from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 10:29 PM
subject La Loi sur l’accès à l’information célèbre son 30e anniversaire; U.S. President Barack Obama declares war on ivory poachers
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived Canada Day 2013. Spent most of the day clearing crap out of the basement; the unfinished basement. Re-purposed the old ceiling panel board to cover exposed insulation. Also survived a BBQ at Sarah and Etienne’s with lots of kids. I did not make any art today, but I discussed it at the party, and thought about various projects throughout the day. 5 hours left in the Venice campaign, you still have time to contribute.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:14 PM
subject Loi sur les droits des transgenres: nouveaux écueils; Tories planned to pay back Duffy’s expenses from party funds — until seeing the bill: reports
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. Sorry I haven’t written these past couple days, been busy. More later.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 10:22 PM
subject Affaire Duffy: Stephen Harper maintient sa version des faits; Naming of interim leader of Egypt suddenly put on hold
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. Survived a late-night summer blues dance party last night, followed by very late-night grilled cheese sandwich at NDQ. Today I survived the heat, a trip to the wading pool, a non-napping 3 and-a-half year old, and a trip to the MAC to seethe Michel de Broin show, topped off by a free circus show, then an “I want ice cream” crisis, and 1.5 hours of putting an over-tired child to bed. Now I’ve had a quick shower and am on my way to bed myself.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 11:00 PM
subject Le ministre Vic Toews quitte la politique; Incomes for Canada’s middle class stall
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive I survived another Monday late for work but that’s OK got lots done anyway watched half of dazed and confused hahah dubbed-style then tonight we had bree pat louie ruby over for supper kids a bit wild but that’s ok, let’s see last night cancelled picnic in the park it rained we were a bit lazy, overall the weekend a bit hard, rose had lots of screaming fits, again tonight even, sometimes it is like we can’t get through to her, like she is not listening to us or even able to talk and communicate directly with us, and I just finished a long written interview with Peggy re: everyday goalie for This Magazine still waiting to see if Peter gets anything done on the Citizen about it, now I just really need a shower as I didn’t get to the gym again today but ate more chips for lunch don’t worry I’m not getting fat I can’t get over 130.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:27 PM
subject Pas de règles fédérales sur le nombre d’opérateurs de train; Mystery of missing films haunts 50th anniversary of Hinterland Who’s Who
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive I am surviving my kids, mostly surviving Rose, she has been having these fits and goes crazy when she doesn’t get what she wants. We’re threatening to take her to the basement if she doesn’t start to behave and a little trip down there tonight scared her a fair bit I think, which kind of breaks my heart a little bit but at the same time she has to learn, right? And we can’t exactly hit her, or even threaten to, right? How did you deal with kids when they demand demand demand and don’t listen … aarg she was up again, this time because the baby monitor (which doesn’t even work) was flashing and upsetting her. Did I tell you that for the past few nights Sol has been sleeping in Rose’s room? He’s in the crib now. He sleeps more and more on his side, cute little guy. I need a shower.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:11 PM
subject Le Bloc québécois presse Ottawa d’agir immédiatement; In wake of Lac-Megantic tragedy, Transport Canada admits it didn’t deliver on all oversight promises
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a crazy day with the @spvm. I first received a ticket for going through a red light on my bike, then when I decided to alert other cyclists of the traffic trap I was given a ticket of $651!!! So needless to say I exploded on social media and now have a slew of interviews for tomorrow, starting at 7:15am at CBC. Ugh. In other news, we received and replaced the projector bulb for Colors (which now looks 100x better) and Rose had no real tantrums this evening. Pip came over for supper so maybe we just need to have over more guests?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 10:38 PM
subject Colombie-Britannique: Christy Clark remporte l’élection partielle; Watchdogs contradict Transport Canada safety oversight claims following Lac-Megantic disaster
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the media-frenzy. I think I did eight interviews today, a variety of radio and TV, mostly English but a couple French. The story is all over Facebook. It’s been hard to keep up, and I’ve been biking all over to meet people here and there. Did you catch any of it? A lot of documents keep surfacing that show other legal precedents and I am less and less worried that I will have to pay the $651 in the end, I think they will toss it out in the hopes all the bad publicity will go away. Anyway, we went to the big pool again this afternoon after daycare, then hung out in the park having a picnic and just hanging out, and now it’s late and I really just need to get some sleep. Tomorrow have lots of apartment prep plans plus to make up for the things I didn’t get done today because all I really did were interviews all day. There is one group on Facebook that really want me to run for Mayor, or at least announce it, make a page or something, somewhat satirical. Now wouldn’t that be interesting!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 12:32 AM
