I'm Back!!! Contest Winners!!! Ahhhhh----

   I never realized just how much my laptop had become an extension of my being until I've been forced to live without one....or at least with 1/2 of one, for the last month.  Our newest Sac'r, Rhyno Sun (who is our first Chinese employee) spilled a full mug of tea into the back of my brand new Macbook a few weeks ago while I was in China.  Still love him.  Poor kid - puked his first day on the job.  Hyper-active me was in the back of this cab, on our way to his first factory visit (he will oversee all our China operations) and I am giving him the hour-long LoveSac 101 on my laptop.  Before ya know it, he goes for the window, which has that child-proof roll-down-only 2/3 of the way...he crams his head out sideways.  Uggghhhh.  Nasty.  He was demoralized.  2 days later, he drowns my laptop.  I was worried he would go for ritualistic suicide.  But it's all good....at least he'll never forget his first week on the job with LoveSac.  Anyways, I waited it out.  Tried to get it fixed.  Now I'm just waiting on a new one of the same spec.  Can't seem to get that exact one.  It still works but only with an external monitor.  Fine for some, but when you spend as much time as I do in airports, hotels, and everywhere in between....AHHHHH - it has really messed up my Qi, man.  

I APOLOGIZE.  I have been lazy and out of sorts and I just haven't felt like blogging.  BUT, I owe it to y'all to (finally) announce winners to my "Is this sexist" contest #2...all about our Inked Cover Poster (see two blogs previous).  If you're a winner (below) you just won a SICK Sac Cover, or a $50 LoveSac gift card.  All you gotta do is email me your request and your info to chairmansac@gmail.com, and I'll hook you up.  Here we go:

MY FIRST CHOICE: JG.  JG WROTE... 

Is it sexist? Sure it is. To men. totally assumes that guys will buy a product just because it has a racy pic of a girl on it. which is fairly insulting to guys.

Posted by: JG | June 02, 2009 at 10:36 PM

WAY TO TURN IT AROUND JG.  I ACTUALLY HADN'T THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY AT ALL, BUT YOU'RE TOTALLY RIGHT.  I THINK THAT BY DEGRADING THE OPPOSITE SEX, I JUST DEGRADED MY OWN.  WOW.

MY SECOND CHOICE: MS. S.A.C. WROTE...

This is bomb!!! I am a what many call a heavily tattooed person and I love it even more when i see ink branching out to furniture!!! I love this new look!!! I love it even more cause of my initials are SAC as well!! I missed out on getting the pajama bottoms when they were available years ago.... BUT that is another story.... Great job, way to stay on top of the Creative CURVE!!

Posted by: Shana A. Cronkleton | June 02, 2009 at 06:50 PM

 HOW CAN I HATE A GIRL WITH THE INITIALS SAC?  BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY: SHE GETS IT.  IT WASN'T ABOUT "DADS" OR "GRADS" REALLY.  IT WAS ABOUT WICKED COOL INKED FURNITURE.  WHO'S DONE THAT?  WHO DARES TO DO THAT?  WHO COULD DO THAT?...BUT LOVESAC WITH ITS CHANGEABLE COVERS.  GO AHEAD AND TAKE RISKS.  YOU CAN ALWAYS CHANGE IT!!!

FINALLY: AMANDA'S COMMENT...

No, I don't think this is sexist. I think that there is basically no way for that woman to be getting that large of a tattoo on her back with any clothing on from the waist up. I also think that if that were a man sitting there getting a tattoo, it would take away from the picture, and the overall feel of it. Face it men, even as the completely straight woman that I am, I can tell you that the female body is more aesthetically appealing. There have been studies done proving that the eye is drawn to objects that are round, and we are comforted by them. Who's our favorite cartoon character? Mickey Mouse, who is made almost entirely out of circles, soft edges and curved lines. Women are also made almost entirely out of circles, soft edges and curved lines. Men, on the other hand, are supposed to be more chiseled and hard, with rough edges, which are not as likely to be as pleasing to the eye... which defeats the purpose of an ad, actually.

Overall, I like the ad. It doesn't quite fit completely with fathers day... but who cares? Its not the fathers that buy their own gifts anyway.

Posted by: Amanda | May 20, 2009 at 09:28 PM

AGREED.  CHICKS ARE JUST PLAIN HOT.  OKAY, CALL ME A PIG - I'M MARRIED, NOT GAY.  IT ISN'T OFTEN THAT WE FIND OCCASION TO USE A MOSTLY NAKED FEMALE FORM IN OUR ADS, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS IN THE MALL, BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE AN EXCUSE TO.  (NO, I WASN'T AT THIS PHOTO SHOOT).  BUT WAY TO GO BEN, OUR ART DIRECTOR, AND THE ENTIRE CREW WHO MAKE LOVESAC'S MARKETING WHAT IT IS.  

WAY TO GO EACH OF YOU FOR LEAVING COMMENTS.  I APPRECIATE IT, AND I WANT TO HEAR MORE FROM YOU.  I PROMISE, I'LL KEEP UP WITH THE BLOGGING IF YOU KEEP LETTING ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.  GOOD OR BAD.  THE 3 WINNERS ABOVE: PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR MAILING INFO AT CHAIRMANSAC@GMAIL.COM.  LET ME KNOW OF THE PRIZES LISTED IN THE ORIGINAL BLOG (2 PREVIOUS) WHICH PRIZE YOU WANT.  YOU'LL GET IT.  I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS:

So we hired these 3 dudes off of Craigslist to paint our office (we're in the middle of a minor/major remodel).  They were supposed to be finished over the weekend.  Monday morning, 11am, and this dude is STILL passed out on the floor.  15+ people milling about at LoveSac HQ, making copies, speaking loudly, moving furniture, and this dude sleeps right through it...for hours...on the floor.  At one point he was scratching himself - you know.  

Moral of the story: finish on time, or be ridiculed.

ROCK ON.  KEEP ROCKIN' THE SAC.

--Shawny D.