I am generally the type of person who likes to plan ahead and often finds excuses not to accept new invitations when they come at the last minute. This is something I really want to change, so yesterday when a friend asked me if I wanted to go to the Montreal International Black Film Festival with her, instead of asking for details so I could find an excuse to not go, I simply said yes. I was already going downtown for a dry run, so I spent the afternoon editing and writing Shards Of Glass, then got changed and met Elysia outside the Imperial Theater. Not only were we going…