subject Un officier de la GRC critiqué pour ses méthodes nommé ambassadeur; Tories dismiss need for review of critical audit of Transport Canada following Lac-Megantic disaster
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a day or running errands and getting ready to go to Gatineau for the weekend. Car mostly loaded now, we plan to leave early in the morning to catch a special flea market just outside the city. No new calls for interviews today, though the daycare workers were quite amused to see me on the cover of 24 heures.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:47 PM
subject Du sang neuf à Ottawa; Stephen Harper expected to keep Jim Flaherty in key finance post during Monday’s cabinet shuffle
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived family party in Gatineau (celebrating the 50th wedding anniversary of Pierre and Claire), and the drive there and back. We left Rose with Mami and Papi and hit a Toys R Us on the way home to stock up on some items useful for the long drive ahead, including a new car seat for Rose. Now we’re home and getting the apartment ready for the sublets. Hey what gives with the Zimmerman acquittal? Pretty sad when paranoia and “right to kill” (i.e. “stand your ground”) are driving forces in society. Hope that shit doesn’t take hold here.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:42 PM
subject Remaniement ministériel: le Québec perd des pions; Stephen Harper requested list of enemy lobby groups, bureaucrats and reporters, documents show
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday, a rather short day at work. I went behind the wall in G7 to make adjustments to the projector for Data Diaries. The rest of the day was spent preparing lists, sending documents (before my email crashed; too many messages) and preparing my defence. Everyone at work had heard of the $651-ticket fiasco. Stopped at 3 photo stores trying to find a top for my tripod, no dice. May borrow a tripod from Stacy. Came home, built shelving for the storage closet in the basement. After supper painted the fridge a bright peachy-pink colour. Now I am in dire need of a shower and something cold to drink.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:04 AM
subject Le fédéral autorisé à utiliser de l’information obtenue sous la torture; Richard Nixon, Watergate cited as anger erupts over Stephen Harper government’s ‘enemy’ list
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I hope Google or Gmail or whoever does not lose all my email because I have not backed up anything in like 2 years. Today, a slowish day at work, a good weekly meeting (Phoebe and Tammy there), so felt like some direction was happening. Stacy and James came over for drinks after work, then we had pizza after Clo finished yoga. I gave Sol 2 really long cool baths to help with the heat. Rose called, so is very cute on the telephone, she says she misses us, and we miss her, and it will be fun to have her back tomorrow. Meanwhile we’re cleaning and packing and organizing the whole apartment. Big job. We leave Thursday and I’m not too sure how often I’ll write during the holiday. Back to more apartment preparations.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:39 PM
subject Un chef du Manitoba jette sa carte de statut d’Indien; Enemies of the state: The (almost) Complete List
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived my last day of work for the summer. We leave early, very early, tomorrow morning. The car is packed. Rose is back. The heatwave continues. On and on. Had supper with some of the gang from work at NDQ. Did you see the Vine I posted with Rose racing the bowling ball? Apartment almost all clean, need to have a shower and give the washroom another once-over.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 9:39 PM
subject L’arrivée de Leona Aglukkaq à l’Environnement suscite des questions; World’s media poised as wait for the royal baby enters the final phase
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I am surviving vacation. In Timberlea, heading to Lunenburg tomorrow. Everyday Goalie made an appearance at Peggy’s Cove today. Will try to keep you posted but we are on the road a lot this week.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 2:13 AM
subject Trudeau n’aura pas à rembourser un organisme de charité; ‘Poverty rate’ drops to lowest level ever and media turns a blind eye
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I am still surviving vacation. Now in Lunenburg, with insomnia, it seems. Rose had such fun at the beach today she wore herself out and fell asleep at the Knot before her supper arrived, and hasn’t woken since. It’s been a great visit with Nanny, she is a real trooper. We plan to spend the morning together before heading to Ponhook to visit Grampy. Looks like a Bluenose video shoot may not happen, she is still up in drydock.
-chris
DEAR PM 