Jonathan Taylor Thomas

Written June 29, 2024 and many versions later

Jonathan,

If you are reading this. First thing first, I want to apologize for using the public photographs and talking about you without your knowledge. This is something I felt was needed to write about and…

Honestly, I don’t think you’ll ever read this. I would be stunned if this ever reach to you. Somehow.

If this does reach you, Jonathan. Umm, I do hope I explain you well in the best of my ability. I don’t know if your going through something but I … I do hope this helps.

Who is Jonathan?

Jonathan was born on September 8, 1981 in Pennsylvania. He was well known in the tv show, “Home Improvement” as Randy, the middle child and was in different movies and tv shows such as Wild America, Tom and Huck, Man in the House, and was a voice of young Simba from classic movie “The Lion King.” I did not listed all of his work here but if you want to know what exactly he was in, you can google him. Jonathan was plastered all over the magazines in 1990s and early 2000 because he was one of the ” hot ” guys along with countless names which I am not listing it here.

Home Improvement

MY STORIES

My Teen Years

In my junior high years, the girls were all about “boys this” and “boys that” and I felt harassed by their constant questioning about who I liked. I hated that many girls were fan-girl over pretty much the same boys so I decided to go different route and noticed that no one seems to fan-girl over Jonathan.

I was already watching him on Home Improvement and enjoyed the interaction between Tim Allen and Jonathan’s on screen. From what I saw of Jonathan acting as Randy, he was confident, and a little bit of bad-boy attitude. I did noticed out of three boys, Randy would make witty, book smart comments which I loved. Sometimes, when Tim Allen’s character say something that made me raise my eyes-brows and I made comment to myself something like, ” Your wife is gonna find out, Tim. Your going to get in trouble. ” then as Randy would comment something which has me laughing. I do remember rooting for Randy.

I loved Jonathan’s creativity performances in Wild America and Tom and Huck, which made me enjoy the movies a lot. I love how naturally adaptable he went from family friendly role in Home Improvement to the portraying wild boys in two different directions – one modern while other was a classic old tale.

As Jonathan starts to appeared in many magazines, the girls from the Deaf school doesn’t seem to struck by his looks and I was flabbergasted. I was made fun of for liking him, but all that bullying I’ve received has not changed my attraction toward Jonathan.

THEN this happen,

WOAH!

Jonathan had his hair done and got more muscles tone that just make my brain went dumb and dumber. My jaw dropped at how beautiful he was.

The more I learn about him, the more I realize we had different life goals, and I wasn’t the person he would fall in love with. But gawd, his looks is breathtaking and his inner-core matches that.

He wanted to go to college in peace and wasn’t comfortable in crazy crowds. He disliked being followed and having people fan-girl over him. He just wanted to be at home and play with his friends like any other kid who just happen to be an actor.

My Adult Years

That one phrase Jonathan have said in one of his zillion interviews …..

I can’t get that phrase out of my mind.

I can tell you, Jonathan. It has change and shifted to the person I am today.

Written on July 1, 2024

There was some rummage through in my thoughts, my emotions, trying to remember my memories by hunting down magazines and looking through many pictures to understand why I felt the way I do today. I even had America sign language (ASL) conversation with a really good friend of mine. I found myself on Amazon and brought digital movies of Wild America and Tom and Huck movies to watch.

My feelings toward Jonathan has not changed over the years, which I find somewhat insane. Even as an adult, he still carry that Law of Attraction aura in Last Man Standing. That blue eyes of yours … I am melting over here. I apologize, Jonathan. I have not seen Last Man Standing (Shocker, I know.) but ….

Wait.

A.

Minute.

I do recall someone in my family years ago pause at your picture during Last Man Standing and told me that it was you, Jonathan. I had to double-take and my jaw dropped. I couldn’t believe it was you because you’ve disappeared from the spotlight all these years and I remembered that you weren’t interested in the spotlight. It was definitely a rude-awakening seeing you on screen.

Last Man Standing

At the time, I saw the mixture of confidence and uncertainty during that brief moment before my small children pulled me away from the television. Personally, I wasn’t sure if it was just something I’m seeing wasn’t there. You still had that Law of Attraction spark. Then you disappeared again, which I oddly felt okay with. I was already busy with my own life being married (at the time) and two children who kept me busy. I do recall feeling relief seeing that you were okay.

Your paparazzi photo from 2023 surfaced, and I actually had no idea until April, 2024 when it came across my web. My jaw dropped at how much you’ve changed. In April, I was preparing a week-long vacation and business combo trip with my oldest child, now 21 years old, so I didn’t think much about it.

In June, 2024, your photo came up again and somehow this time, it had strike a emotion in me that I cannot seem to shake it off easily. What I saw was lack of confidence, signs of depression, anxiety, and uncertainty. It seemed that your goals and your dreams had vanished. After researching, I found people making comments that you didn’t seem happy. What I saw in those photos are not the same person I saw years ago which have confirmed my feelings.

Here I am sitting on black chair, typing on my laptop, listening to random music blasting (I am legally Hard of Hearing so I was listening more toward beats. If I had already learned the lyrics of whatever particular song that comes on, I would sing with it off-key without a care in the world what my children and kitties thinks.) I had black pajama pant and a black t-shirt that has a big wording of “We create therefore we live ” then at the bottom of the big logo, it says “2011 GISH 2022. ” NOTE – GISH are no longer continued.

I keep finding myself pausing too much through out this post trying to identify what I was feeling and figuring out what and/or how to share as I write this.

Honestly, I just want to say thank you for having a huge… I mean insanely huge impact on me how to treat people as equal. I actually met few celebrities in recent years and they too made some impacts in their own way. You were my first impact.

All I want to know if your okay. Are you okay, Jonathan?

A vision in my dream world …

If we don’t ever meet in this life. I am okay with it. We lead very different lives. This is just my dreamy vision of what I would like to happen – I thought it would be great just two of us sitting at the lake or beach somewhere. We wouldn’t have to talk; your company would be enough. Just knowing that your okay would mean the world to me. If you want to go fishing, that is fine by me because I know how much you love it. Personally, I enjoy just watching water movement, animals doing their own thang and the trees, the smell. It’s bliss – So photographic, peaceful, and calm.

EDITED – I just posted the 2nd one so here it goes …

Stay Well,

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I’m Amanda, someone who’s always reflecting, growing, and finding meaning in the ups and downs of life. I write about my journey with honesty—whether it’s navigating health struggles, rediscovering joy in small moments, or reflecting on shows I’ve watched and places I’ve been. Creativity and expression are important to me, whether it’s through words, gaming, or sharing pieces of my story.

I value connection and community, especially between deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing people, and I’m passionate about creating spaces where understanding and empathy can thrive. Alongside that, I carry a love for nostalgia, little celebrations (like birthdays and milestones), and spontaneous choices that end up holding deep meaning—like a tattoo that tells a personal story.

Above all, I’m learning to embrace each season of life with resilience, reflection, and a touch of humor.

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