So yes, we are a a federally registered (®) corporation with stocks and blah blah blah, but we’re also just a few guys who love doing what we do and not taking ourselves too seriously. Which is kind of why our 2009 Gameplan / 2008 Review went over the way it did. Since we couldn’t fit you all in the house we documented the trip so you could come along for the ride.
These were our digs for the week. Most of us arrived to Jason sipping a glass of vino, while baking an apple pie. It was a pretty nice greeting. Wait, who’s that lurker next to the pool, lurking in the shadows?
The food was outstanding, between the barbecued hot dogs and the carne asada Hector cooked up, we were well fed. The home made cupcakes didn’t hurt either. We started our meeting outdoors while we could enjoy the weather, although at some point a computer got splashed and we moved the ruckus indoors.
This is Lupe, one of Lee’s dogs. (Frankly this might be his other dog, but I don’t remember his name and they both look the same.)
Having to yell to each other at times certainly didn’t help the meeting, but we managed just fine.
Someone thought it appropriate to take a picture of an empty table full of food… In any event, you can see the type of ‘Thinking Food’ we were indulging in.
It was requested I mimic a dinosaur during our meal. Once the proper documentation was filled out in triplicate I commenced my velociraptor impersonation.
Now, I know people can laugh hard, but these guys meant serious business. Like, broken capillaries sort of business. Lee found out his computer could electronically say words like ‘Brainstorming’ and ‘Peanut Butter’ and I guess this ‘new technology’ was the cat’s pajamas to these guys. We all couldn’t help but laugh at them laughing though, which made it all hilarious.
The next day was all meetings. Point by point we hashed out our game plan for 2009 and set our goals for the end of the year. A lot of it was just delegating responsibilities because ultimately there are a few guys doing a lot of jobs, which is one of Goodie Two Sleeves’ strengths in my opinion.
After our 12 hours of non-stop being awesome* we were all pretty tired, but Mal more so then anyone. His bed was the couch and we were sitting on it so he just camped out in the middle of the floor until we bailed from his sleeping quarters.
*Being awesome may also mean furiously working to make Goodie awesomer.
And finally, I capped the night off by watching Transformers in High Def… BY MYSELF. Everyone thought I was such a nerd, being a nerd by sitting there nerding out over the giant robot battles, but they would never say so. My business partners love me too much.
Have a rad night!
