Mitchell Surprenant

I’ve been a Chicago (and South Suburbs) kid since the better half of 1993. Moving to Virginia was a big culture shock. There were different laws, different people, different companies and different convictions.

Every once in a while, I get a shot in the arm that I’m not in Chicago, and that I’m south of the Mason-Dixon line.

But I’ve lived in Lynchburg (the town that Jerry Falwell built) for almost 3 months now. It’s starting to grow on me that this is where I live now– this is where my life is going to happen.

I’ve noticed a significant number of vanity plates in the Lynchburg area. I’ve tried to find out why they are so much more common than in Chicago. Until I find a satisfactory answer, I will post some of the best ones here.

But clearly it can’t happen too quickly. I’ve been lazy as of late in following up on any state department application or test after my initial interest in March. Damnit, I will eventually.

That said, a customer reminded me of a strong point of mine today– my voice. Every once in a while, when I meet a new customer at Walgreens, they’ll comment on how professional my voice sounds, or how I should go in to broadcasting. Believe me, if it were that easy, I would do it. Subsequently, if there are any radio executives or people in “the biz” with some insider knowledge, please, let me know.

I wonder if the state department has any jobs for broadcast journalism majors with booming voices…

Well, here it is. It’s the brand new and improved mitchsurp.com. There are considerably fewer photos, but I do expect that to change soon.

The overhaul was long overdue, mainly because of my resume. If there was a specific feature you really liked on my old site, I can put it back up really quickly– you just have to let me know.

In the meantime, why don’t you check out one of the already-established websites that I host? The links are on the right, and I know some of them are interesting, but most are in a constant state of construction.

Anyway, I promise more blog posts and thoughts as this rolls out… I just wanted to get away from the empty page and see if this posted to both Facebook and Twitter.

Love you all lots!

-Mitch