-"Open me."
"Build a bad-ass fort."
I'm T.J.
I do music, comedy, and gaming on YouTube.
I am known for...
It's the highway singalong.
-When you say you will -Say you will
-But I love you still
I need you -I need you
In general, my creativity is fueled
by everyday occurrences that could be different.
So, you know, sitting in traffic is, like, a common thing,
but what if there's someone
who pulls up next to you singing to you,
and -- everyday things
that would make people smile is --
is what that is inspired by.
I just built a fort here, actually,
with this, actually, and this.
This guy will be the guard dog.
It's actually a fort of bad assery and love.
I think the last time I built a fort was in college.
There was like a couple extra beds,
and I think we ended up just,
like, taking the mattresses and taking the frames and,
like, building a fort.
We're gonna name the plant Henry.
Henry the plant, and George the dog.
George -- it looks like a greyhound,
so I want George.
And my bad-ass love fort friends.
I named the objects
because I think when you give something a name,
it becomes a personality.
And that can give the person some information.
If you call someone Jack versus Geronimo
versus George Athena,
you know, all these names have different characteristics.
And it just -- it helps create a vibe.
And Henry.
Henry, you look beautiful back there.
You're doing great.
We'll have George here at the entrance.
He's a great guard dog.
He's been through a couple battles, you know?
But he's good. He's great.
The two best pieces of advice that I've been given?
The world is your stage, the audience is waiting.
That's one of the reasons
that I really love YouTube is
because literally, anyone in the world
can find your videos at any moment in time.
And all you have to do is just make a really good video
that people want to share.
Everything that happens to you
on a day-to-day basis or on a long-term basis,
how you deal with it is all about your perspective.
It's all about your attitude. It's all about your attitude.
So, whenever it's, like, a struggle or a problem,
like you got an opportunity to learn something now
that you have to deal with this whatever has happened.
I want to make people feel something,
whether it's a happy feeling or sad feeling.
You know, sometimes, like, when you hear a sad song,
it makes you feel better because you can connect with it,
and you know that someone else has gone
through what you're feeling.
You can feel those emotions from someone else,
and it helps you work through your own problem, struggles,
situation, whatever.
Sometimes that can help that.
Catharsis can help you get through it.
Being creative to me is making other people happy and smile.
It creates activities geared towards
bringing sunshine and smiles
and just a little giggle to someone else.
Come on in.
First, I'm gonna show you the social room.
We got the table for playing games, you know,
whether it's a board game.
This is Henry.
He helps me build all my forts.
You know, he really likes to get some fresh air,
so we always got a little place for him going out the top.
This is the nap room, you know.
Two grass pillows because it's really important
that, you know, you're comfortable.
And you know, maybe if you have someone
here chilling with you, napping,
you got to have a pillow for them, too.
You know, we got a lot of different things
going on here in this fort of love and bad assery.
So, yeah, that's my place.
Thanks for coming by. I'll see you next time.
Come by if you ever need a hug.