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chris lloyd to paul, paul, me
More options 11:31 pm (16 minutes ago)

Dear Paul,

Spent a nice Saturday out at the Big Box Stores with Judy and her parents and Robyn today. It was an interesting excursion. We were a tad hung over from the going away party held at the house last night for Danika and Luba. There seems to be a never-ending supply of wine and beer left over from the wedding. So this afternoon the Handibus droped Judy's parents off at Swiss Chalet, which is conveniently located in the middle of a park. A parking lot, that is. While in the process of helping to feed her mother she projectile-sneezed a large mouthful of apple pie and ice cream all over my head. It was all quite amusing. She even managed to hit Robyn at the other end of the table. We toured the wheelchairs around the parking lot to do a little shopping but Bert finally lost his patience and had a bit of a tantrum when we went into Kent's to grab some coffee from Tim Horton's. I don't blame him, I also tend to fly into fits of rage when entering those larger-than-life box stores. Something to do with the lighting and just the sheer amount of stuff. So after about four hours of visiting Judy and I came back to the deck and drank many beer in the sunlight. Peter came home from an afternoon of auctioning and made supper while the rest of us napped. Have I told you before what a chef he is? He made pork loins and vegetables and potatoes and everything was presented as if in a restaurant. Danika was home packing; tomorrow she moves to Halifax to continue her studies at Kings. Tonight we finally watched Finding Neverland, the movie we had rented last week but was misplaced with The Hours. It was fun, fanciful fare, very imaginative and uplifting. All the while I'm going a bit crazy, waiting down the hours, the time, the clock until tomorrow afternoon when I can drive to Moncton and pick up my sweetheart from the airport. I miss her like you would never believe.

-chris

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Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 10:37 AM

To: pm@pm.gc.ca

Dear Paul,

Am a tad hung over this morning. And was so yesterday morning as well;
went to a 40th birthday party thrown for Tim Issac's friend at
Lemongrass Thursday night. It was an open bar, my favourite kind,
despite the inherent dangers. (…) Walked home; that took awhile, about an hour or
more. Walked across the train bridge over the Reversing Falls and
dropped random objects off into the churning mass of dark water below.
Collected other random bits of stuff on my journey home: a piece of
rusted metal, some rope, part of a pipe, some numbers.

During the day I removed the extraneous door to the gallery, built a
frame, added drywall. Peter and I had picked up the drywall from
Ritchie's earlier in the morning, after we dropped his car off at the
mechanic. 3 sheets of drywall fit comfortably in Judy's car/truck.
Have now patched both sides quite successfully, just need to sand and
add a skim coat of plaster. Need to paint a wall black for Lisa. She
arrives on Monday.

(…)

Last night Dave and Mary Ellen, friends of Peter and Judy, came by for
drinks and tapas. Peter is a genius with food, have I mentioned that
before? We drank lots, beer then wine (I know, I know) first on the
patio, then in the premier kitchen when it was too chilly to be
outside, then finally into the oldschool sitting room, surrounded by
antiques and that slightly musty smell of museums. Once we hit the
sweet wine we were discussing the concept of "hate"; do we really ever
hate anybody? And then of course I started ranting about evil
landlords and certain presidents of a neighbouring superpower.
Thankfully I took a wrong turn while exiting the bathroom, ending up
in yet another spare bedroom, and thought to try out the rope
mattress, passing out immediately and sparing the guests any further
mad ranting.

Today Judy drove me uptown while we giggled hysterically oover
supposed vomit on the rear bumper of a car in front of us that she
almost rear-ended, and we shared pastries in the market before she
left for the hospital and I am back at the gallery, about to play in
plaster. But I have my computer back, and the new wireless card picks
up a strong signal in both Judy's office and the gallery and even in
Lemongrass, though not in the bar.

Yesterday Peter and I went on a mini pub crawl measuring the
neighbouring bars and sampling beers. I can dig this job.

-chris

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chris lloyd to Bill, me
More options 11:29 pm (5 minutes ago)

Hi Bill,

As far as I know I do not have an SMS account but I still receive almost daily unwanted text messages. Let me make myself clear: I do not want text messages of any kind. NONE. None WHATSOEVER. Even my friends do not text message me. IT IS A FUCKING USELESS WASTE OF TIME. My number is 506-644-8840. If there is anything you can do to stop these unwanted messages it would be greatly appreciated.

Yours,

chris lloyd

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Jenn took a photo of my new tattoo when we met up in Montreal last week. Melissa and I complained about the washrooms at Le Pistol all night (poorly designed mirrors, reflective panels everywherre, gaps in stalls, etc.) and swore we were going to call the Mirror rant line but never did.

Situation at The Rooms  

to PShelley, pm, mapr

5:25 pm (11 minutes ago)
August 2 2005

Re: The dismissal of Gordon Laurin, Director, Provincial Art Gallery
Division, The Rooms

To the Board of Directors:

I am an individual artist currently working in Montréal, QC, though I
will very soon be re-locating to Saint John, NB, and I am writing to
express my profound concern over recent occurrences at the Art Gallery
of Newfoundland and Labrador.

As a professional stakeholder in the cultural industries in the
Maritimes (I studied at NSCAD, worked at an ARC for three years where
I came to know Gordon both personally and professionally, and am
returning to the Maritimes to start a new gallery), I have been
patiently waiting for The Rooms project to get off the ground. I was
relieved in April 2004 after waiting 15 months for the professional
directorship of the gallery to be reinstituted. I was especially
relieved at the June 29th opening of the facility after I waited an
additional year for the gallery's professional and community programs
to begin.

As an artist and a cultural professional, it is important to my career
that a gallery director has the community's cultural and professional
interests at heart and that they have professional credibility in the
national cultural context. In Mr. Laurin's limited time in this
position, he demonstrated these qualities.

I have lost all confidence in the Board of Directors and CEO of The
Rooms Corporation and would like to see some of the larger
organizational issues addressed. I demand that you, The Board of
Directors, seek an outside third party to mediate in this situation,
overseeing two processes: 1. The restructuring process of The Rooms
Corporation that appears to be underway; and, 2. Human Resource
mediation in this conflict between Dean Brinton, CEO and Gordon
Laurin, former Art Gallery Director, the second gallery director to be
dismissed from the facility since the province took ownership in
January 2003.

As a professional in this growth industry, I am deeply embarrassed by
the apparent lack of vision and professional know-how at The Rooms
Corporation. This reflects badly on us all.

Sincerely,

Chris Lloyd

cc. The Honourable Paul Martin, Prime Minister of Canada, The
Honourable Paul Shelley, Minister, Department of Tourism, Culture and
Recreation