from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 3, 2020, 11:25 PM subject One hundred and twenty
Dear justin,
I am back from vacation, sorry I didn’t write while I was away, the cell reception was nonexistent at the cabin near being cool. But, to be brief, it was a great vacation, the river nearby was perfect and the kids and Jessica and I really loved being there. The drop off of the kids to my parents in New Brunswick went well, The border agent didn’t even ask to see the notarized letter, so that was a bit of much ado about nothing. I had my first day back at VOX today and I think it is going OK? Eduardo is coming tomorrow to help out. MYLES is in next week, and I think Spencer will come for a morning to help me with some synchronization issues. There is still lots to do. I am happy to be back at work, you know me: I am a busybody.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 6, 2020, 11:33 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-one
Dear justin,
Sorry I haven’t been writing lately, I just haven’t been feeling it. Also, I have been quite busy at Vox, quite steady. Last night I stayed over at Jessica‘s and woke up at 4 o’clock this morning because my mind was too active and thinking about way too many aspects of the exhibition install. Also thinking a lot about the defund the police movement and those arguments were part of the thinking. Anyway, tonight I continued binge watching the umbrella Academy instead of doing my taxes. Now I am too tired to do anything.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 10, 2020, 10:41 PM subject One hundred and twenty-two
Dear justin,
I am still alive. Boy, I really can’t get these letters out on a regular basis. Went to a protest at your constituency office on Saturday, about status for all immigrants, refugees, anyone who doesn’t have legal status. Today after work I went to a vigil for The annual prisoner justice day. During the many speeches and audio recordings of prisoners and X prisoners everyone was invited to write out the names of those that have died while in prison since 1975, too many names to complete in the two hours that we were in the park. Biked home, made a quick supper and watch umbrella academy, although I am starting to grow forward with it. I might finish season one but I doubt I will get into season two. I think I much prefer short series but don’t keep going and going for no good reason life is short, make a good thing and then MoveOn. Whatever that is supposed to mean. Oh, today at lunch tuned in to a webinar featuring Robin Maynard who is so damn smart and articulate and packed or distilled so much of her fuck policing black lives into a 45 minute monologue that I was blown away. I think I am moving quickly from a position of defunding the police to out right abolition. Also abolishing prisons. We need a radical change, this racist society has gone too far.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 13, 2020, 11:25 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-three
Dear justin,
Holy shit, you will never believe what I did tonight, finally. MY taxes!!! Yes it’s true, I finally sorted all my receipts, added up all my expenses, redid my expenses form and emailed my ex asking for the R 20 for child support form.
It has been a crazy week, I have been going full speed all week at VOX, the installation is coming along but boy oh boy technical difficulties abound with almost all the video works, especially in my Mikhail and Sophie‘s gallery. When jessica and I start the residency in New Brunswick we have decided that there will be no technology reliant artwork included, ha ha! What a pain it can be sometimes. When it works the results can be great, but so finicky exclamation
I’m off to bed, been sleeping in the kids room as my bedroom gets unbearably hot, and we are in a bit of a hot spell.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 17, 2020, 9:51 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-four
Dear justin,
I am so sorry that I haven’t written. This Insta is kicking me in the butt! I worked all day Saturday but luckily took Sunday off. Friday night I had Aiana and her new boyfriend Louis over for drinks and Jessica stayed through until this morning. I think I worked about 12 hours today, thank heaven that I was able to contact Evan to program the five synchronized videos which are finally up and running. I think I need to take some lessons from him on the max software. I need to get my computer skills up to game, I don’t think the technological demands are going to lighten up anytime soon. I am beat and going to veg out and play a couple video games and then sleep.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 17, 2020, 10:56 PM subject One hundred and twenty-five
Hi again,
I was without news all day so only just read about bill‘s resignation a little while ago, after I wrote you. So when should we expect your resignation?
I can’t sleep, my brain is too wired. Just so many different words and concepts and Feelings all jumbled up Colin; delete, max, patch, cables, remember to buy a 15 and 35 foot HDMI cable, max, team viewer, command H to hide the mouse, command control function eight? To expand windows? Don’t forget to check the mono audio signal on the upper stereo jack output in the NFB animations room, figure out how to crop the last couple seconds from the Czech film, respond to my ex regarding taxes and ask for the mortgage info, confirm the solo days I’ll have Rose and Saul, get his back tire inflated, have Saul make me a new tattoo or keep the sudoku one, bring a lunch, paint the defund VSPVM mural, cut the trim for Angie‘s condo, go and do paint touchups and scrape the back door, check with Françoise does he still want to help? Why are my legs so sore, why can’t I get to sleep, why?
Why do I still keep thinking so much about my ex?
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 18, 2020, 9:49 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-six
Dear justin,
My insomnia has come back. I often wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom or drink some water but I can usually fall back asleep but lately, and I’m not sure if this is about the stress of the installation or just a still healing fragile mental and emotional state, but for whatever reason I have been having longer and longer bouts of insomnia. So this morning I woke up at 4:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep so I decided to finally paint the larger defund the SPVM mural on the wall next to the viaduct along the seam around bike path. I shouldn’t have started the lettering on the right how ever, because I screwed up the PNSPVN and now it kind of looks like crap. Anyway, I had a full day of work and there are still a few little glitches to iron out some audio that is not collaborating, on the plus side I somehow managed to reboot The computer running those three client videos as I had lost signal somehow and thought it might’ve been windows not going to the right places. Kind of hard to explain, also I am exhausted and I should really just go to bed.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 20, 2020, 5:02 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-seven
Dear justin,
I have not slowed down one bit and I am starting to feel exhausted. I worked another 11 hours yesterday but did manage to get a few groceries and make supper and a lunch for today. Met with Evan again this morning to iron out a few more bags with the Synchro and it all is working now and I got my handle on my screen sharing. OK, meeting jessica for a bite to eat and then home..
