• how to get – and keep – the attention of movers and shakers in your industry
• how to turn your everyday life into compelling content
• how to brand yourself online
• what programs and applications to use to host your site, keep track of your statistics, and promote yourself & your blog

You’ll also get a chance to ask questions and we’re going to be having drinks and networking after they speak.  I’m really looking forward to it and I hope to see some of you out IRL.

The four of us had a sushi meeting last week and Sean made this video to promote our event. I continue to be awkward on camera and I hope you guys enjoy it.

My friend Shawzy works out of Adrenaline Tattoo and he was actually at the shop (Surface Bar) when I got my last one.  Another friend of mine Joe (who owned Surface Bar) also tattoos at Adrenaline now so I got to see his face too and catch up.

This was the first time I’ve actually been able to watch someone tattooing me.  The others I haven’t been able to see and the start on my ankle from Lyall, well that’s another story all together.  I don’t think I was…um…able to see by that point

Yes it hurts to get a tattoo, but I don’t think it’s that bad.  Definitely bearable and I find breathing and sitting really still is the key.  I’ve been told I sit really well and this one was no exception.

Outline

Shading

Red

Starting the orange

All done. Not the best pic

I’ll forgot to get a photo of the two of us, so when I go in take a photo once it heals, I’ll be sure to get one.

And guess what!  For the month of March Shawzy is going to give readers of kaponetwo a discount on small tattoos (around the size of mine and smaller)!  How awesome is that!

Send an email to carly@kaponetwo.com for more info.

It’s on Bravo at 10:00pm and 1:00am.

Tomorrow I am making an announcement at my agency.  It’s the first new challenge I am undertaking in 2010 and I am excited about it.  I was thinking a lot today about where I was this time last year and I realized that I had made my most important goal of 2009 come true.  To work for myself and not need another job to pay the bills.  Now I am certainly not living a life of luxury.  Being a commission-based business definitely has me pinching my pennies and cutting out a lot of the luxuries I enjoyed from a salaried position.  But I am no longer miserable for 8 hours a day.  I am the happiest that I have ever been in my adult life and I have a positive outlook (and plans) to help me grow my business and bring in more income.  I love what I do and where I am headed and I’m lucky to have the support of my family and friends.

I’m not really a resolution type of person, more of a “set goals and try to achieve them” type, so here are the goals I’ve made for myself so far this year.

• Sew more clothing for myself
• Create more quality content for my blog.
• Design a blog identity – layout, logo and header.
• Get my office set up so it is a more productive space.
• Organize my business to run more efficiently and set goals.
• Use a hard copy day planner again – I have been trying to get my hands on a 2010 Moleskin Color A Month – anyone know where I can get one in Toronto?  I can’t get one from the US for 2-3 months now.
• Take more “Me” time – try to take at least an hour a day where I am unplugged and unavailable.
• Find a good, local Yoga class or instructor at practice at least once a week
• Live a greener lifestyle and try to influence those around me to adopt greener practices
• Get involved with a charity – I just have to pick one, or ones.  Suggestions are more than welcome,
• Cook more and eat a more balanced vegetarian diet.  I’m a sucker for pasta every night.
• Go on my first all-inclusive, exotic vacation (I’ve only been to England and all over North America).  I don’t really care where, just somewhere there is sun, sand and water that I can see the bottom of.
• UPDATE: Another goal was to get my blog a PageRank and I just went to check it out and I went from 0 to 2 in the last month!  Thank you
  

I feel like this is a good start.  I’ve enjoyed my staycation the past week and cannot wait to get back to work on Monday.

Have you set any goals for the year?

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas and I’ll be back with some fun new things soon.

We got there around 7:20 and ran in to get dinner, big beers and pizza, Yum!  We got to our seats just as they dimmed the lights to announce the line up and then stood for the anthem.  The singer was ok, but he nailed the words to the US anthem and completely botched the Canadian one.  The whole stadium booed and the guy behind us said it was the Newfie version.

The game was pretty good except for the fact that they lost 6-3.  I’ve never seen a game where they lose so it was kinda sad.  We were on the edge of our seats the whole time.

During 2nd intermission we went out to get dessert, Oreo Cookie Sandwiches, and ran into one of Dad’s old bass players.  I used to be pretty good friends with his son and apparently he lives in the city too.

It was such a fun night just me and Dad and I’m glad we go to go.  Thank you so much Dad.  I had the best time and I love hanging out with you.  So glad you’re a musician and cool

My Dad wins.

After having it up for a week I really wanted to change up the decorations.  So we went to Mom & Dad’s for dinner (where I found my paintings) and I took my box of ornaments.  Mom has been giving us kids an ornament every year on Christmas Eve since we were born and I have always wanted to put them on my own tree.

This was my first one.  I was supposed to be born on Dec 25, 1980 but I was exactly a week late, so they put a sticker over the 0.  haha.

Kathryn and I did the switch and it was really fun to remember all the years past when the three of us kids would decorate.  We would each get to put the angel on top every three years to be equal and Mom would play the Sesame Street Christmas record.  Do you remember that?  I remember listening to “The Count” sing all I want for Christmas is my two front teeth when I was about 7 and was missing my two front teeth.  haha.

Here is my tree version 2.

I’ll have to get a better photo tonight when it’s dark.

I am so excited for Christmas!

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