FED #115: The Video Director (Mike Juneau)

Status: FED

· Smoked Eggplant Soup

· Goat Cheese ravioli + Beet/Horseradish Sauce + Parm (sneak some n’duja onto k-ron’s plate)

· Salad: Cabbage + Broccoli + Carrot + Onion + Vinegar (red & black) + Ginger

· Ptitm & Cheese

· Pie (that Karon Swanson brought)

Guest #115.1: Mike Juneau

Occupation: video director, DJ

Contributed: Live in Bellwoods tote bag

Sent thank-you: email

Guest #115.2: K-Ron Liu

Occupation: hero

Contributed: strawberry rhubarb pie, can of V-8, package of index cards, Maizena fortified corn starch beverage mix (some of these may have been office supplies)

Sent thank-you: An ecard (which I assume is some sort of retro thing)

Guest #115.3: Lisan Jutras

Occupation: murderer (She wears leather, which, as a vegan, I find reprehensible)

Contributed: Bonterra 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

Sent thank-you: email

Guest #115.4: Robyn Doolittle

Occupation: figure skater, Ford hound

Contributed: gossip and copy of Eating Animals, by Jonathan Safran Foer (another hilarious, ironic retro thing)

I know this week's column rips on Mike pretty hard. But I really do like this video.

JUNEAU

It was really easy. Trained dogs. We hired one trainer. She provided all the dogs. They were comfortable working together and already had their pack mentality. When I first envisioned it I wanted a bunch of different dogs. But then when I hired this trainer she was like, ‘We can only have dogs in this pack. Otherwise we’ll lose control.’ We had triplet dogs, which kind of bugged me every time I watched. Because there’s not enough variety. And I’m sure other people noticed too. I wish there was more variety of dogs. If I could have a dog pool party every summer, I would. Just seeing how much fun the dogs were having. They were jumping in, sitting around, jumping around again, chasing after the ball. They were really having fun.

Tiny piece of n'duja, meat hidden at the bottom of my bowl and Karon's bowl.

So Robyn, who has been a vegetarian for all of six weeks ...

... actually brought me a copy of vegetarian propaganda. Previous friends had given this to me after reading it and becoming vegetarians for negative 10 minutes.

DOOLITTLE
You know what? Bean meatballs are not bad at all.

JUNEAU
I totally believe you.

DOOLITTLE
You throw some tomato sauce on those things, you wouldn’t even notice the difference. But can I say one thing that I’m super excited about? Textured. Vegetable. Protein. Tacos. Unbelievable. It tastes just like tacos. You would not even notice the difference.

MINTZ
I’ve got you on tape saying this shit.

DOOLITTLE
You can quote me on that.

It should be noted that, in addition to bringing the junk from his desk, K-Ron showed up in the afternoon with a pie, on a day that was like 20 below and snowing, and in response to a last minute request from me. #hero

Date of publication: Saturday, January 28th, 2012