July 3, 1996: I decided to rent a room with walls made of office dividers

Thirty years ago today

            On Wednesday I went to Marjorie Rebeiro’s place at 428 Queen West to check out the space she was offering me. The only two rooms separated by walls were her and Andrew’s bedroom and the bathroom (that only had a shower). The rest of the studio was open space but they had office dividers that they could use to partition off a room for me to rent. I would have a window that faced the alley. It was a nice old building and Marjorie and Andrew’s bedroom had amazing floor almost to ceiling windows. The location was convenient as it was close to most of the places I worked and played. The space was not ideal but Marjorie was a friend and I needed a pleasant atmosphere after living with that psychopath Helga Schlatter and her partner Peter Bird. I decided that I’d rent the space.