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Hi there, howdy. I’m Akasha, which you know by now. Akasha is not my real name, but it doesn’t really matter since I’ve gone by it for so long online that it may as well be my real name. But, if you’re a stickler for the truth, I’ll have you know my real name is actually Olga. And I’m not lying. I was born on November 18, 1985 in a tiny town on the eastern border of Poland, which is in Europe for you geographically-challenged folks. When I was four years old my parents decided to leave their family and friends and move to Canada with my sister and I.

Sixteen years later I’m still living in Canada and I love my adopted home. I can’t think of anywhere else I would rather call home (apart from perhaps Italy!). I’m currently taking a bachelor of arts degree at Ryerson university. At the time of this writing, I will be entering my fourth and final year of university. Afterwards, I’m not really sure what I want to do with the rest of my life. People keep telling me that it’s alright to not know but I can’t help but feel a little panicked at the thought of leaving university and then not knowing what to do after it. I’ll have bills to pay, you know. Money doesn’t grow on trees!

In my previous entry to this mini-biography I wrote the following about a possible career:

After school I look forward to perhaps travelling a little, doing some volunteer work and afterwards heading to teacher’s college where I will learn to teach history (and perhaps marketing if I don’t hate it as much as I do now) to young, impressionable minds.

It’s funny how a little time makes a big difference. Although teaching is a noble profession and I admire anyone who can do it, I find that I keep turning to teaching as a last-ditch effort, as though if all else fails I can always teach. The problem with this line of thinking is that I won’t be a very good teacher if I end up doing it like that. I’ll probably end up hating my job and envying all those bright young futures that sit before me each day. I’ve had plenty of asshat teachers like that in my life so I’m not sure if I want to end up on the other side of that glass mirror.

I mentioned travelling in my little quote up there. That’s because I love to travel. I commute to school from Hamilton, which is about 70 km (44 miles) away from Toronto. Most people would hate it and not want to do it. For the most part, I don’t mind it all that much. It does get exhausting cause you have to tack on an extra couple of hours to whatever you’re doing: classes, library research, group meetings, etc. The reward is that I don’t need to live like a beggar to go to school.

That being said, I haven’t done a whole lot of travelling, to be quite honest. I’ve barely begun to see Canada and I’ve lived here most of my life! What I do know is that what little travelling I’ve done I’ve loved so there is little reason for me to want to quit travelling.

That’s pretty much me in a nutshell, right there. There are other things, of course. I love to read and sing. Those are two pasttimes that I could not live without. Driving is one of my favourite activities too which is unfortunate because the price of gas is murderous. My favourite film is The Matrix, partly for Keanu Reeves and partly because it blew my mind away the first time that I saw it. I don’t have a favourite book because I can’t pick just one. Plus, I don’t think I’ve read nearly enough books in my life to be qualified enough to answer that question. When I find my favourite book I’ll let you know

Oh and in case you’re wondering, I started web designing in 2000.