Kina Grannis

Is it really true?

It is! I do believe in fairies! I do! I do!

Well here, I’ll copy/paste the comment I wrote for your post way back when on Monday, because I don’t like rewriting things, or posting lots of times

“Man, if I had a nickel for everytime I was doing something embarrassing when the pool guy walked by…

Good song. It grew on me on the second run through. It sounds perfect for days when I’m less happy, for it acknowledges without exacerbating. Happily, today is not such a day.

Lastly, Kina, I had the brilliant perfect best idea ever for your next cover: Total Eclipse of the Heart. Yes. Very yes. Please? I’ll (platonically) love you forever, so much so that I may never (platonically) love again”

so its working now?

i wasnt invited to the tea party…?

YES! back like cooked snack.

what i’ve attempted to post like 7000 times:

bllaaah comments not working.. ok try again.

I absolutely love how you did the shout outs. so creative, you.

i love it when you do your original songs. of course, i do love your covers, but sometimes you do things in your songs slightly differently on your blog, which is quite exciting.

so you’re featuring covers now? guess i’m gonna get crackin on that 3rd remix (i’m probably kidding, but we’ll see).

anyway, peace kiner!

oh and i think zimplemeh is like “simple me”

and there you are. yay!

YESSS!

I hope nobody saw the 238473 times I tried to post the exact same comment LOL

Anyway, I loved the song. Wow @ hills. The most I’ve done is 6 miles on flat earth and you, Kina, are tough.

Question: What group is that in the picture behind you near the end of the last video?

@wwar1ace, you knew i was there in spirit huh? fantastic impressions. quite the surreal tea party… and @kina, it really was cool and breezy and it IS a wonderful song :D. cheers for the blahg community, for misa’s tech savvy, for the shared grannis brain, and for one more week until my last final exam ever!

ALAS!! it is working! i never use ALAS hahaha

wow! kina!! it’s finally up!!! =) i hope u were able to read my comment on ur latest video in the midst of ur hundreds of comments! i posted it there since i could not post here!

anyways here in belmont north carolina for training! and i packed ur shirt hahahaha

so i will wear ur shirt sometime later on! lol the one made for women but i didnt know that shirt. =)

wwar1ace is awesome =D

btw – *!(*&!(*&(#*&@
- is that you cussing? hahaha JK X 10000000

must sleeeep now!!!
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeks

Yay! I made the tea party!!!

And once again, huge thanks to Misa for keeping this thing together.

Oh Yeah!!! I was trying to ask this in the main post this week, but since I couldn’t comment, I’ll ask it here:

Is that AJ in the front of the group picture? Wearing the backpack? AJ Rafael? Haha, that guy cracks me up. You should be like an honorary filipino. You probably already are, considering how many filipino fans you’ve got =)

Woohoo! Congrats on (almost) finishing school! You’re going for your MBA right? That’s just awesome =)

yay the Bla(h)g is back!!!!!!!!!

I have missed it :(

But its back now!!!!

I loved the last blog…i love that song.

Jen :)

Hello everyone!

I’m Ola from Poland. I’m 16 and I just want to say you are amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!
Your songs are veery good, and your voice is beautifull! I’m so happy I found you on youtube (like Landon Austin, who is as good as you. Greetings for you Landon! :*)

Okay, It’s great you met there such a fantasitic people, I think it was very hard to say goodbye, when you had to leave.
But we should just look in the future, not in the past… ;)
I hope one day I’ll can go on your concert, in usa or somewhere else… ;)
I know my eanglish is not as good as it should be but i think you know what I wanted to write;)

Love Ola.

PS. Kina, how long you play the guitar?

yay!
pssst: hi kina :)

ahhh!!!!!! its back!!! so much to say! first of all. *GASP* there’s another one of me?!?!? but its not me!!!! this is CRAAAZY!!! other steph, reveal yourself!! :] haha

glad to be back. IN SINGAPORE NOW!! ahh!

That post was so awesome wwar1ace! That should be the default post anytime the comments are down.

Yay bla(h)g is back! Oh how I missed thee. Anyways yes, I loved the song. And I’m anxiously awaiting my box of goodies so I can get to work!

Is there a discount if we want to buy multiple shirts?

I can’t pick just one! Besides the cost of shipping will be cheaper if I get it all out of the way at once.

hey kina!!

i love your latest posting of “running away”…i could totally see this on a movie soundtrack. My birthday is on Sunday, June 8th. Can I please get a birthday shoutout on your next youtube video? That would be awesome!

Jamila Glass
(pronounced Juh-MEE-luh…if you’re gonna say it out loud)

P.S. I know your friend, Joe Ungco! We danced together at USC. Fight On Trojans!!!

