Kina Grannis

the heart of life

booyah! i totally just got a blog up on a monday!! *rejoice*

i love this song. i think it’s so beautiful.

attention street teamers! check your inboxes :) we’re finally getting started! in the next two weeks we’ll be having meetups on both coasts. details will be in the email!

upcoming shows:
Sat, May 30th :: 2:30PM
Third Street Promenade
1248 3rd Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Cost: free
Notes: All ages! Kina will be performing outside on Third Street Promenade. If all goes as planned, we’ll nab the spot right in front of the Apple store, but check http://www.twitter.com/kinagrannis for last minute updates!

Fri, June 5th :: 7PM
Hiro Ballroom w/ David Choi and Chloe Temtchine
363 West 16th Street
New York, NY 10011
Cost: $13 presale, $15 at the door
Notes: 18+. Meet and greet at venue after show.

Sat, June 20th :: 7PM
Opening for David Archuleta at the San Diego Fair
2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd.
Del Mar, CA 92014
Buy tickets here
Notes: All Ages.

Sun, June 28th :: 5:30PM
Pittsford Park Summer Concert Series w/ Papa Doo Run Run
21701 Pittsford Drive
Lake Forest, CA 92630
Cost: free
Notes: All ages. Come early and bring blankets! Meet and greet after show.

wow… the past week has been insanely busy. my brain is a little slow right now… blah. i like you.

kina

oovret: Week 53

What do you typically purchase from Famima?
i used to always get the salmon hand rolls… they were AMAZING… but i think they’ve stopped making them :( so now i get spicy tuna musubi and occasionally salmon sushi.
Do you enjoy any other ballroom dances?
salsa!
What is your favorite Kogi menu item?
i’m not sure yet… haven’t tried enough things. i MIGHT have had an answer for you had the kogi truck not run out of food when I was in line the other night :(
Do you enjoy listening to “Run-DMC”?
can’t say that i’ve listened to a ton of their music.
Do earthquakes scare you?
not so much when they happen, but i used to lose sleep over thinking about when “the big one” was coming.

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where i stood

oh my. mid thursday!? come on, kina.
thursday is hardly monday ish.

this has been one of my busiest weeks ever! time to get back to the grind.

love you all dearly. thank you times a million :)

kina

oovret: Week 52

Did you go to your senior prom? Where was it?
yes and… i don’t remember.
What is the first movie that comes to mind when you hear the name “Walt Disney”?
the little mermaid. when i was growing up, there was about a year long period when EVERY morning i would wake up and go downstairs and emi would be watching this movie. that is very likely a huge exaggeration… but maybe it’s not. mama g? also, during this time period, misa was very into drawing ariel. she was really good at it.
What charitable organizations do you support?
some of the main ones are The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, American Cancer Society, American Heart Association and Sister to Sister
Do you enjoy listening to the “Glenn Miller Orchestra”?
i am a swing dancer! (yes)
Who has been the best Captain of the USS Enterprise?
i… don’t know. :( *fail*

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walking away

hello!

i just got home from a week in little rock, AR and dallas with my family. arkansas is SO pretty!! i would die of happiness if there was that much green here. it was awesome. the humidity, however, i could do without.

i met a bunch of my aunt’s awesome ballet students. watching their class made me want to be a dancer.

the dallas show was sooo fun! it was great to have my sisters with me on stage again. 112 people showed up, all of which were super amazing people :) thanks so much for coming out!

this song– “walking away” was written by the same two women that wrote “ours to keep”– rachael lawrence and deborah ellen. they are both awesome and i had so much fun recording it with them. it’s available on itunes here:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=310937220&id=310937192&s=143441

two free all ages shows coming up in LA:
Thurs, May 14th – 6PM
UC Riverside
w/Jane Lui, David Choi & Paul Dateh
UCR Belltower
900 University Ave
Riverside, CA 92521
Cost: free
3-4PM Artist panel @Highlander Union Building
6-8PM Artist performances @The Belltower

