TJ O'Connell

Muhlenberg College

Muhlenberg College, Attended 1999 - 2003, Class of 2003, Bachelor's Degree, double major in unemployment (theatre and dance)

professional auditioner...again

Musical Theatre Associates, Mrs. Bixby School of Dance; www.geocities.com/duetsbysingles/; Brickworks Theatre Co., www.graywig.com, www.theunidentified.net (check out the trailer!!!)

movies, music, TV, hanging out, theatre, soap operas, amusement parks

Gone with the Wind, Jurassic Park, The Life of Pi, Lovely Bones. Here's a list of authors whose works I love and have read all or most of their books...John Grisham, Sue Grafton, Christopher Moore, James Patterson, Gregory Hinton, Jane Green, Jennifer Weiner, Dave Benbow, Christopher Rice, Gregory Maguire, Michael Thomas Ford.

Oh, there are so many! Clue, Soapdish, A League of Their Own, Chicago, Saved!, Dreamgirls, A Few Good Men, Jerry Maguire, Scream, X-Men (1 and 2), Face/Off, The Italian Job, The Sixth Sense, Batman Returns, A League of Their Own, Newsies, Moulin Rouge, Too Wong Foo Thanks for Everything Julie Newmar, Y Tu Mama Tambien....I could go on.

Mika, Rob Thomas and Matchbox 20, Evan and Jarron, Jason Mraz, Christina Aguillera, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Carrie Underwood, Beyonce and Destiny's Child, the boy bands, show tunes, Gloria Estefan, Sheryl Crow. Whatever's on the radio, usually..I listen to a lot.

Lost, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Brothers & Sisters, Burn Notice, My Life on the D List, The Daily Show, Will & Grace, Days of Our Lives, The Nanny, Golden Girls, Designing Women, Thundercats, Queer as Folk, The Simpsons, Sex and the City, Family Guy

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 to still 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.

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?