Earlene arrives at Venice Beach after running away from an estranged lover, only to become fast friends with an Australian skater who is also lost. Together, they set out into the desert to find themselves.

A teenager accidentally kills a fellow student in a brawl and is sentenced to three years in juvenile detention. On his release he finds himself ostracised by society, and moves in with a prostitute and a transsexual as all three try to find their way in the world.

After his longtime girlfriend dumps him, a working-class sex addict with Irish roots begins an odd romance with a Puerto Rican transsexual.