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Taking a break from his usual gig of dispensing wise words, A Mitch put together a stop-motion animation autodocumentary about his experience coming back to CMC after having survived a rare brain cancer.
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Alex Mitchell
Alex Mitchell, know to most as A Mitch, is a transfer student from Portland, OR. He is a psychology and film studies major who hopes one day to write somewhere in the entertainment industry. A Mitch has a black belt in wit, which combined with his unconventional writing style gives readers a break from the linguistic complexities of college curriculum and a chance to reacquaint themselves with everyday life, in a jovial manner. As the social advice columnist, A Mitch attempts to glue the drama of college together by guiding the lost and amusing the rest.
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30 Comments
2009-12-09
18:59:43
AMAZING.
2009-12-09
20:43:56
Nice soundtrack, better video. Inspiring in a fresh sort of way.
2009-12-09
20:47:25
Dear Alex,
I occasionally see you around campus although we have never exchanged more than pleasantries when I bumped into you by accident. I never noticed your scars, even when I was close to you. "I hope you know that we don't define you by the cancer you survived from"... someone told me that after my round with chemo (ovarian cancer at 14) but I didn't believe it. I let my experience define me and when I came to CMC I was tired of letting it. I thought telling my friends about my experience would make them define me that way but after seeing your video I think I may have changed my mind.. maybe I'll come clean about who I am, now that I know there is someone else who doesn't feel confined by their cancer.
Thank,
Starkie 2010
2009-12-09
21:08:53
Wow, A Mitch! I never knew you at CMC, even though it looks like we overlapped a bit...but my CMC addiction brings me crawling back to the Forum, and I've always thought to myself, "Who is this amazing A Mitch person, and how does he write so well? Why did I never meet him?" Until now, I knew nothing about A Mitch the person -- only A Mitch the advice columnist. You rock that 5C media studies major...def worth more than econ!
2009-12-09
21:18:55
Well done. I'm gonna stop making fun of media studies majors for like five minutes in commemoration of this video. Very impressive. Definitely got a lot of CMCers out of our comfort zone.
2009-12-09
21:31:28
Wow. It was really nice to see you put that together. As always, I have a lot of respect for you.
2009-12-09
21:36:44
A Mitch,
I have never once spoken to you, I don't think, throughout my 1.5 years here. Though I know I see you a lot. This is an incredible piece, the music, the animation, the writing, the courage. It's really an inspiration.
As a fellow Mitchell, I can say with confidence you're doing the name proud. We should actually have a conversation some time.
2009-12-09
21:51:52
Ya Boy,
Your production was great. I've always wanted to ask you about the story but figured you had probably told it an infinite amount of times already. I'm glad I got to watch that kid.
Much love baby
2009-12-09
21:52:53
That was absolutely incredible. Thank you for making me (and many other people) stop to remember how real the lives are of the people around us. At CMC it is so easy to get caught up in drunken nights at TNC, concerns about what will be served for Snack and grades on government papers. I always thought that I was someone kept in contact with what I believe is my identity in humanity, but your video really just made me stop to reflect. Thanks a lot for sharing your story.
2009-12-09
22:14:28
I remember the first couple of weeks at CMC you saved my life because you cared enough to stop and talk to me. I was feeling homesick and lonely because everything was so foreign to me. I guess through it all just by reaching out a hand anyone could save a life. Its just caring enough and putting in the effort to bother to do that - its all it takes, but it can take a lot.
You're an inspiration A Mitch. Good way of letting my econ studying tears come out in a legit form
2009-12-09
22:24:04
beautiful, alex
2009-12-09
23:17:48
Awesome, Alex. Really, truly, beautifully awesome. Keep that production team together, because you folks have talent. You strike a refreshingly clever, poignant line, and you do it with such nonchalance. I don't know how you do it, but I hope you keep it up.
2009-12-09
23:43:23
You're an extremely talented individual...and truly inspiring.
Thank you for sharing your story.
2009-12-09
23:55:02
Wow. That was incredibly moving.
I've never seen you on campus, Alex, but you've always been this enigmatic figure - this hilarious and awesomely cool guy I've always wanted to know. I can tell you that CMCers know and love you for everything you are. Intelligent, witty, thoughtful - and a survivor too.
Love,
Jilian
2009-12-10
01:07:34
Blown away. Beautiful.
2009-12-10
12:20:39
I remember passing by you in the laundry room in Green during the first weeks of school and not knowing who you were. You said you lived up in the jungle, where the artificial trees were on the second floor. I thought that was kind of a creative thing to do to identify a dorm. I started reading The Forum a week or two later and soon realized that I had met the amazingly witty A.Mitch before I knew who he was. I never really wondered why you were blad, I just assumed it was something you had done to distinguish your identity. I really enjoyed this video in how honest it was and how creative the stop motion was in illustrating it. I'm glad to hear that you've made it through your struggles and that you've found what you want to do. I feel honored to live in the same dorm as you. -A Green Freshman
2009-12-10
13:32:42
I hope you choose to enter this in some sort of a competition or send it to St. Judes, etc. because it is amazingly powerful. It might even help those currently fighting cancer and the friends and family members who love them to see this story.
2009-12-10
21:43:47
Im so appreciative that you are willing to tell such a moving story. I really liked it and even without cancer I still think you are an amazing individual and hope to run into you sometime
2009-12-10
23:54:55
Hats off!
Literally!
Much Love
Shit loads of Respect
The Sass
2009-12-11
13:00:53
Respect
2009-12-12
22:18:38
Beautifully portrayed. Like a popular youtube video, I feel the need to show this to everyone I know just to see their mouths drop. Keep up the good work, A Mitch!
2009-12-13
21:00:39
Really beautiful work! It's wonderful when love and our common humanity can make it's way through the matrix of numbers and reach us all.
It might've been obvious somehow but can someone share with me the name of the closing song?
Thanks!
Good vibes from Tucson
2009-12-13
23:24:36
These Days by Nico. Jam.
Get 'em Daddy.
2009-12-16
13:55:30
Dear Alex,
I'm so jealous of the people who have had the opportunity to know you and be a part of your life. You are such a special, unique person with so much talent and even rarer, an incredible personality. This video is so powerful. I cant wait to see what you come up with next.
Clair
PS. on a shallower note, i've always thought you were hot
2009-12-29
15:04:46
struck me silent at 1:14
got my tears at 1:36...
caught me smiling at 2:35
2009-12-29
18:25:15
You are a black belt in MANY things in addition to the above-mentioned wit. Thanks so much for sharing your experiences with us via a most amazingly crafted video. I will make sure to share this with my friends--a few who, like you, are fellow survivors.
2010-01-16
13:04:22
I have so much respect for you Alex and I'm a little upset that I never got to know you better. I remember talking/ drunkly hitting on you at party. Even in that brief conversation, I remember you being incredibly funny and its good to see your humor in your work as well.
2010-01-28
17:18:28
Wow! This is a great gift God has Blessed you with. That was an amazing video. We all loved it. You are a strong amazing person that we have enjoyed to met while down at St. Judes. Aileen seen your picture and pointed at you she remembers you and the symbol of St. Jude. Your video describes alot of what people go threw. I couldn't even image the emoitions that everyone goes threw. I know what Aileen has been threw but, she is not old enough to talk about it. It was so great meeting you. Stay in touch.
2010-02-25
05:39:25
Incredible; I'm speechless (and rather teary)
2010-02-26
19:20:54
I cried a bit.
That was incredibly well done and put-together. Bravo, A Mitch, for another outstanding post that had us moved.