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100th video!!


“i know who took the milk and cookies” – cowritten with jesse from the payphones

i totally intended to mention it being my 100th youtube video in the video itself… but then all of a sudden it was done and uploading to youtube and it was too late… :( but at least you all know!

happy holidays!!! my eyes are burning from the onions that were cut in the kitchen roughly 3 hours ago. emi and my mother are cooking up some of our special grannis family christmas soup… mmm.

for those of you that ordered shirts or cds for christmas gifts recently, i’m so sorry they will not get to you in time! in the meantime you can download this holiday card i made so they know it’s my fault it’s late and not yours… :)
Download the card

and as a little present from me to you, here’s a link to download the mp3 of “i know who took the milk and cookies” for free!
Download link

happy holidays! i heart you.
kina

oovret: Week 33

Have you ever used a phonograph?
- i wish!! that’d be so cool….
Have you ever made mochi?
- i wish!! that’d be so yummy… (and really really tiring)
Do you prefer Mario or Luigi?
hmm. mario.
Do you send Christmas cards to family/friends?
no, but i wish i did.
How was your day?
my day… it was fun! i packed up all my merch things so i can take inventory this week, drove home to MV from LA, spent a few hours on the video, worked out some website things with misa, worked on the video again while misa voluntarily packaged a TON of my merch (THANK YOU!), came downstairs, realized i was starving, was handed a plate full of yummy food from emi, did final touches on the video, finished packaging the merch, started writing the blog… and.. now… umm..

OH! And here are the lyrics:
I Know Who Took the Milk and Cookies

I walk into the kitchen Momma’s standing by the stove
Daddy’s at the mirror trying on his brand new coat
When he rings the bell we’ll gather round and watch it snow
With gingerbread and cider spiced with nutmeg in the cold

Now that we are grown
We have to fly back home
But that’s okay
It’s worth it all
Because Christmas time
It always will remind us that
We’ll never be alone

Stockings on the mantle with our names embroidered red
We’ll try to hang the mistletoe above our parent’s heads
Riding down the hill now we’ll go faster on our sleds
Tonight we’ll sleep on sofas cuz our parents sold our beds.

Now that we are grown
We have to fly back home
But that’s okay
It’s worth it all
Because Christmas time
It always will remind us that
We’ll never be alone

56 Responses to “100th video!!”

Dro or ryan said on...

December 23, 2008

100! Yay! Happy holidays

fallenangelessence said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th VIDEO. Happy holidays. Please note your links are not working.

g3mini said on...

December 23, 2008

yay 100!!!! another milestone!

**cute card – i’m sure they’ll be just as happy to receive that piece of paper**

Happy Christmas to you and yours!

avweije said on...

December 23, 2008

congrats on your 100th!!

on to the next 100 ;)

Katiebean said on...

December 23, 2008

Aw, I love this song!

Happy 100th! *throws confetti*

Merry Christmas, and have a very happy new year!

coffee said on...

December 23, 2008

100 videos!

have a good holiday kina

FinnFan said on...

December 23, 2008

Such a pretty song. Congratz on you 100th video. Thank you for everything. Happy Christmas. And happy… everything imaginable.

@everyone:
I´ll be leaving for my vacation soon, without my computer, so the ShoutBox will FinnFanless until Su… enjoy it while you can ;)

Gigi said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th Video!! Woohoo!!! Cute song!!

Happy Holidays to all!!!

Elevated Thought said on...

December 23, 2008

congrats on your 100th beed-yo!

thatbabae said on...

December 23, 2008

congrats on the 100th video!

I love how wonderfully you compose a song.. Happy holidays :)

MERRY CHRISTMAS KINA! MUCH LOVE !

<3

yohan said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th!

Have a Happy Newton Day!

@Elevated Thought: I think what you want is to click on “save link as.”

Tanya said on...

