This is a very odd photo of me. But anyway…
Name: Aisling Brock
(Aisling is pronounced “Ashleen”)
A.K.A: Ash - I used this name online from ‘99 to ‘06
D.O.B: April 8, 1988
Current Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Hair Colour: Light Brown
Eye Colour: Hazel
Tattoos and Piercings: One tattoo: The word “dream” with a star on the inside of my left wrist. 2 Piercings: Typical ear piercings, but I don’t wear earrings often.
Hey there! I’m Aisling, and this is one of the many pages dedicated to me! In reality, all the pages on this site are dedicated to me, but who’s counting?
Right off the bat, you may notice my name is a little odd. Unless you live in Ireland, or you know someone else with the same name, of course! It is Irish Gaelic, and means dream, or vision (less common definitions include inspiration and illusion) .However, I live in Canada, and have only encountered my name on a few rare occurances! I’m pretty much used to people pronouncing my name wrong, however, I still blush a bit at being called ASS-LING which was most popular when I was attending a French immersion school for junior high (grades 7 to 9).
I graduated from Crescent Heights High School, in Calgary, Alberta, in 2006. My favourite classes were Social Studies (The mix of economics, politics, geography and, my all-time favourite, history), English (What’s not to love about literature and a never-ending list of vocabulary that all grads should know?) and Drama (I am a theatre nerd, and I was even a part of the CHHS Drama Society.).
On November 22, 2006 I left for the Katimavik program. It’s a nine month youth volunteer program. There are groups of 12 max. participants from all over Canada, who are assigned to live together in three host communities for three months each. We learn all sorts of things such as leadership skills, cooking, cleaning, and how to live with large amounts of other people our own age! We also each held a full-time position with a non-profit organization, so we were able to learn about different jobs and acquire different skills. It’s been the most enriching, and overall best experience of my life so far.
But, as they say, all good things come to an end, and in August 2007, I returned back to my life in Calgary. Since then, I’ve been adjusting to the “real world,” and trying to figure out where I belong in it. It’s all very poetic.
