50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Page #2

I don't know what happened.

I mean, she's right, though.

I am always spinning things

to make them look better.

I got to face reality.

-Thai stick?

-Thanks.

I mean, this city has not worked

out for me. I got to get out.

Come on.

You're not going anywhere.

I am. I am leaving.

Hey, honestly, man, I think

you're aiming a little bit high.

Aiming high?

I'm talking about

buying a ticket...

and sitting on a plane

for four hours...

while somebody flies me

to a new destination.

That is

a beautiful theory, man...

but this city's got you

by your cojones.

I mean, look at her.

Ohh, she's beautiful.

You can't turn your back

on that.

Stand back and watch, my friend.

OK. OK.

I'm gonna show you something.

Now, you take this next left.

Historically, this town

has never been easy to escape.

Even the dinosaurs

had a hard time.

Dude, we live in a basin...

and by definition,

a basin contains sh*t.

That's why there's smog.

Air can't even escape

out of here.

OK, look, so it's finally over

with Eileen.

I mean, look on the bright side.

The relationship was shallow,

sexless, and rooted in lies.

Yeah, well, it's not just Eileen

I've been lying about.

It's every relationship I've

had, every book I've written.

People hire me

to write their life stories...

because I make them look better

than they really are.

I lie!

And you're just now

figuring this out?

No,

I just can't avoid it anymore.

You can't run away

from yourself, Owen.

Your whole life is here.

Yeah, well, my life and l...

have been growing apart

over the years.

I mean, I've been going one way,

and it's been going another.

We're getting

a trial separation.

So, you're breaking up

with your life?

You can't break up

with your life.

You'll just come crawling

right back to it.

You're right.

I've got to kill it.

First, he had to say good-bye

to his support group.

Well, I had a little slip.

Last night,

after the earthquake...

my ex said she was never

coming back to me...

and I realized

that I was lying to myself...

and the people at work...

and everyone else in my life.

And so today,

I've come to tell the truth.

-All right!

-Good for you.

That's nice.

Last night,

I got so deliriously...

rhapsodically stoned...

it was f***ing fantastic.

And I realized

that for all the progress...

that we make here at AA...

I mean, we might as well

be getting stoned.

I mean, Keith--Keith

may not be drinking...

but he sent his father

another dead sparrow.

And, Joan,

well, Joan is sober...

but she handed out Halloween

candy naked again this year.

Anyway, take it easy.

I'm leaving town

to start my new life over.

But before I do,

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