December 23, 2008

yay for 100th video!! :D
great song, totally put me in the christmas spirit *hums along*

if we make this socal gathering happen, you will seriously make my christmas :D
no pressure hahah jk

have a wonderful christmas and may you and your family have the happiest of holidays! <3

Wes Mitchell said on...

December 23, 2008

Good stuff! I love the song, very heart warming.

Also, nice touch with the red bow and green background :)

Have a Merry Christmas Kina!!!

Aeglos said on...

December 23, 2008

I like the song (partially because it was written for my demographic). It warms me. It’s a good optimistic acknowledgement of the way things change.

Though I’m rather puzzled by the line “when he rings the bell we’ll gather round and watch it snow.” Is this really something you do?

Excited for the siblings video though. They’re always my favorites. Tell your parents to have more kids.

Timmy said on...

December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas Kina, and to all the Grannis family as well!

And congratulations on your 100th video!

I’m a little stumped though…. I know I’ve heard this song somewhere…. is it a hidden track on one of your cds or something? Cuz I just know I’ve heard it somewhere else before!

Can anyone else un-befuddle me?

cedric cheron said on...

December 23, 2008

Thank you for this lovely song and for the piece of paper.
Congrats for your 100th video *cheers*
happy happy holidays to you and your family, happy Christmas love happiness and all the things that we could wish.
Thank you again!!!!

PS R.I.P year 2008

spirit852 said on...

December 23, 2008

love it, thanks for posting :)
Merry Christmasss

-g- said on...

December 23, 2008

great song…but how come it wasn’t a duet?

cedric cheron said on...

December 23, 2008

it sound like surgacane i think it’s one of your inspirations for writing this song nice i like it!!!

kina said on...

December 23, 2008

@Timmy: good memory :) 1. i had it on my myspace a few months after last christmas 2. i used it as background music in a po box video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1ivha6-_0E

T.Huff said on...

December 23, 2008

Thanks for the beautiful Christmas message!!
Congratulations on the 100th YouTube vid.
You are simply magical. Here’s to the next 100
and the 100 after that,
and the 100 after that,
and ever on.

Natalie D said on...

December 23, 2008

“Because Christmas time
It always will remind us that
We’ll never be alone”

*tear*
Wow Kina, I was so touched by this song. Christmas has always been my favorite time of year, but this year it has been harder than ever to remember what this time is all about. With the economy the way it is, I’m sure a lot of people can relate. But I remind myself that even with nothing under my family’s tree, we still have our health, a roof over our heads, and most of all we have each other. What more could we ask for?

Thank you for being so amazing Kina. Even having never met, I still feel blessed to “know” you. Have a lovely holiday.

<3

meeks said on...

December 23, 2008

this is so catchy… so good… kina u are so gifted.

merry Christmas to the beautiful and loving Grannis Family.

Mama G and Dr G – you have raised a very great family! Merry Christmas to you both =)

Jason Jones said on...

December 23, 2008

Glad you are back home with family :) May all in your life be beautiful in these coming weeks :)

Oh yeah….. and thank you for sharing your life with us :)

maryanne said on...

December 23, 2008

Congrats on the 100th!! *tosses snow in air!* heehee well done kina! I wish Dr.G, mamaG, misa, emi, YOU and the rest your family and friends the happiest Christmas everrrrr!

@timmy and kina: Ha! I knew it sounded familiar.

Glenn said on...

December 23, 2008

Woohoo for 100 videos! It doesn’t really seem like that does it?

I remember this song too, it is great… but I recall it from another site (not myspace or your po box video), one that does not come to mind at the moment.

The end of the year, starting from Thanksgiving and ending with New Years is also my favorite time of year. For me is it happy and also sad.

Looking forward to your sister collab! Say “Hi” to all the family for us :-)

arch said on...

December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas Grannises!

and to everyone here as well. i hope everyone has a great holiday

ps. my parents sold the bed i grew up in :(

k said on...

