Post by celrock on Aug 3, 2017 1:46:26 GMT
Hello,
My name is Celeste, but you can call me celrock or Celeste, either one is fine with me. I've been checking out the We're In Between podcast each and every week, and it's been a great way to learn about As Told by Ginger, and helped me to really get into the series. However, it's taken me until now to finally get an account and post to the forum, and well, here I am. So, what inspired me to finally get an account and leave my feedback? Why of course, the latest episode you reviewed, "Goodbye Nana Bishop." This episode really felt close to home for me, not just when looking at how I related with one single character, like how I related closely to how Macy felt during, "Come Back Little Seal Girl," given how we both are very naieve and are young at heart, or given the recent situation in my family, that felt a bit close to home when watching, "Hello Stranger," worrying that my nephew might sadly, go through how Ginger felt in this episode someday, given the fact that his parents, AKA my brother and now, x-sister-in-law, have been separated since he was 2-and-a-half, in April of 2016, and officially finalized the divorce just a few weeks ago. However, where "Goodbye Nana Bishop," is concerned, I related to a couple of the characters, in particular, Hoodsy and Ginger.
I should point out first of all, that I have never been really close with my extended family, given the fact that most of my mom's family lives in the state of Louisiana, which I moved away from at a young age, and most of my dad's family is from Missouri, where I've only visited once or twice in my life at a young age. I now live in Massachusetts and previously lived in Oklahoma, and due to a number of things, from travel expenses, to a busy life, let's just say that getting to know my extended family as in, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, hasn't exactly been at the top of the list where my family is concerned. And unless there's something really big going on, like a wedding or a funeral, I seldom see anybody outside my immediate family, and it's a real treat when I get to go visit my relatives, or they get to come visit me. Now granted, the bulk of my grandparents passed away before I was born, except for my paternal grandfather, who died when I was the young age of 4, not really having any memories of him. Both of my aunts are deceased at the time of this post, but the one that really hit home for me while watching this As told By Ginger episode and listening to your podcast, was the death of my cousin Little James. He died in late January of 2003, at the young age of eleven, after going through complications that arose post a heart transplant surgery, as he was born with a defective heart, and he was finally moved up on the list to have his transplant done. While I was sad that he'd never get to experience teenagehood and adulthood, plus, he left behind his parents and four younger siblings, what really hit me hard was the aspect of how Ginger felt in this episode, which was, hardly knowing my family, and wanting to get to know my distant relatives better. After that, thanks to having a cell phone, my first cell phone in fact, as I was only in highschool at the time, I started talking to my relatives more on the weekends, and growing close with them. Just seeing how their day was allowed me to feel more connected, and now that I have Facebook, I love that despite me and my cousins being many miles apart, when one of them likes my latest status, it brings a smile to my face, just knowing that while I want to know my family better, they, too, want to get to know me, and when they like my status, it shows that we either have something in common, or agree on the point I was making, giving us an even closer bond relationship wise.
So now we move on to Hoodsy's perspective in this episode, how he felt disconnected emotionally when his grandmother passed, and in a way, awkward, because he wasn't as close to his grandmother as the rest of his family was. I totally know how he feels, as one of my aunts died the following year in 2004, and while I was sad she passed away, and not just with her death, but with most deaths I've witnessed, other than the loss of my cat Joey a hair over a year ago now, I've felt similarly to how Hoodsy has felt, as in, not feeling nearly as sad about the loss as everybody else around me did, because my relationship with the person in question, wasn't as close as it was for everybody else. I often feel awkward when I attend funerals or wakes, unsure of how to act or what to say. However, just as Hoodsy realized how much he'd miss his grandmother once he got to talking about her at the funeral, it took me much longer to realize how much I'd miss my aunt who passed on in mid to late 2004, until about 6 months later in March of 2005, when I got to perform in the All States Chorus, and we had our performance at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Late one night after rehearsals before our concert the following day, which fell on my uncle's birthday, and the uncle by marriage who was married to the recently deceased aunt, I had learned from my mom that she and her sisters were always singing in choirs, whether at church or at school, and my aunt Ann was in particular dedicated to her singing. She would have been so proud of me, making it into All State Chorus and getting to sing at Symphony Hall my senior year of high school. I so wanted to pick up my cell phone and give her a call, telling her about everything that had been going on that weekend, and that's, when it hit me hard. She was dead, I couldn't tell her. I believe I cried a good long time that night, and I might have cried myself to sleep. I can't quite remember now if I did or not, but that was the moment when it hit me, that I really did miss my aunt, and was sorry she wasn't still alive.
So far, this show has presented itself with so many things I've been able to relate to, but when it comes to the subject of death, this one can be hard to come by, and it felt nice that for once, I could relate to two of the characters in this particular episode, both, the title character, and one of the side characters. I look forward to seeing what else this series has in store as we go along, in particular, more Macy centered episodes since I do believe she's probably one of my favorite characters. Thanks for taking the time for reading my comment, and I look forward to more episodes of We're in Between in the future.
And oh yes Patricia, Casey and Ashley, I agree with all of you, I definitely give, "Goodbye Nana Bishop," a Super Yay!
