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- It's over.

- No, let's...

I love you.

-Okay.

-Bye.

Buddy, hello?

- These Tibetan monks

spend 12 painstaking months

creating these mandalas

with colored sand,

and I mean one grain at time.

The lama comes,

and he inspects each mandala,

and he gives his holy nod

of approval.

And then

he whisks the sand away,

just brushes it with a graceful

of his hand,

leaving behind just a smudge

of nothingness.

- Somebody I know

was eaten by a bear.

I'm working at a whack shack,

and I irrevocably f***ed up

the one relationship

I had in my life

that actually mattered,

and you're talking to me

about the impermanence

of sand mandalas?

- Hey, it's not

about the mandalas themselves,

it's about...

- i know what it's about.

You're ridiculous.

You're 50 years old, you live

on a boat that you don't own.

- I know it's

an unbelievable life.

-Unbelievably sad!

You just gave up, dad.

-Oh, wow.

Okay, Jeffy, I get it.

You know,

you have your perspective,

but I'm over here with mine,

and it's cool.

No one's right, no one's wrong.

-No, dad, you... Have to...

Always wrap everything up

in some new-age psycho-babble

self-help doublespeak

that no one understands,

including yourself.

- I am that.

- See?!

You always say that!

"I am that." What is that?

I-i-it's like y-you think

you're empathizing,

but really what you're doing

is invalidating

anybody's sense of self.

It's maddening. I'm mad.

You're f***ing high, as usual.

- I am that.

- Strange

that I feel completely adrift

in every aspect of my life.

- Man, you set me up

for that one.

Jeffy, where you going?

-To not be you.

-Good night, pappy.

-Oh, my goodness.

- I can't believe

you're missing my debut.

- Sorry, man, I just can't go

if Stephanie's gonna be there.

Why would you invite her?

- I just sent out a mass invite

to everyone I know.

Plus, I thought you guys

might get back together,

so I might have sent her

a special e-mail

asking her to come.

- Curtis, do me a favor and just

don't ever try and help, okay?

- Don't you think

that she's going in hopes

that you might be there?

-No, I think she's coming

because she's

a completely decent person

who wants to support you.

That's fine,

I'll just come to the next one.

-Mmm.

One and done, my friend.

My parents are cutting me off.

I have to get a real job.

They were pretty pissed

when they found out

that I was spending my money

on dance classes.

- What about having the soul

of an artist and all that?

-It's cool.

It's time to grow up.

Besides, dance classes are kind

of silly anyway.

-Schmancy!

How can you afford this

on what we're paying you?

- Well, I was actually kind

of hoping we'd go Dutch.

-You're funny.

That was the first thing

I noticed about you.

You're really... Funny.

- Ha. I... Was actually

only half-joking...

Dutch joking, if you will.

Well, what was the first thing

you noticed about me?

- Your tits.

Are you okay?

-I'm... I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Just guys never take me out

on, like, a real date, you know,

and, I mean, I'm just...

I...

Thank you.

Thank you.

-Yeah, yeah, no problem.

-Sh*t, f***, motherf***er!

- All right!

All right, yeah, man.

Dig it.

Let's keep it going

for x Javier, huh?

You guys are in

for a real treat tonight.

We've got a first-timer

here on our open-Mike stage...

Curtis Ashante!

-Thank you.

Hi, everybody.

This is my movement poem called

"eaten by the proverbial bear."

- So do you want to make out

or something?

-Mmm.

I kind of do

and I kind of don't.

-No pressure.

Just so you know, I'm...

I'm open to it.

- My best friend's

having a show right now

and I'm missing it because

there's this girl, and...

We were friends,

and we were more than friends,

and anyway,

she's going, so I'm not.

- You're missing your best

friend's show because of a girl?

-Yeah.

-That's so shitty.

-I know.

- But, I mean,

if we're not gonna make out,

I mean, what do you want to do,

because I made up this new rule,

no sex before kissing first.

- F***, what am I doing?

- That's what I was saying!

That's why I made up

this new rule.

- You wouldn't want to go see my

friend's solo dance performance

that he choreographed himself

at a local dive bar, would you?

- Yeah.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Thank you.

- Mm-hmm. And, I mean, if you

want to make out after, I can.

I pretty much

make out with anybody.

- I'm gonna go to

the bathroom real quick, okay?

- Your local ski report

is brought to you

by big sky tires.

- On mount hood, no new snow

in the last 24 hours.

Timberline

is operating seven chairs

with a 36-inch base.

Meadows is reporting

a 32-inch base

with 9 of the 14 lifts running.

And with a 28-inch base,

Skibowl has seven

of their chairs making the trip

for the first time this season.

The weather will be clear

and warm with snow-free roads

all the way up to the lodges.

So grab a friend

and head up to the mountain

for a great day of skiing.

- And, of course, as always,

when you make that trip,

make sure you make it

on big sky tires,

the all-weather tire

that gives you peace of mind

every time you drive.

- Yeah, I mean,

I do like the beach a lot.

I like living near the water's

always one of those things

that is like a must.

You know, that's why,

you know, I couldn't, like...

Hey.

- Hey.

- What are you doing back?

- I came here to give you this.

- What is this?

- It's dance classes.

Don't say anything,

just take it.

-You are my friend.

-Oh! Okay.

I...I am that.

-Oh, where are my manners?

This is my friend,

Chloe, from Canada.

-Chloe from Canada.

-And this is my friend, Gloria.

- Hi. Sorry, I was trying

to get a drink.

That bartender hates me.

- Did you ask him.

- Ask me what?

- Okay, you have to

settle this for us.

They're trying to say

that Godzilla is a female,

but there's no way.

- There's totally a way.

- Okay, it has a kid

in "Godzilla's revenge," but...

- that hardly

qualifies as a movie.

-Exactly. Thank you.

-Ha.

Let me, uh, buy you a drink.

- Yeah.

- Yeah. Um, okay, question,

Godzilla versus king Kong?

-King Kong.

-Yes!

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