Rain Tree Apartments were a dump. I have no idea what they look like nowadays, but I suspect they are much the same. At the time, there were 6 of us crammed into this tiny little bottom floor apartment, 2 per bedroom. When we arrived, there was a huge scenic mural on the wall of a quiet lake scene -- which we defaced over time. The best thing was the Wheaties cereal poster of Mary Lou Retton which Kirk Hedman sent away for (what was up with that?) but then begrudgingly donated to the cause, which we cut out to look like she was springing out of the lake. It was hilarious. We also had Tammy Faye Bakker up above the trees, with tiny helicopters and jet planes attacking her as if she were Godzilla. Which she is. Here is our living room a little later, with Bill the Cat painted on our sliding door, and cheap, possibly bug infested stuffed monkey hanging from the ceiling. That would be Preston with Tyler Nebeker (who, according to his parents, is living in Portland, OR) and Kirk Hedman (who last I heard was in South Jordan, UT). Also notice posters of Phred the Hippie on the wall, as mentioned here.
Now, the living room was nothing compared to what Preston and I did to our bedroom. I don't know how many layers of pictures, fishnets, posters, and so forth we had up, but if there had been a fire, the whole building would have gone up like a match. Each room contained a bunkbed, which we quickly dismantled and shoved into our utility closet. My mattress was then stuck into the closet, and Preston's moved to different locations depending on our mood. And then there was the $3 toilet (pink) which we purchased at D.I. and used for various things. First it held a couple goldfish, but they disappeared down the trap. Then we stuck a palm tree into it, but it died. So finally we just used it as an incense burner, which is what it was until the fated sweater burning ritual which sent it to a watery grave.
Here's a shot of my in the room before the bunks were dismatled. Notice the lack of white space.
I almost miss the place. Except for the part where it was a real dump.
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