An 18-year-old, prone to mulling, is told he has only weeks to live. He denies the diagnosis at first, then doubts it, but just in case, he decides to cram an entire life into what time he has left. Along the way he accumulates $75,000 in gold, a clown suit, 7½ fishing rods, all the soap and shampoo from The Four Season's he can lay his hands on, and in the process bumps into a lot of people and situations that contradict the stereotypes and "consensus of opinions" he learned from us. Oh, yeah, he may have to explain all the dead people he's left in his wake.