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 20, 2020, 8:30 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-eight
Dear justin,
Anyway, so I was saying, before jessica met me and we had a quick bite to eat at the Winston Churchill? Pub? On Crescent CrescentDear justin,
Anyway, so I was saying, before jessica met me and we had a quick bite to eat at the Winston Churchill? Pub? On Crescent Street, that basically I am working too much and I haven’t even gotten to Angie‘s condo yet. And now I am dealing with another request, well actually it is the same request from my ex to give my permission for Rose and saw to consult with a social worker, mostly because my ex is having trouble managing their behavior. I just got off the phone with the social worker to try to explain that I don’t think their behaviour is anything outside of normal especially given the circumstances surrounding the separation and basically having their lives heaved? Altered in such away. Anyway, I’m sure we will all benefit from being able to express ourselves and share our feelings.
My friend tania sent me a shirt in the mail the other day for me to paint, I did a nice baseball font defund the police but forgot to put it back in the mail today, will do it tomorrow.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 20, 2020, 10:15 PM
subject One hundred and twenty-nine
Dear justin,
Oh, and another thing, jessica and I have been talking more seriously about moving in together but also sooner than we had thought, me thinking maybe January and her more like next July, but a few promising sublets or at least transfers has come up and if they were code we could be moving in October or November. Wait and see!
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 23, 2020, 10:56 AM subject One hundred and thirty
Dear justin,
I had a great Friday night after work with Jessica and Pascal and Sara. We ate at their house and then had some mushrooms, it was quite a mild fun little trip. Saturday was a very relaxing day, Stayed at Jessica‘s all day lounging about until finally heading home for supper and then to help Francois with some minor adjustments at his new condo. Heading back there now to help him replace a lamp in his old apartment. I noticed on my bike ride home last night that the city has painted over the defund the SPVM that I painted just this past week. This means war! If the rain holds off I will get some paint and go back at it this afternoon or this evening or tonight. First I have to get some work done at Angie’s place. Heading up there now.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 25, 2020, 12:13 AM subject One hundred and thirty-one
Dear justin,
Had a pretty good day, hung out with Jessica at her place for the morning, added 2nd color, blue, over my new defund the SPVM near all, went to work at Angie’s condo and then came home for my phone in therapy session, which went great, as gaelle always has good observations on not only how I am dealing with the divorce but my relationship with the kids. So I came over tonight and We had a really good night, played some video games, went for a walk to get takeout, watched the end of Mary Poppins in the beginning of Mary Poppins returns, We painted our fingernails, he is a super sweet and interesting kid and I love him dearly.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 30, 2020, 11:14 PM subject One hundred and thirty-two
Dear justin,
Sorry I haven’t written in a while, the days and nights just get away. I visited S Roberts last week and her new baby Valerie, and I am going again this Wednesday to help out for the evening. I am getting Rose after work tomorrow and then saw on Tuesday, Tomorrow I am at Vox and will hopefully finish at Angie‘s in the afternoon. I was there today for about four hours, this job has had so many little tiny components and has been taking what seems like forever. I got an email on Friday from Discount, it turns out that we got a flat tire in the van or truck on Wednesday, and now there is some sort of insurance issue. Just great. The six channel video installation has been going buggy from time to time and I don’t know how to fix it aside from rebooting the computer until it works ha ha. I don’t have enough time to devote to learning Max inside and out. I missed the protest on Saturday as I went to Pl., Des arts when everyone was probably over at Cabot Square or tanning in the park or wherever it was that they brought the John a McDonald statue down. Have you seen a video of it? It is amazing the way his head pops off when the statue hits the ground. Oh, Thursday no Friday Jess and I went to see her friend fine and Evan in Saint Henri because they are planning to move out east in November sometime and they will transfer their lease to us. The apartment is great, three closed bedrooms on two floors with a great old staircase and banister, two balconies off the back and I think it would be Really cool. It is maybe a little sudden and I would have to break my lease but I think that is manageable. Last night we were back in Saint Henri to hang out with Jess his friend Jo and crew who were going to do a McBeth style play from a truck but at the last minute Joe’s collaboration or collaborator/producer of the play cancelled him and so all the witches he had gathered, including Jess, and I all met up in a park and celebrated? With beer and wine. It was fun. The witches hat all done up there and make up like Daryl Hannah from blade runner, geoff had done me as well and I just washed it off tonight. I like a good sign Smoky hi hi.
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from chris lloyd to pm@pm.gc.ca
date Aug 31, 2020, 11:08 PM subject One hundred and thirty-three
Dear justin,
I hear you are upset about the John a McDonald statue coming down on Saturday. Boo-hoo. Fat fuck was a racist and it’s to tooted incredibly damaging policies toward the end of June as people of turtle Island.
If this letter gets completely messed up it is possibly because it does not recognize my voice in the way my old phone dead because guess what? My new phone arrived today. It is so much bigger! I am still wearing my reading glasses while using it though.
I worked at Fox for the morning, troubleshooting the video installation, getting a few things wired up for the performances on Thursday And bringing downstairs to the basement scissor left. Then I went to Angie‘s and painted for a couple hours and then I picked Rose up after school, we took the metro home because she had a huge suitcase full of clothes and books and stuff. I found a working vacuum cleaner on the way home in a pile of other vacuum cleaners, and we stopped at Renaissance and found winter boots for the three of us. SKOL Score!
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DEAR PM 