This is my "dramatic" headshot from my most
recent session in February 2000. It was taken by a
local photographer named Aaron Gang that I highly
recommend (and he'd kill me if I didn't credit him!!!
=P)...for details on his rates, etc. go to www.aarongang.com. Here's some more shots/looks from the same
session: (COMING SOON...)
Quirky!!!
Smirky!!!
Boy Next Door!!! (Or at least as close to
that as I'm ever gonna get!!!)
"Club Formal"!!!
My real name is TJ. I'm a 27-year-old male living in
the Lakeview area of Chicago. I'm my mother's only
child; I have two half-sisters from my father's
second marriage (they're 14 years younger than me &
I've never lived with them). I've lived in the
Chicago area all my life--the Northwest Side on the
Park Ridge border til I was 6, then the western
suburb of Downers Grove, then Westmont, then
Willowbrook, finally moving to Lakeview when I was
19. I've lived here ever since except for two times
when I lived in New York (primarily Manhattan). I
loved New York but the first time my job fell thru
and I decided to come back & finish college; the
second time I was there for 6 months & STILL couldn't
find an apartment (all I wanted was a @#$*! roommate
share!!!) & I was so sick of paying $180 a week for a
tiny closet in a residential hotel up by Harlem where
the entire floor shared the bathroom that I bailed
and moved back here in April 1996.
I'm 5'9", 140, blond highlighted hair & blue
eyes--rather waifish but I've been working out
regularly since January so we'll see where I end
up!!! =P I don't personally think I
look like anyone famous but other people have said
Ben Stiller & Willem Dafoe. (I don't see
it...Incidentally, when I was very young a lot of
people used to mistake me for Nicholas on Eight is
Enough. We had the same hair at the time.) I
guess you can judge for yourself.
I'm an actor/writer/director/singer who supports
himself...well, however I can. ("Day jobs" have never
been my strong suit!!!) I'm
really serious about acting and want to make it my
career. If
I'm really honest with myself, eventually I see
myself as a fairly recognisable supporting/character
actor. I've gotten a good deal of recognition
locally (see my theatre
page for more details), and now that I FINALLY
have updated headshots and an agent, hopefully I can
get some paying
work and commercial/film/TV experience!!! Although I
have been saying it for years, I intend to move to LA
before the year is out by hook or by crook!!! Aside
from just wanting to get out of Chicago because I've
been here almost all my life and it's high time to
move on, most of my really good friends are already
out there and I miss them.
What else? Hmmm...well, most of my attempts at
relationships have been disasters. Sometimes it's
more my fault (I'm somewhat insecure and slightly
neurotic), sometimes more theirs (they weren't always
walks in the park either), some exes I keep in touch
with, some I'd rather be shot than ever see again. I
guess in a way this isn't really that much different
from most other people but I'll admit that sometimes
in the past I've worried about being single and been
obsessed with finding that "someone" WAY too much.
But I had a MAJOR breakthrough on that front last
December. I had a whirlwind two and a half week
relationship where we both instantly thought we'd
found our true "soulmate"...and we had plans to move
in together, move away together, etc etc etc....and
then I got dumped. And the weird thing is, I thought
I would be devastated...but the truth is, I was
actually more relieved than anything else. And now,
for the first time in my life I can honestly say that
I don't want a relationship. I just have way too
much going on with me and getting to where I need to
be to be able to give someone the attention and
consideration they deserve. (So it WOULD be now that
I'm finally getting a lot more attention!!! Doesnt
that just figure?!? =P) While I'm not as of this
writing looking for a relationship, new/good friends
are ALWAYS welcome. As I've gotten older (GULP!!!
=P), I've realised that true friends are 1. hard to
come by and 2. worth more than most relationships ANY
day. =) So I guess that's the advice I would give to
anyone reading this page...even though you've heard
this ad nauseam from other people, DON'T WASTE YOUR
TIME AND ENERGY LOOKING FOR A RELATIONSHIP!!! Just
concentrate on finding out who you are, where you
want to go, and how you're going to get
there...maintain your good friendships and cultivate
new ones...and eventually, that relationship will
present itself when you least expect it. This may
sound like feel-good pseudo-Zen bullshit but I SWEAR
it's true. =)
Why did I decide to form this page? At first, it was
just kind of a lark but then I realized the more I
thought about it that I have a lot of strong ideas,
opinions, and passions in a variety of areas and
topics. Why NOT share them with everyone? Do I
expect you to be interested in what I have to say or
to take my word as gospel? No. But I do feel that
what I have to say is just as valid as anyone else on
the Web. That's one of the things I like best about
the Internet-in a way, we're all equal here. And
with a few keystrokes, you can be connected to
someone thousands of miles away with similar ideas
and interests. It helps you feel not as alone if
that's how you're feeling.
What are my goals for this site? Nothing very lofty.
I guess I just hope that people walk away from here
learning something new about one of our common
interests, feel not quite as alone out there, or even
just walk away with a smile on their face. And come
back often to see any revisions and updates.
Well, that's it for here--the rest is covered on the
rest of my pages. Below you can either go to some
frequently asked questions about me or go back to my
home page. And as always, feel free to e-mail
me.
Take care!
TJ
May 11, 1998 & April 16, 2000
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