Sarah O'Connor

An Axe To Grind (or rather throw)

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April 1, 2019

My friend came to visit from London (the non-interesting Canadian one, though this person interesting) and suggested we go axe throwing. I’d only vaguely heard of axe throwing as a thing that could be done and was done by some former classmates and strangers on Instagram, but I didn’t know where it could be done. I definitely didn’t know there was an axe throwing place in my hometown (and a league if it turns out axe throwing is your passion) but there is so we decided to do it, because what’s better to do on a rainy Saturday than throw some axes? Continue reading

Sincerely, Me

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March 25, 2019

On Saturday I went with my sister and her boyfriend to the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto to see the musical Dear Evan Hansen. I first heard about the musical two years ago when it made a buzz at the 2017 Tony Awards winning Best Musical, Best Original Score and a number of other awards. It follows seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen who writes a letter to himself in order to help cope with his anxiety that ends up in the hands of another classmate, Connor Murphy, who dies by suicide. Evan’s letter is then thought to be Connor’s and Evan creates an elaborate lie that he and Connor were best friends that involves Connor’s family and later the entire school. Evan than goes from being invisible to being seen by everyone, but is it worth it with all the lies he’s had to tell to get there? Continue reading

Thinking Ahead

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March 18, 2019

Sunday was a good time because I had some me time, and it’s felt like I haven’t had that time in a long while.

I didn’t do much. I wrote, and then I went for a walk. I took some pictures on my Polaroid, I took a nap.

Not exactly exciting, but definitely necessary. Continue reading

One Year With Cordelia

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March 11, 2019

On March 9th 2018 I wandered around a newly opened Petsmart that my friend worked at because she said they had a bunch of cats there. I had had to put my first cat Tamsin down the May before because of a genetic disorder that was killing her and though I knew I wanted to adopt another cat one day in my life I didn’t know when. A big part of me was afraid that the whichever new cat I adopted would end up having the same illness as Tamsin and I’d have to go through all of that again, and another part of me was worried because I loved Tamsin so much I didn’t know if I could love another cat again. Continue reading

Harry Potter Pub Crawl

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March 4, 2019

On Friday I went to a Harry Potter Pub Crawl with some friends, though pub crawl really isn’t the best way to describe it since it was more of a club crawl. Nonetheless it was fun so I decided to write about some highlights from the night! Continue reading

(I’m Sorry)

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February 25, 2019

I’ve been doing this thing and I’ve only recently realized I’m doing it.

I’m apologizing.

And maybe that seems normal because I’m Canadian and I’m just living the stereotype. Maybe apologizing doesn’t seem like a bad thing because it’s good to know when to say you’re sorry because a lot of people don’t. You apologize when you’ve done something wrong, when you’re hurt someone, when you’ve made a mistake or done something that you didn’t know wasn’t right at the time. But I say sorry all the time. That isn’t an exaggeration, if I really think about it I’d have to say that “I’m sorry” is one of the phrases I say most often in a day. Continue reading

Let It Go

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February 18, 2019

Sometimes I get stuck and I don’t know what to do about it.

I hold onto things I don’t need to, I fixate on things that don’t involve me, I try to fix things that I have no reason fixing, that don’t need to be fixed.

I don’t know why I do this. Continue reading

Drink the Poppy Kool-Aid

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February 11, 2019

I have a strange taste in music that mostly consists of showtunes and a few pop and indie songs in the mix. I listen to the radio a lot and find what music I like their, usually attaching myself to one song that I’ll listen to on repeat until I get bored with it or get obsessed with another song. I don’t usually listen to whole albums from one artist, and even with showtunes will only listen to select songs from a musical, so when people ask me what kind of music I like it can be a hard question to answer. Continue reading

Happy Belated Birthday!

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February 4, 2019

My sister and I’s birthday is on December 23rd, and while a lot of people feel bad for us for being born so close to Christmas, it’s not something that’s bothered us (and I guess it was kind of our fault, being born premature and all). Our parents were always good about treating our birthday and Christmas as separate days so our birthday always felt like our birthday and Christmas always felt like Christmas. Continue reading

Sew, A Needle Pulling Thread

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January 28, 2019

I got a sewing machine for Christmas and with that a resolution for myself: that I would sew something new each month to make sure I used it and got better at sewing. Continue reading