23 Minutes to Sunrise

That's me. Eddie.

Two tours of duly in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Honorably discharged, decorated for bravery,

and ultimately discouraged by the things I saw there.

I'm trying to finish my degree by taking online courses from the local community college.

I guess I'm looking for something better.

Knowing what that is and where to find it -- that's the hard part.

Guess I'll keep searching.

But not right now, because I'm late for work.

Hey.

Hey, I'm fixing to leave to work. Eddie is picking me up. -Out of the way.

Hey, don't smoke that in the house. -I'll smoke wherever I want.

This is my house.

Hey, leave me some money.

I work the graveyard shift here, at the diner.

Every night until the sun comes up.

I don't mind it so much.

Hell, most nights it's pretty quiet.

Sure there are your losers and freaks that wander in here at this time of night.

You know, I've seen some really strange stuff. And stuff you wouldn't believe.

It makes flipping burgers a lot more interesting.

Yeah, I like it.

I just, I just don't feel like I'm alive any more

I, I feel like I spent my whole life just watching.

I've never been to China.

I mean, does it exist?

You've never been there, you've never seen it.

That's silly, of course it exists.

How do you know? You've never been there.

I don't understand what you're trying to accomplish with all this.

I don't feel alive. I mean, I don't Twitter, I don't Facebook.

I don't care about some disaster in some godforsaken foreign country.

I don't text, I don't IPhone, I don't even have a credit card.

I don't have a mortgage.

We don't own a home, we rent.

And you don't even have a job right now.

That's, that's not the point.

What are you doing?

Well, looks like the lovers have worked it out

Ain't love wonderful?

They want whip cream with that? -No whip.

Hi folks, just sit anywhere.

Two at seven.

Two at seven.

How ya'll doing tonight?

Good.

I didn't say I wanted coffee.

Just ignore him.

We're on the late-night menu.

So you can only order what's on the back, Honey.

And if you're going to be trouble...

you don't get to order anything.

You look... different.

Yeah? Well... gotta change with the times.

That's funny.

I'm just gonna go in and grab some beer baby. Be right back.

Thank you. Have a good day.

Will that be all for you?

And I'll take a couple of those scratchers.

You feeling lucky?

Who me?

Well, you're buying scratchers. You must be feeling lucky.

Just keep it.

Who knows man.

Who knows.

Well you don't look so lucky.

Something happened in there.

Fucking Pig-

Don't worry

Shit.

For the longest time, I struggled with believing in God.

Than I realized that...

I didn't even know what that meant.

Believing in God.

It's just. . .

when you've seen all the suffering that goes on in this world. When you, when you see it up close...

it's easy to think that it's all really just one big lottery.

And when it's your time to die...

you're just gone. -Gone? Gone where?

Nothing.

No where.

Here.

Let me take those.

Just coffee for now. Thanks.

Do you have any real cream?

Sure, I can get you some.

Oh, sorry.

No smoking Mister.

But that's just for tourists

Ain't it?

You haven't changed a bit

No I haven't.

No I haven't.

Hey, Eddie.

That guy at table seven is gonna be a problem.

I don't like him.

Steer clear of that guy.

Alright?

I know I'd seen him before.

But you know how it is.

You've been lots of places you've seen lots of people

And now there's some guy you know you've seen...

and you can't remember where.

And it's not the place it's supposed to be.

But there they are.

So I got plenty of time but, uh...

What do ya wanna talk about?

You don't need me.

Well, that's not really the point.

I don't need anyone.

That's right. You don't need anyone. So you certainly don't need me.

I was only seventeen.

Why are you being such a whiner?

Got what you wanted.

I didn't know any better.

You begged me for it.

You knew how it was going to tum out.

Oh, baby.

Come on.

on, Christ.

Check it out baby.

Got our winning tickets right here

Come on.

What?

Shit.

It's alright. That's why I grabbed two.

I talk too much.

Hmm?

I talk too much.

I think you don't talk enough.

Well that's my opinion. I can have an opinion.

Yeah, but what if your opinion is wrong? And then you go and change your life based off a wrong opinion.

And then you just make everything worse You know something?

I think that's one of your biggest problems.

You have bad opinions.

You know I'm sorry I brought it up

Proves my point.

I talk too much.

Shit!

Shit!

I'm not a loser.

Baby, get back in the car. Come on.

I'm not a loser.

Baby get back in the car. Please.

I'm not a loser.

I'm not a loser.

Look at me.

It's ok.

Baby I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Some people are afraid of death.

Sometimes, I think waking up alive seems worse.

Whatcha doin?

Writing.

Bout what?

Writing something for my English class.

Hmm.

And you hope this will lead you to what kind of job?

See, that's the thing.

I'm not searching for a job.

I already got one of those.

...searching for a life.

Ok. What does that mean?

What does that mean? -What's that mean?

What does that mean... it means that if this is all I thought there was to life...

think I'd rather just put a gun to my head right now.

So... no life is better than this life.

No. No, maybe not for everybody, but I can't speak for everybody.

I can only speak for myself.

That's kinda sad, Eddie.

I never want to die.