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TJ

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About Me

I've been living and working in New York City for over two years now. I'm not going to as many auditions as I'd like because, you know, I have to make money and be able tos till live and work in New York City. But I keep hoping something big comes my way. In the meantime, while I wait, I think about life - what could be, what should be, what I want it to be, what I don't want it to be - and I'm trying to figure out how I'd like to try to shape it. Not sure if I want to do this performance thing for the rest of my life, so I'm going to have fun with it right now.The book that I was writing has now morphed into a screenplay, where it's seeing more life than it did as a novel. I'm actually excited to work on it, which is a big change. :-)I'm not very good at talking about myself, so I'm going to be as non-self-depreciating as possible. I'm a very open and sensitive person. My friends are my family, and my family means the world to me. I'm usually very honest, but I hate hurting people's feelings and confrontations. I tend to hold a lot back, but when I let it out, it's usually the healthiest thing in the world for me. :-) I have a great sense of humor. I tend to know a lot about pop culture and I could be the smartest person in the world if common knowledge equalled that in my brain. I think in movie and music quotes, and usually have a soundtrack playing in my brain. I could, occassionally, be a bitch, but it's always on purpose, never for just no reason. I would like to think I'm a good catch, and definitely the kind you can take home to Mom and Dad. Parents love me!I don't know if that really told you about me, so if there are any questions, comments, concerns, interest, please feel free to write me.
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I'd like to meet:

I want to meet someone I can talk to and who I can have fun with. That fun could be going out or just staying at home and relaxing. Someone understanding and not too demanding. Of course someone who is attractive, but I find a varying degree of people attractive. I know this might seem vague, but it's true.After the last few weeks of putting myself out there and kissing a lot of frogs, the other basic requirement for who I want to meet is someone who won't break my heart. That's now moved to the top of my list. Can we try that for a change?

My Blog

Broadway Survey (stolen from Don)

RESUME NAME:  TJ O'Connell.  It's on imdb, and I plan on sticking with it.  LAST SHOW ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:  Brunch: the musical, a reading.  (Last thing added to my resu...
Posted by on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:02:00 GMT

Don’t try this at home...

Let's just start this by saying I didn't have a great day yesterday....so this was the cherry on top. My audition class ran long (even with one person missing), and I was the last one to go.  I'd...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:45:00 GMT

V Day

When I got back to the city from Shawnee the first week of January, one of my catering companies booked me well in advance for a catering job on February 14.  At the time, I was dating someone an...
Posted by on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Observations from a Starbucks, #1

Yesterday, after going 0 for 3 at auditions, I sat in a Starbucks, killing time for 2 hours.  All I had was a pen, some Sudokus, and a iced venti skim no whip white mocha.  However, I was en...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 10:34:00 GMT

Jet Blue...or How I'm My Mother's Son

It's 4:45am, Pacific Time.  I should be asleep after being up for over 24 hours (with about an hour or so nap) and four time zones.  But I wanted to get this out before I slept. We were set ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:48:00 GMT

Blame Canada

I realize I haven't given a "For those of us following along at home..." blog like I promised while I've been on the road, but I feel that my little excursion into Canada on this leg of my (what's tur...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:02:00 GMT

My Afternoon at Ripley-Greer

I went to an audition this afternoon, and, while I was there, I felt like I must have invaded some theatre queen's wet dream. First of all, the studio at Ripley-Greer across from where I was had Chris...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:51:00 GMT

American Idol

Yes, my friends, I auditioned for American Idol.  I know, some of you have judgement about the show and probably think I'm ridiculous for trying, but I did it anyway.  And it was, actually, ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:58:00 GMT

Birthday in the Park for Teej

For the record, my birthday is not a national holiday.  Most of the time, I just consider it another day in my life.  Sure, I've done the more note-able birthdays (i.e. driving around until...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 20:24:00 GMT

Not just A DANCER'S LIFE

Shows open and shows close.  Some close more quickly than others, and some weren't going to be around long to begin with.  Chita Rivera's A DANCER'S LIFE was a limited run, that ended up not...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Feb 2006 12:40:00 GMT