. Except one. I saw it at the Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in the fall and it sucked then and it sucked now.

No offense to the beautiful and intelligent ladies of the AHHF, but The Sun Will Rise was a shitty 5 minute trailer at UM and now it's a shitty 5 minute short at AHHF. That's right, what was once a trailer 9 months ago is now a short.

What's really perplexing is that of the 8 or 9 films I did see at AHHF, they were all festival worthy flix.

I know Li'l Zane and Jevon were in the film, but so what? It gets you a few more folks to walk the purple carpet, which gets you a few more pics and some write-ups. But, the focus should be putting butts in the seats and helping talented filmmakers gain exposure.

I know we all want to support the folks who are trying to come up out there. But bullshit will always be bullshit. And 30 years from now, would you really want bullshit like Sun on your resume? Think long and hard before you answer that. Think loooong and hard.

By the way. The AHHF site lists The Sun will Rise (a title, in retrospect, that has little relation to the story) as only 5 minutes long. Da hell? That sucka felt 6 times as long and 10 times more painful than sitting through ATL.