My name is Celeste, but you can call me celrock or Celeste, either one is fine with me. I've been checking out the We're In Between podcast each and every week, and it's been a great way to learn about As Told by Ginger, and helped me to really get into the series. However, it's taken me until now to finally get an account and post to the forum, and well, here I am. So, what inspired me to finally get an account and leave my feedback? Why of course, the latest episode you reviewed, "Goodbye Nana Bishop." This episode really felt close to home for me, not just when looking at how I related with one single character, like how I related closely to how Macy felt during, "Come Back Little Seal Girl," given how we both are very naieve and are young at heart, or given the recent situation in my family, that felt a bit close to home when watching, "Hello Stranger," worrying that my nephew might sadly, go through how Ginger felt in this episode someday, given the fact that his parents, AKA my brother and now, x-sister-in-law, have been separated since he was 2-and-a-half, in April of 2016, and officially finalized the divorce just a few weeks ago. However, where "Goodbye Nana Bishop," is concerned, I related to a couple of the characters, in particular, Hoodsy and Ginger.
I should point out first of all, that I have never been really close with my extended family, given the fact that most of my mom's family lives in the state of Louisiana, which I moved away from at a young age, and most of my dad's family is from Missouri, where I've only visited once or twice in my life at a young age. I now live in Massachusetts and previously lived in Oklahoma, and due to a number of things, from travel expenses, to a busy life, let's just say that getting to know my extended family as in, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, hasn't exactly been at the top of the list where my family is concerned. And unless there's something really big going on, like a wedding or a funeral, I seldom see anybody outside my immediate family, and it's a real treat when I get to go visit my relatives, or they get to come visit me. Now granted, the bulk of my grandparents passed away before I was born, except for my paternal grandfather, who died when I was the young age of 4, not really having any memories of him. Both of my aunts are deceased at the time of this post, but the one that really hit home for me while watching this As told By Ginger episode and listening to your podcast, was the death of my cousin Little James. He died in late January of 2003, at the young age of eleven, after going through complications that arose post a heart transplant surgery, as he was born with a defective heart, and he was finally moved up on the list to have his transplant done. While I was sad that he'd never get to experience teenagehood and adulthood, plus, he left behind his parents and four younger siblings, what really hit me hard was the aspect of how Ginger felt in this episode, which was, hardly knowing my family, and wanting to get to know my distant relatives better. After that, thanks to having a cell phone, my first cell phone in fact, as I was only in highschool at the time, I started talking to my relatives more on the weekends, and growing close with them. Just seeing how their day was allowed me to feel more connected, and now that I have Facebook, I love that despite me and my cousins being many miles apart, when one of them likes my latest status, it brings a smile to my face, just knowing that while I want to know my family better, they, too, want to get to know me, and when they like my status, it shows that we either have something in common, or agree on the point I was making, giving us an even closer bond relationship wise.
So now we move on to Hoodsy's perspective in this episode, how he felt disconnected emotionally when his grandmother passed, and in a way, awkward, because he wasn't as close to his grandmother as the rest of his family was. I totally know how he feels, as one of my aunts died the following year in 2004, and while I was sad she passed away, and not just with her death, but with most deaths I've witnessed, other than the loss of my cat Joey a hair over a year ago now, I've felt similarly to how Hoodsy has felt, as in, not feeling nearly as sad about the loss as everybody else around me did, because my relationship with the person in question, wasn't as close as it was for everybody else. I often feel awkward when I attend funerals or wakes, unsure of how to act or what to say. However, just as Hoodsy realized how much he'd miss his grandmother once he got to talking about her at the funeral, it took me much longer to realize how much I'd miss my aunt who passed on in mid to late 2004, until about 6 months later in March of 2005, when I got to perform in the All States Chorus, and we had our performance at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Late one night after rehearsals before our concert the following day, which fell on my uncle's birthday, and the uncle by marriage who was married to the recently deceased aunt, I had learned from my mom that she and her sisters were always singing in choirs, whether at church or at school, and my aunt Ann was in particular dedicated to her singing. She would have been so proud of me, making it into All State Chorus and getting to sing at Symphony Hall my senior year of high school. I so wanted to pick up my cell phone and give her a call, telling her about everything that had been going on that weekend, and that's, when it hit me hard. She was dead, I couldn't tell her. I believe I cried a good long time that night, and I might have cried myself to sleep. I can't quite remember now if I did or not, but that was the moment when it hit me, that I really did miss my aunt, and was sorry she wasn't still alive.
So far, this show has presented itself with so many things I've been able to relate to, but when it comes to the subject of death, this one can be hard to come by, and it felt nice that for once, I could relate to two of the characters in this particular episode, both, the title character, and one of the side characters. I look forward to seeing what else this series has in store as we go along, in particular, more Macy centered episodes since I do believe she's probably one of my favorite characters. Thanks for taking the time for reading my comment, and I look forward to more episodes of We're in Between in the future.
And oh yes Patricia, Casey and Ashley, I agree with all of you, I definitely give, "Goodbye Nana Bishop," a Super Yay!
