Okay - taking a roll call for AnimeExpo 2009 here.  Let me here you say “present” - out loud!  No excuses people!  You know our booth number, it’s “801!”  So who’s coming!?  I can’t believe it’s just one month away!  I will be helping supervising everyone here for prepping and loading the truck!  Oh, yes, we will be selling 801 Media books there - so please be sure to bring ID! If anyone has specific request or questions about AX - pleeeez! don’t hesitate to ask! 

Alright - on to the local news: 
Today’s Weather  outside = Gloomy.  Misty & drizzle rain.  Makes me wanna leave work at noon, go home and just “vedge.”  Arh, dang it… I just got my car washed 2 days ago too!!!  I’ll call my 6 year old nephew to wash it again for $5!!! 
Sports = I’d like to the Lakers wrap up the series tonight against, Denver “Chicken” Nuggets.
TV = 10 o’clock is usually my bed time… (yes… I’m old…)   but I think I’m going to stay up until 11:30 tonight.  Jay Leno’s last show tonight.  In case I fall a sleep, I got it TiVo’d. 

Did you know, 29th is 肉の日 (ni ku no hi.)  Get it?  Ni = “2″, Ku = “9″… Niku = “meat.” The Meat Day!  Sorry - I have to admit, I have no idea what this day means or where it comes from… but a lot of Japanese restaurants serving meat, shabu shabu, steak, burger etc on their menu are having lunch and dinner specials.  Oh, what time is it!?  It’s noon!  Time to get me some Niku for lunch!  Gotta go!  (took off with a trail of dust!)     

801-Chan

Hi Everyone,

I hope everyone had a good 3day weekend!  ‘cuz I did!  I actually got lots done in 3 days!  Must I say, it was very productive!  Friends, family, pool, beach, BBQ, shopping, reading…  awh…  when is the next 3day weekend? 

I want to let you know, Hey Class President volume 2 is now on sale at akadot.com !  Yes, they are on sale for $14.36 (10% off) - so, go get your credit card and let me hear you go cha-ching!  http://www.akadot.com/product_info.php?products_id=28658&ref=new   Coming in month of June is, On Bended Knee by Ruri Fujikawa.  Yes, I will be hosting another contest in about 10 days, so be sure to check back here soon for more details. 

I see that a lot of you took advantage of the eManga.com’s Memorial Day weekend Super Sale event at www.emanga.com ! It was totally worth it right?  Uh-huh!  Thanks for your support and thanks for your comments and suggestions!  This sale ends Wednesday 27th at noon.  You still got time to get your last minute super-saver-sale before the prices go back up again!   

801-Chan

Anyone got any exciting plans for this weekend?  It’s 3day weekend and yes, we are closed on Monday!  I’m going to the beach to get some tan then hit the malls for shopping - oh, there are tons of great memorial day sales everywhere!  cha-ching cha-ching. My credit card company loves me!  And what’s memorial day without BBQ party right?  I’m gonna start marinating the meat tonight and I just text my bishonen to go buy me some charcoals.  I can’t wait!

Speaking of Memorial day sales - emanga.com is having a super sale this weekend, (as a matter of fact the sale is already in effect!)  Everything - yes, this includes 801 Media titles too! - are on sale.  All books are 100 points to rent or 200 points to buy!  This is a super deal cuz usually 801 Media books are usually 300 points to rent or 400 points to buy.  This sale ends Wednesday May 27th, noon pst.   For those who are skeptical shoppers out there, try it first - we have tons of FREE SAMPLE pages before you commit to buying!  What can possibly go wrong with that, right? 

801-Chan

Thanks so much for everybody participated in Hey, Class President contest.  I had alot of fun reading everyone’s comments and suggestions!  For those of you who wrote a little shout out to Kaori Monchi sensei, I’ll be sure to forward them to her.  Okay okay - announce the winner already…!?  Drum roll please…….!  The winner is “MizzTreated” from Miami Fl!  Congrats!  Your book will ship today! 

We are also getting very busy prepping for AX2009.  Books after books after books!  ARgh!  Remember, our booth number is 801!  <– how could you possibly forget!?  We’re going to have lots of books on sale, lots of new things, and lots of new announcements!  What announcements, you ask?  Awh, you’d have to be there to find out!   See you there!

801-chan

For those of you living in SoCal - I hope everyone is okay from last night’s earthquake.   Magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook us up pretty good.  The local news channel said it was a “mild” earthquake…  Hm… Didn’t feel “mild” to me tho…  I broke 3 of my wine glasses at home, a DVD case fell down… Darn it, I had to rearrange the whole thing - Alphabetically, again *sigh*  and my favorite picture frame fell from the wall.  But I’m safe, alive and no injuries!   Here at the office too: I wasted no time to check on my advanced copies of Hey, Class President 2 as soon as I walked in.  *phew*  they are safe!  Oh, other than that - no fires, no structrual damages or injuries.  We did find some books on the floor though - but those were cleaned up in no time.  

Thank you everyone for Hey, Class President feebacks.  Entry closes tomorrow at midnight pst.  Check back here on 20th for the free copy winner!

Thanks,
801-chan

Hope everyone had a good Mother’s day.  For the past 10 years, I’ve done the traditional flowers and the dinner thing for my mom.  So this year, I skipped all of that and took her to a spa for the day!  The sauna, massages, facials, mani’s & pedi’s… Oh, and of course, my 801 manga for my reading material! We thought we’d never leave the place!  It was heavenly!  My books smells like Shea Butter now!   

And today, I thought it was going to be a mundane Monday… but NO!  We have very exciting news!  Our emanga.com site relaunched today!  To make a long story short, it’s our online rental and manga viewing site.  I skipped my lunch hour to view and try this thing… and it’s really cool!  You can “try before you buy” - view some sample pages.  and You can also rent to read the entire book for 72 hours.  I know we are going to be adding more titles on a weekly basis, so be sure to check back regularly!  Meanwhile, if anyone has any questions or comments, you know where to reach me!  801-chan@801media.com 

801-Chan

Happy Cindo De Mayo, happy “kodomo no hi” and happy “Golden Week” for those of you in Japan!  And I’m especially happy for me because the advance copy of “Hey, Class President 2″ just arrived today!  Yaaaay! I’ll be taking this home tonight!  Is it 5 o’clock yet? 

Alright, I do want to share this joyful event with you -  ONE lucky winner will receive a free copy of Hey, Class President! 2    Here is how:  
send an email to:  801-chan@801media.com 
In subject line type:  “Hey, Class President feedback”
In the body:  Give us your feedback on Hey, Class President volume 1.  What did you think?  Did you love it? What do you think it’s going to happen in volume 2?  Wanna do a shout-out to Kaori Monchi?  
Be sure to include your: Name & mailing address (will not be published but we need to know where to send the book to, in case you are the winner…) and your Alias  (will be used to announce the winner in the blog!) 
*ONE entry per household.  Entry deadline is May 19th, midnight pst.  The winner will be randomly selected and announced on May 20th. 

Good luck! 
801-chan