December 23, 2008

hey kina great song. this definitely goes on my xmas music playlist :-)

Kim H said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th Video!!!
I love the song, it makes me happy and warm on the inside… which is really good considering there’s a foot and a half of snow outside and it’s very very cold…and now I am very off topic but I wish you and your family a wonderful Christmas filled with happiness, warmth, and fun times :D

Thank you for being awesome. you make me smile :)

deana said on...

December 23, 2008

Kina, nice choice for the 100th :) It’s nice to hear this song again and add it to the playlist. I can relate, never know where I’m going to sleep when we visit my family at the holidays. Hmm… I think I was camped out in their living room last Christmas the first time I saw you on Youtube! A lot of milestones since then, huh?

Thanks for a year of sharing your gifts! Warm wishes from my family to yours, and to all the blahgers! ~d

TimR said on...

December 23, 2008

Yay! A song I requested actually made it! Of course, it was pretty obvious that she’d sing her Christmas song before Christmas, and my request was in one of those 1000-post blahgs that Kina probably didn’t read, but still.

Merry Everything everybody!

Cassie:) said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th video!

It’s interesting. I must have downloaded this song off of your myspace last winter before I found your youtube videos. So I’ve known this song for a super long time. So cool!

Happy holidays!

MikeJ said on...

December 23, 2008

Congrats on 100th video.

Hope you and your family have a very Merry Christmas!

Thanks for the mp3. I’ll add it to my list of Xmas songs.

Heather said on...

December 23, 2008

Happy 100th Kina! I’ve heard that song before but hearing it just now really touched me, so true!

Happy holidays to you and your family, and good luck working on the album! Looking forward to it. :)

NathanHuff said on...

December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas, Kina! I liked the song that you wrote! Habla espanol? Feliz Navidad! Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa! I liked the bow in your hair. I thought it was part of an elf hat! Happy Holidays from Alex, my brother and me, plus my Mommy and Daddy Huff. I hope to hear a new song soon. Goodbye and happy holidays!

renegade said on...

December 23, 2008

you should know that malia and sasha dig ‘i know who took the milk and cookies’ as everyone should. happy holidays

spctessnc said on...

December 23, 2008

thanks for the pick me up during these drab holidays. i hope you enjoy your time with your family. i have posted your video to my facebook and hope to share your music and talent with all my “friends”. have your considered doing a photoshoot? my sister is a photographer in LA and does great work. your very photogenic and a flattering shoot would be a nice gift to all your fans (but it might distract them from your excellent music).

Merry Christmas!

Doug

Dee said on...

December 23, 2008

Wow! I cannot believe this is your 100th youtube video already!
This is so great and I love Christmas so it’s even better =]

Have a very wonderful Christmas/Holiday :D

Dr G said on...

December 23, 2008

Thanks to everyone for all their wishes for our family. We feel very fortunate, me in particular being the dad to these three great girls. What luck! And, I send the same best wishes and hopes back to all of you.

This is a difficult year for many, and that is one reason Kina wanted to do these two free downloads of “i know who took the milk and cookies”, and the original “Gotta Digg”.

She feels so thankful and grateful for all that has happened as a result of her original desire to write and share her music, and it is hard to come up with a good way to express it.

Happy holidays, Christmas, Hanukka, Kwanzaa, New Years!

MikeJ said on...

December 23, 2008

@Dr G:

You are a great father indeed! To have raised 3 such wonderful people (along with Mama G) is quite an accomplishment.

Definitely wish you and your family all the best this holiday season!!!

CLights said on...

December 24, 2008

I’ve listened to Kina Grannis for about oh a month now – and am pretty much impressed – a really nice voice supported by good songwriting.

A merry XMas and a happy new 2009 to the entire Grannis family!

Alex pham said on...

December 24, 2008

hi kination merry christmas!

Hermancountrymuziek said on...

December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

margaret said on...

December 25, 2008

Congratulations, Kina, on your 100th! Am so happy that things are going well for you; you have a lot of talent and will go far. We send our wishes for a very Happy Christmas and wonderful 2009 to you and your family, and a hug for your Obamasama too!

