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A Little Bit About Me

A mini bio by TJ Strandberg.

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A Little Bit About Me
TJ Strandberg

Not often will you see articles where the writer talks about themselves. In fact, many times it's almost frowned upon. I want to know what's so bad about talking about yourself? So here I am, sitting in bed at 11:30 on a random Tuesday night, and I'm going to talk about myself.

I don't have many "followers" on this website, and by no means is my content extremely popular, but in case you were wondering, here're some things that are nice to know about me.

Hi, reader! Chances are you're one of my Facebook friends who literally just clicked this article to make me feel better. Thank you! I'm glad that I have you in my life, and that you choose to read my content no matter what it is.

My full name is Tyler Jon (according to my Twitter and Instagram), but I prefer just to go by TJ. Never call me Tyler unless you really want to get on my bad side. I'm a sophomore Theatre major at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. There, now you know the "level 1" stuff about me.

I really enjoy singing and acting (duh), I also enjoy watching one of my many TV shows. A lot of times, I get the question "what do you like to do in your free time?" to which I reply "lol what free time?" Being a full-time student, having an on-campus job in the costume shop (that I absolutely love), and being involved in as many productions as I can, I don't really have much free time. I wake up at 8 am, shower, get dressed, eat breakfast, usually grab a coffee (skim because whole milk has been giving me stomach aches lately, in case you wanted to know), and then go to class/work every day from 10:30 to 5:30. During that time I get exactly 40 minutes for lunch. At 5:30, I get one hour for dinner, and then usually I have rehearsal most nights anywhere between 6:30 and 9:30. I know I'm not one of the busiest students there is, but for now, I'm just keeping in check what I can and cannot handle.

I'm usually described as a funny person! A lot of my friends call me the sassy friend, or the bitchy friend, or the shady friend. All are true because most of the time I try to bond with people using humor. I'm also like extremely socially awkward, and humor is one of the few ways I can excel while talking to people. Maintaining a real conversation is very hard for me, and sometimes I just literally don't know what to say.

I'm gay, I've been out for about five years now? I never officially came out, I just sort of did, and I don't really remember the exact date. It hasn't affected my life too much, and I've been much happier for the most part since coming out.

I am a human, and I make mistakes, and I try to grow from them. I've made many mistakes in my past, and most of them I'm not very proud of, and quite a few of them have changed my life dramatically. Not everyone looks at me the same way that they used to, and that's something I have to live with, but I try my hardest to grow from the mistakes I've made.

I'm just trying my best. I honestly don't even know what I'm doing half of the time in my life, but I just do what I think I want to do (note, I don't always do what I think is smart to do, but I'm learning from it). I'm trying to grow as a person, and I'm trying just to live my best life. It doesn't always work out that way, but LOL does it ever?

Anyway, that's a bit about me. If you wanna talk more shoot me an email at tstrandb@gustavus.edu, and we can set up a time to get coffee sometime!

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