Sorry, nimur… how could I forget you and your evil-twin? I was trying to hurry up and get it done before my special PowerUp ran out…

Next time. It can be a battle-royale between you and bizarro-nimur. ;-)

@Deanna
The secret to my OMNIPOTENCE?….

Yeah, in your case, I kinda cheated. I’d talked to my grandma during lunch, so I sorta knew the weather report for the good ol’ Willamette Valley… :-p

But to all others, I am simply GREAT.

Great, GOT IT? Fantastic is acceptable, too…

Awesome works, too…

Hahahah…

@TimR, if that were the case, I think I could spring for a new storyline every time there is a problem with the bla(h)g. Or, give Kina a database of our characteristics that can random-generate a thread topic for her to post when things are down.

Wow. Desperate, much?… :-p

Ahh, it’s working again… :)
Congrats on 10 000+ youtube subcribers :))

omg i love your music =D
it makes me soo happy
your my #1 idol (and im not even joking)
haha i had a dream that i met you. It was sooo awesome. Now if only that would happen in real life.

strange. I feel like a part of me is whole again. Being without this community, even for a few days, was kind of depressing. If you think about it, many of us have been together since Kina started this journey at the end of last year. It has been a staple in my routine ever since. In short, glad to see we’re all back together again.

Great video this week Kina! I love the song and I look forward to watching the cover you recommended, too.

LOL @ the pool guy comment

Hooray for working comment systems! Thanks for the bday shoutout on the last entry : ) You’re too kind.

Here’s a humble suggestion for the next song – “The Waiting” by Tom Petty. Seems appropriate given this week’s circumstances, and he was the halftime performer at the Super Bowl that I think Kina had some sort of connection to from what I heard third or fourth-hand ;)

And to second wwar1ace’s comment a couple of Kina’s posts ago, you should go ahead and post the video you spent so much time on but already did in January – call it an encore performance!

Sorry about that downtime, folkses. I didn’t realize how traumatic it would end up being! And @wwar1ace–That post is awesome. I was confused at first because I went “uh oh how did comments end up on the front page did I break it?” but then I noticed that there was some wishful thinking in there done by imaginary me (re: the forum) and realized that it was all a lovely figment. ;) I hope to work on that some this weekend. I also have to upgrade Wordpress this weekend, so there may be a wee bit o’ downtime then, too, but I’ll try to let everyone know beforehand (and it shouldn’t last nearly as long).

Wait…you are going to be working on the forum this weekend? hopefully?

emi…you have to agree! haha..or we can do our own special rendition of it :D

its cool, i prefer iced tea anyway. but dont forget to invite me to the spam musubi party. i have my own special recipe…

i wouldnt call rumin “evil”, just “bizzaro-nimur”.
and i thought you shot him down a couple weeks ago. haven’t heard any “klat kcab” from him…

OOOOHHHH HAHAHAHA I GET IT NOW!!!!!! lol only after i read misa’s comment did i realize that the whole comment thing above was made up. HAHAHA oops.

*and in the event that i am wrong, which is completely possible, and quite likely, please excuse my stupidity. hehe!*

Guys,
have you ever been on a Kina’s concert? How it is? ;)

Yay!

@ Nikki “yay” for any particular reason?

It’s Friday… Need another reason?

@Misa
;-)

YOU’VE been HAXORED!!!

Whenever I hear Total Eclipse Of The Heart nowadays, I can’t help but replay that one scene from Old School in my head. Please don’t sing that version, haha. Love the movie, but they totally screwed that song up for me for life, lol.

YAY FOR POSTING!!!!

Hooray for graduating! Me too! So are you graduating from high school too? (it’d be funny if you were actually becoming a doctor or something)

oh no…i dont think im gonna get to see Kina’s next blog till Wednesday :(

spam musubi!

Hello Kina! I just git the shirt today (XXL) Thanks for the small note. You are the best! I took a picture wearing my Kina shirt right away!

I’ve tried to post maybe a thousand times. i missed the bla(h)g. I’m gonna send u something cool for you birthday kina!

@timmy, yes and thank you :-)
@thomas, yay class of 08! but nope h.s. was a long time ago…
@wwar1ace, ah, the beautiful willamette valley. i just figured you were flying overhead and had a pretty good view of the conditions!

you weren’t the only one, steph! i read wwar1ace’s GREAT post ;) several times before i got it.

Week 6: Fruit
Speaking of white nectarines, I recall a question of fruit you have yet to answer. So, what is your favorite:

Citrus?
Melon?
Berry?
Stonefruit?
Apple?
[BonusQ] “Tropical”?

