from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 9:55 PM
subject Une société récalcitrante bloque un projet de la Défense dans l’Arctique; Interim deal keeps Experimental Lakes Area open until spring
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the traditional, annual tech weekend at Big Gull Lake. Survived eating, sleeping, reading, waterskiing, drinking, playing pool, the usual. Back to work tomorrow after more than 6 weeks off.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:34 PM
subject Ottawa a songé à limiter l’accès à des réfugiés traumatisés ou torturés; Confidentiality and counselling in death of Lee Allan Bonneau do little to bring about scrutiny
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a Tuesday disguised as Monday, a day of rest disguised as work, a day of rain disguised as sun, some deja vus and a well-cooked omelet. I survived three cups of coffee and a relatively sleepless night, waking with Sol (who now weighs in at 18lbs) and unable to get back to sleep at 4am. I survived deciding against checking Facebook at 4am. I survived renewing the domain name dearpm.ca but now the site is down, Sam sent me a new password but he is going to stop hosting in a month or so, things are weird. Why are websites so complicated? I don’t even use dearpm.ca
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:51 PM
subject Charte des valeurs: le maire de Calgary en remet; Crunched by the number-crunchers
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a press screening of Cochemare in 3D at the PHI Centre. An interesting way to start the work day. I also survived an hour of street hockey at Jarry Park with some random guys and kids. And Clo survived a parent meeting at Rose’s daycare that lasted too long. Oh, and I signed some banking papers as President of SKOL to become a signing officer. Yay, just what I feel I need in my life, more responsibilities. Oh, and congrats about the announcement regarding the impending release of your hockey book. People have been messaging me all day about it. I look forward to reading it!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Sep 8, 2013 at 10:55 PM
subject Lutte à l’itinérance: Québec dénonce les orientations du fédéral; Quebec values charter puts NDP in tough spot
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the openings for le mois de la photo with the theme Drone. I only got to Skol and Vox, as you know gallery openings are not a 3.5 year-old’s favourite thing. But Rose did quite like Max Dean’s photo-shredding robot at Vox. The robot picks seemingly random photographs and displays them for a few second to the viewer before dropping them in a shredder. However, if the viewer places his/her hand on the hand-shapes, the robot changes function and stores the photo in another box. The kids at the opening thought that this was great fun.
In other news, I played some real ball hockey today (well, just 3 on 3, one goalie, me). It was good practice. We ended up at a rink in TMR because a bunch of “real” players had an intense rollerblade game going at Parc Jarry.
And in other other news the new single from Arcade Fire leaked online yesterday, it is launched officially tomorrow and the album the end of October, and believe you me it sounds epic already.
Oh, and it was my parents’ birthdays this weekend; I barely remembered call in time. My dad is at the lake and the never seem to answer the phone there, but we skyped with my mom a couple times.
I have been editing videos in all my spare time: finished Peggy’s Cove, got some solid work done on Venice, and even have a rough cut of Hopewll Rocks, bbut I am waiting to get permission from a musician named David Myles to use his Great Canadian Songquest song, “Drive Right Through”.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 11:46 PM
subject Flaherty gèle les cotisations d’assurance-emploi; Politics in Ottawa: It’s time to get serious
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. What a day! Busy at work on plans, also attempted to go to the secret Arcade Fire show at the Salsatèque on Peel. Stacy came over to babysit and Clo and I wore masks and got dressed up but to no avail; the bar takes 200 places, and there were probably that many on the guest list alone! Some folks in line were getting bracelets for the next show(s), but we didn’t feel like waiting in a dark alley at the end of a line amongst a lot of smelly garbage. We’ll go to an official show in the future. But the 6-minute single Reflektor that was released today, as well as interactive AND a video, well, it is epic already.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 10:15 PM
subject John Baird se prépare à visiter la Turquie; Could Syria’s agreement to destroy chemical weapons lead to final accord on civil war?
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived Rose’s first swimming lesson last night in Anjou. They are private lessons, as all the public classes filled up in seconds. But the school is quite something; a smallish pool, super well-maintained and constructed, underneath a typical-looking apartment block, run by a Mr. Regent Lacoursiere, a mythical long-distance swimmer who has been teaching kids to swim since the early 1970s. Anyway, Rose took to the lesson, the swimming, the whole experience like a duck to water.
Also survived the recent announcement about la charte des valeurs québéquoises. Most of Montréal is not impressed but it seems the PQ is pandering to its zenophobic base. Sound familiar?