Fab said on...

December 25, 2008

Congratulations Kina !!!
Merry Christmas and Happy new year.

T.Huff said on...

December 25, 2008

@Dr G: “and it is hard to come up with a good way to express it.”

Well, I think everyone here would say that she expresses it extraordinarily well with her devotion to her fans, her generosity of spirit and in the most touchingly beautiful music we have ever heard.

So again, Happy Holidays to you, Mama G, Misa, Emi and our most-favorite artist, Kina.

Alex Taylor said on...

December 25, 2008

Merry Christmas Kina, to you and your family! Thanks so much for making the digg song free, I’ve always wanted it. Congrats on your 100th vid, great song :)

PS: My birthday was the 19th and I was wondering if you could put me in the shoutouts in your next video, that’d be great :)

thuff@work.sorta said on...

December 26, 2008

Oh, what the heck is my WordPress password??!! Well, nevermind, it’s at home. So while I wait for stuff to happen in the lab and doodle around a bit, let me try to find a way to squeeze into the convo here. Since Kina opened the door a tad with her bit about the merch in this vid, I think it is loosely OT but pardon it anyway.

For those of us middies (newbie grads) who are used diggin’ and loving Kina w/ her guitar on YouTube, please take a peak at the vintage Kina cds in her store!! I got my merch a couple weeks back, but zoom zoom land took over with the holiday rush + all the cool stuff here at KG.com, and I back-burnered her cds. *d’oh*

No more! There is a whole ‘nother Kina world out there middies!! I can’t stop listening to “Sincerely, Me” with its textured, classical rock band makeup: drums, bass, percussion, strings, electric guitar–even some good ol’ wah-wah–all layered around Kina’s guitar and amazing voice.

So check it out middies, ya Gotta Digg this too!!

Melanie Discon said on...

December 26, 2008

I just wanted to say that I Love your voice! If it had not been for your version of “The Call” by Regina Spector I wouldn’t have ever found you. My friend sean and I sing and play together and I have a blast doing it! If you’d like to hear us we’re also on myspace LOL! Anyways happy holidays! Hope this new year brings you new and wonderful surprises! God bless!

Melanie Discon said on...

December 26, 2008

I meant youtubw not myspace LOL sorry for the confusion. It’s hard to type on this iPod touch… My fingers are just too big LOL

RarrrMatty said on...

December 27, 2008

HIII KINA !!! well this is my first time to ever post on your blog so i don’t know what to say really lol… But for starters you have probably one of the most amazing voices i ever heard in my life seriously… I think my friend posted one of your many videos of you on myspace and ever since i can’t stop listening to you. But anyways happy holidays and you will probably be seeing me more often LUV YA KINA !!! =]

RarrrMatty said on...

December 27, 2008

OHHH !! and i almost forgot CONGRATS ON YOUR 100th video !! =]

Soy Sauce said on...

December 28, 2008

Aloha! Lol, I’d just like to say that you are totally awesome! I first stumbled across you while listening to some songs by Regina Skeptor. I saw your video for “The Call” and I was like “Holy Toast!!! She has an amazing voice!” =]. You also play the guitar better than my brother,lol. But he plays electric so I just think it sounds like a much of noise. Acostic is better in my opinion. Okay, I need to stop rambling…So…*Throws confetti* CONGRATS ON YOUR 100th VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooooot!
Peace!Love! Rawrrr!
The Soy Sauce
P.S. You’re probably wondering about this name..Soy Sauce. :3 I like it because it makes me sound mysterious…and crazy xD lol. I’m very random. Well, Byeeee!

kaneohe_grown said on...

December 28, 2008

WHY Mario??? why…why…
Luigi FOREVER!!

TokoBali said on...

January 4, 2009

I prefer Yoshi. :D

kookimebux said on...

February 1, 2009

Hello. And Bye. :)

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