I know this is a day early, but just in case, right Misa?

@Everyone- Feel free to answer these, and future questions as well.

Citrus – oranges
Melon – watermelon
Berry – strawberries
Stonefruit – plums
Apple – green
Tropical – okra

Citrus – Tangelos
Melon – Golden Watermelon
Berry – Huckleberry
Stonefruit – peach
Apple – Fuji
Tropical – Papaya

Citrus – Satsuma Tangerine
Melon – Honeydew
Berry – Goji Berry
Stonefruit – White peach from japan or white nectarine
Apple – Pink Lady or anything from the Cornell Orchards
Tropical – Mango

YAY!! i was so sad when i saw that i couldnt post. i would have been pretty close to first. anyways, heres what i was gonna write before with some added stuff too…

dude, im totally gonna be near san fran in october, or i will make a point of it so i can come cheer for you! ill even make a sign and stuff. that should be fun!

and i jst got my tshirt that i ordered and i LOVE it! thank you so much! i got it just in time for graduation so it was a wonderful present! im wearing it right now for my grad party. yay for no more school!

oh, and i really liked how you did the shoutouts and stuff this time. it was like magic :)

Nice WordPress upgrade!

Apple – Cameo apples. If forced, I’ll eat golden delicious, but nothing else.
No real strong preferences on the others

Am I the only one who doesnt get what is happening in the post by wwar1ace? I am confused on it. The new and improved bla(h)g looks really cool though, I like those little picture icons next to the posts, I want to see some faces in them that would be awesome.

i just want to let you all know how much i love you. every day when i get on the computer, which is almost never since we moved, I GO TO THE BLA(H)G FIRST!!! haha you all should be proud.

i really like the changes on here! but i cant figure out how to put a picture… hmmmm

and just to join in the oovret fun..
Citrus – hm, not my favorite. grapefruit? or clementines!
Melon – WATERMELON!!!!!
Berry – uhh strawberry?
Stonefruit – white peach
Apple – fuji
Tropical – mango

Citrus – Tangerine
Melon – Watermelon
Berry – Strawberry
Stonefruit – White peach
Apple – Fuji
Tropical – Mango or Lychee

Hmm that was weird. I was logged out and didn’t even pay attention when I made my last post. Oh well.

Citrus – Clementine
Melon – Seedless Watermelon
Berry – Grape
Stonefruit – Cherry
Apple – Fuji
Tropical – Pineapple

it’s hard to make choices, i like so many :[

citrus: ruby red grapegruit
melon: honeydew
berry: strawberry
stonefruit: plum with the red on the inside
apple: pink lady
tropical: banana

tomorrow i’d probably have completely different answers

Oh No@! Is it broken again???

No it still seems to be okay for me.

Citrus-Lime or kumquat
Melon-Watermelon
Berry-Strawberry
Stonefruit-Apricot
Apple-Green Apple
Tropical-Guava

Lakers or Celtics?

Citrus – limes
Melon – whatever melona bars are made from
Berry – concord grape juice
Stonefruit – lychee
Apple – yeah.. a couple other pink lady lovers out there
Tropical – pineapple

lakers in 6….

@Deanna
Engine conked out and I had to ditch somewhere over Klamath Falls. Good thing they’ve drained the falls. ;-)

@blew
Yes… There can BE only ONE.

@JD
Have you ever tried the Green Midget Café in Bromley?

@oovret
Citrus – Cocktail-Grapefruit (a.k.a. “Sweet Limes”)
Melon – Watermelon
Berry – Marion/Boysenberries Oregon Strawberries
Stonefruit – Summer Peaches
Apple – Fuji for eatin’, Granny-Smith for bakin’
Tropical – Mango

FYI, if you’ve never tried a Cocktail-Grapefruit, they’re a cross between a Pumello and a Mandarin… and are super sweet. I could live on ‘em if the season didn’t end.

If only…

-wwar1ace

It has been like 6-hours and not a peep besides me…. I just HAVE to check and see if this thing is still working.

Could just be Monday and everyone’s awaiting a new post. :-)

EDIT: Worked. Sorry Misa, I’m not a doubter. But I work in tech too, and when it’s TOO quiet I start to wonder. -wwar1ace

What type of machina is that in your Tea pot Mad Hatter? and dare I say nice singing. I’m late.

Just a heads-up for Mission Viejo and OC fans: If you’re a member of Lake MV, Kina’s kicking off the new summer concert series on Thursday, June 28 at 6:45 PM. She’s opening for Rachel Sierra and Gregg Rolie (former lead singer of Santana). If you can’t make that, she’s playing at Kaleidoscope on Saturday, July 5th (all ages and free!)