Still rocking to the Reflektor.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Sep 15, 2013 at 10:18 PM
subject Ottawa baisse les bras pour retrouver l’argent d’une fraude; Veteran journalists Freeland, McQuaig to face off in Toronto Centre
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived the yoga teacher training weekend. Not the yoga part, the watching the kids part. It was fun, though I accomplished little outside of rudimentary household tasks, like laundry and dishes and getting everyone fed. Well, we did go to the openings at Oboro on Saturday, and I played some ball hockey in TMR in the afternoon, but only because Sarah watched the kids while I played. All in all a good weekend with the kids. Applied to the Prix Court Metrage George Laoun Oboro 2013. Packaged up some everyday goalie hockey cards to get in the mail. Third Space held a whopping fundraiser last night that Judith organized and it was apparently a big success. My round Saint John Water frottage went for $825! I really, really should try to find a gallery here in Montréal. OK off to bed.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 9:39 PM
subject Des scientifiques manifestent à Ottawa; Lessons from Obama administration’s handling of Syria crisis
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. Work was fine but I was tired, didn’t sleep well last night. Sol seems a bit better but was very stuffy this morning and a cough. Not a very good nights’ sleep last night, on top of the kids waking up one after the other a couple cats were fighting and screeching on our back porch! I had maybe 5 hours. I guess that is supposed to be lots for parents with 2 young kids. Mailed off a bunch of cards and pucks and have another batch wrapped up tonight after supper, dishes, story, etc. Last night in my early insomnia (but after the catfight) I uploaded the Hopewell Rocks video to Vimeo. When is Parliament back in session? I need to plan my trip to Ottawa to coincide with your Throne Speech. Either that or the day of your hockey book launch. Will you go on a book tour?
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:55 PM
subject La divulgation proactive des dépenses des élus ne sera pas rétroactive; Witness ‘bugged’ watching Jeffrey Baldwin waste away, inquest hears
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived lots of little meetings and hooking up some iPods to a flatscreen for an upcoming exhibit at PHI. I am getting more and more sucked in despite my efforts to stay away, there are too many quasi-DHC related events happening at PHI. Oh, James Franco came by the gallery last week but I missed him. Finished packing up the last of the pucks to go out, a few more sets of cards to hand-deliver, and of course to size, scale, and send to printing the stills and then the perks from the Send the Everyday Goalie to Venice campaign will all be out. Gone. Sorry my letter seems more schizophrenic than usual I am Facebooking Pinteresting Tweeting and just generally bombarding my brain with more info than is helpful or necessary.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 10:10 PM
subject L’ancien plus haut gradé de l’Armée de terre se joint à Justin Trudeau; Transport Canada safety record back under microscope following Ottawa crash
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another day at work. Clo dropped Sol off to me at 3 as she had a meeting with the CALQ, whose offices are near my work. He was in a jovial mood, as per usual. We drove home together and Clo took Rose to swimming lessons. Louis-Philippe called me and invited me to a luncheon with Jason Kenny this Friday. I forgot I was supposed to sit in on SKOL interviews and agreed to go. I don’t really like being on either side of a the table during a job interview anyway. VIVA launched an Indiegogo campaign, I sent you the link, and Leah finished the interview it is now live on Canadian Art, I sent you the link earlier but in case you misplaced it here it is again: http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2013/09/18/chris-lloyd-everyday-goalie/
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:25 PM
subject Un ministre palestinien encense le Canada lors de sa visite à Ottawa; Syrian refugees in Lebanon denounce U.S.’s lack of action; look to Canada for refuge
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a frustrating day at work. My version of Sketchup kept crashing while I was working on a Rad Hourani layout. Had a nice long lunch with James though, which was nice. After work took the #55 to meet the rest of the family at le Bain St. Michel as there was some performances that Clo thought Rose would like but in the end it was too long for her attention span (Rose would have had to lie still on a table for 30 minutes getting a cast made of her belly-button. She cannot sit still for 3 minutes!). We flirted briefly with the idea of eating out at a restaurant but I was not feeling that vibe. Came home and had grilled veggies and an egg-in-the-hole. Feeling depressed again and I don’t think the Omega-3s are stopping it. I feel trapped in a dull repetitive lifestyle and cannot summon the energy to do anything about it. I updated my CV online tonight, wow. Tomorrow is lunch with Jason Kenny.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:11 PM
subject Ambrose s’oppose à ce que son ministère fournisse de l’héroïne; Why won’t the Harper government help BlackBerry?
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived lunch with Jason Kenny. He had some good points to make about outreach. Also his electoral riding association picked up the tab, which was probably close to $300 at least. Our EDA has 0 money. I guess I should be calling to renew members and create committees to outreach…but who has the time? I was working on researching some grant programs and FINALLY, finally filled out my final report from that Canada Council travel grant I received back in 2011. I should be eligible to apply again by the December deadline. Then I went to the market to get some groceries for supper tonight, we invited Pat and Bree and the kids over, it was a fun night
…but late. Just put Rose down and fell asleep.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 8:56 PM
subject Le Collectif Échec à la guerre dénonce la politique militariste du Canada; Two Canadians, including diplomat, killed in mall terrorist attack in Kenya
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived .. . … not much, today, actually. Rose went to dance lessons then Clo came home and grabbed Sol and went shopping with her sister (she found me more Sta-Pressed Levis, a light grayish-blue that I love already), Rose had a nap and then we took the bus downtown to the Belgo to see a performance by Matthieu et Geneviève at PFOAC but we missed it, and Rose was sad but we made up for it by visiting a bunch of other galleries looking for a performance. That performance ended when Rose said that the performance was in fact happening in her head. Then we took the metro home. So I guess I survived a bus and metro trip to the Belgo. And I survived leftovers. Oh, I also found some time to work on some Everyday Goalie photos as well as clean surfaces in the bathroom. Suddenly all the glass and mirrors in the house look as they really are: filthy, covered in children’s fingerprints.