Mon, May 18th – 12PM
Free Show @UCLA’s Bruin Plaza
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Cost: Free!
Outside the Bruin Plaza from 12 noon to 1pm!

ok… i think that’s all for now. next week i’ll be telling you about a special socal meetup at the end of the month… and *hopefully* we’ll be kicking the street team into gear… finally!

if you’re interested in joining the street team to help spread the love… er… music… (both), you can email me at streetteam@kinagrannis.com!

heart,
kina

oovret: Week 51

What is the most memorable gift you have given on Mother’s Day?
hmm. i think that question should be directed towards mama g. one that comes to mind is a plaque i made when i was little. it was a drawing of two honey bees holding up a scroll that read something like “#1 world’s best mommy award.”

Does your family have any Mother’s Day traditions?
yes! but we didn’t get to do it this year because we were in arkansas, and then my parents had to fly home and the sisters and i drove to dallas. :( but usually we make her breakfast in bed on mother’s day. fresh squeezed orange juice, coffee, huevos rancheros, bowl of mango and a hand-picked bouquet of flowers arranged by emi.

Why did you stop ballet dancing?
you know, i was wondering that same question this weekend… according to my grandmother (who is a ballet teacher), after seeing our first recital she told my mom to make us quit because she didn’t like what they were teaching. :( i’d love to have been a dancer though. not too late??

Do you enjoy listening to Johnny Cash?
someone i should spend more time listening to!

Speaking of Dallas, do you know who shot J.R.?
…

@rissa
welcome! and thank you so much :) my myspace is http://www.myspace.com/kinagrannis
@dro
you can lucid dream every night!??! ahhh jealousy. i hope you’re fulling taking advantage of that! if i were you i would perform at the hollywood bowl… and scuba in the middle of the ocean… and fly to the top of mt. Kilimanjaro … and become a squirrel.
@nico
that sounds amazing. id love to get to that point.
@mojojojo78
i only impersonated tracy morgan because he was standing behind me at the airport for a few minutes talking REALLY loudly (his phone conversation went as follows: “HELLO? WHO IS THIS!? WHO IS THIS!? THIS IS TRACY MORGAN! TRACY MORGAN! …oh. ok.”) so when i retold the story i HAD to talk like him, naturally….
@timR
the system is down. the system is down.
i just had so many homestar runner flashbacks…
@deana
wow, very moved by that story.
@hannah m
oh no! you’re JUST missing two shows. ucla on the 18th and santa monica on the 31! :(

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the climb

hello everyone!

i feel a lot of love for all of you out there right now. mwaaah.

in other news… je suis fatigué.

i highly recommend trying to have lucid dream. here’s some info on how you can 1) get better at dreaming 2) get better at remembering your dream 3) take control of your dreams.

http://www.wikihow.com/Lucid-Dream

i’ve only had a few of these in my life, but they’re pretty incredible. for me, they don’t last very long because the more aware i become the more my brain wants to wake up. but i had one today and i decided to start flying and dive through the ground and it felt pretty amazing. sadly, it ended before i could feast on sushi. :(

oovret: Week 50

Are you good at impersonating any celebrities?
haha. not at all. actually one time i did a pretty decent tracy morgan impersonation, if i do say so myself. :)
What types of makizushi do you like?
all types. except maybe the ones with pickled things in them. and cucumbers are good, but somewhat of a waste of space when you could have other things like … anything else.
Do you ever use capital letters when typing?
hahaha. yes. sometimes i feel disrespectful if i don’t capitalize pronouns… also sometimes my fingers will slip them in randomly for fun, which looks really bad. also if i’m emailing someone i don’t really know about something business-related, i’ll take the time to capitalize so i look slightly more professional.
Do you enjoy listening to Eric Clapton?
why yes.
Were you able to identify any planets, stars, constellations, or astronomical phenomena while on your hike?
yes! mostly just the big dipper over and over again :) i think i also spotted the pleiades.

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