Geoffrey Alexander Parsons (or GAP as he likes to sign his manuscripts) was born on Christmas Day, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He's played in a grunge band called P.E.T.M.I.S. (People Escapes That Mental Institution Somehow)-- and lived on various peoples' couches until he came to Montreal at 18. He has been hitch-hiking ever since, and greyhounding back and forth across the country working dishwashing, tree-planting, fruit-picking, telemarketing, home-security system-selling, stadium-set-up-break-down, and garbage-sorter jobs... none of which he's kept longer than two months.