OH! And apparently I sold a couple paintings at the one-year anniversary at Tuck studios today! Soon I’ll be able to take a big bite out of my Visa debt! Yay!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 10:23 PM
subject Relations avec l’autorité palestinienne: Ottawa change de ton; Why 32 MPs were promoted to ‘parliamentary no man’s land’
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived a day when the whole family (well, excluding Sol) went to a dark, dark place. Rose was overtired yet refused to nap, so she was wired by the time we made it to Femke’s for supper. She fell asleep in the car so we drove up the mountain to give her a 15 minute power nap at least. Sometimes kids just do not listen! Last night Clo and I watched “Flight” and then I watched a Louis CK stand up show. And tonight, despite my goal to be in bed by ten, and even though I have put the kids to bed, washed and hung a load of laundry, washed the dishwasher, showered and shaved myself, I may just surf the web for a few more comedic bits, just to help take the edge off of reality and routine.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 10:01 PM
subject Des experts pressent Harper de cesser d’«insulter» l’ONU; Jeffrey Baldwin inquest: The father who couldn’t raise alarm for emaciated son, stepped up to fix floor
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. Another Monday of work. Making plans. Opening wall panels. Dealing with stuff getting stolen and then found again within the hour. Losing digital files somewhere, how can it be I have random photos from the past decade strewn between 3-4 different computers and hard drives yet I cannot find an entire FILE of HUNDREDS of photos taken LAST YEAR while in PEI for an ART PROJECT!!! AAARg!!!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 9:35 PM
subject George Laraque fait campagne dans Bourassa; Canadians detained in Egypt saw over 50 protestors killed
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived Whoop-de-doo. Yesterday I survived the extreme team relay put on by our gym. Not only survived, but we kicked ass. We won. On Thursday I survived D’eon performing house music composed by Cory Arcangel. Sorry I haven’t written in a few days. Tomorrow we’re going apple picking. My muscles are sore everywhere. As a team we did 300 push ups, 300 squats, 300 sit ups, a relay run, and a tug-o-war. Also we ran about 3k between all the stations. I was and still am out of shape, but I promise to start back at the gym regularly next week. Also, I vow to get a full check-up, with or without a family doctor. And I am getting a plate for my mouth so I don’t grind what remains of my teeth into tiny stubs.
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:29 PM
subject Justin Trudeau ira loin, selon Michael Ignatieff; Obesity posing new and significant challenges for cancer treatment
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived all the traffic and thousands of people who all had the same idea, of going to country (Oka) to get some apples. Of course, we were also meeting family (it is Clo’s dad’s 71st birthday), and hung out with my nephews, but the drive there and back and being on a farm with more people than I normally see in the city, well, it exhausted me. After the kids were in bed Clo and I watched the Arcade Fire special from after SNL last night. I’d explain more about the weekend and all the laundry that was washed and hung and folded but I’m exhausted. To bed!
-chris
from chris lloyd
to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:37 PM
subject Ottawa exhorte l’Égypte à libérer deux Canadiens; Shutting down the U.S. government is nothing new
Dear Stephen,
I am still alive. I survived another Monday. I was busy on my feet at work as Lorna is off to France and so am temporarily short-handed when it comes to exhibition maintenance. Karen was working on the DB de-install at PHI. Also, I was making another series of projector tests for Hitlakdut using the projector currently in place in G4 for Colors. As previous tests have concluded, the LW400 will work, even with less than 8′ of throw.
Oh, something fun happened on the way to work. Since it was such a nice day I decided to cycle (despite having yet to replace the rear brake cable). And Lo! and Behold the SPVM were up to their old tricks at the corner of Duluth and St. Urbain. So I stood at the corner telling cyclists to stop at the red light for about 15 minutes until the solo cop up and left. Fun!
Kim and Thomas stopped by after daycare and stayed for supper, Clo went on a cooking tear and made pasta-less lasagna (with eggplant, a variation on Etienne’e recipe) as well as supper for tomorrow AND muffins AND cleaned the kitchen. After falling asleep while putting Rose down I am in a bit of an internet fog, unsure of what to do next. Already it is almost 11pm! I think I’ll just go to bed. Nothing more useful will come of this.
-chris
DEAR PM 