sand castles
wowwww. it has been BUSY!! i had a crazy fun weekend in denver at the mile high music festival– but i’ll tell you more about that later :) i am suuuuper tired. just got back from a practice with lady danville and the payphones for our collabo on friday! super fun!
tomorrow– meeting with interscope… hmmmm.
glad youtube finally decided to work!
heart you
kina.
p.s. my mother is the greatest sand sculpter of all time
oovret: Week 12- Emmy week
In concurrence with the Emmy nominations, earlier this week: what is your favorite television show and character in each category?
*disclaimer from kina*
i am far to indecisive to ever pick a favorite character. also, i don’t watch much tv.
Comedy? the office or arrested development
Drama? grey’s anatomy
Game show? don’t watch any
“Realityâ€? hmmm… arg. i don’t know.
Cartoon? probably family guy
@Daniel J
little drawings of guitars and hearts!? what are you talking about! that’d be an awesome thing to send!
@sabafa
no more working at the coffee shop for me:( as fun as it was and as handy as some extra cash would be right now, there’s just no time!
@paid for in dollar coins
woww!! look forward to seeing you and amanda this friday!
@cassie
i hope “message from your heart” is coming along :)
@sherriekinney
still not over how beautiful your cover of ours to keep is. WOW!
@blew
on behalf of the grannis family, thank you!
@gregory mignon
hope you are enjoying the cd! hope to get over to france someday…
@aeglos
i’ve actually gotten way better at my over-apologizing! it used to happen about 15 times a show…. but i’ve cut down as i keep getting scolded from my family… haha
@gene parmesan
you’re alive!!
@glenn
i hope you’ve borrowed your brother’s guitar by now. but more importantly, your puppies are the cutest things that exist, and i show everyone i know pictures of them with the kg sticker everyday.
@libia!
congrats on the new job and thank you so so much! so happy you’re enjoying my music :)
@ta*be
thanks so much!
@dawnc
thaaaank you!
@becki
maybe one of my new favorite stories!! haha. tell your dad hello :)
@k
…..cookies???
@gruntled
my very own island!?
@j.c.
mmmm… takoyaki
@steph
i heart geckos
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:02 am
yay blog!!! ooh i love switchfoot! awesome cover :) so jealous i don’t live in socal!!
i don’t think you should worry about it, your shoutouts are still incredibly you :)
and we should totally switch places. me and geckos have no hearts in between us!
oh.. and miley cyrus?! WHAT?? hahaha that is hilarious.
ps. your eyes are really pretty in the airport shoot. sorry, just had to comment on that. oh and the guy behind you looks like he’s trying to get into your video without being too obvious haha
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 am
your hotel room looked very comfty… lovely cover, lovely bla(h)g, lovely tuesday morning.
p.s.
is there anything special about the VIP tickets? other than the lounge and goodie bag?
&
Mosquitos are no joke.
ttys.
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:13 am
I walk away for 2 minutes to make some Ramen and I miss it!
Well I hope you had a smooth flight and that you don’t rip off your foot (I would think it might make things complicated, that’s just me though).
So, yay blog!
(I just want to apologize ahead of time if none of this makes sense, it is late, as you have pointed out, and I’m not usually very coherent when I’m tired)
The song was really sad, but very beautiful. That seems to be how it usually is. Sad and beautiful go together like peanut butter and bananas.
I want to wish you the best of luck for the Hotel Cafe show! How I wish I was born just a few years earlier! I thought when I turned 18 I could do anything. Oh how wrong I was!
I should probably finish making my Ramen…have a wonderful tuesday!
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:20 am
oh and i just thought of this. when you bring your guitar around with you.. on the plane. i’m guessing you don’t check it in because that just seems like a bad idea. but where do you put it? i mean.. where does it fit on a plane?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:21 am
tiny lizard!
@steph
hahaha that old man was awesome
@katie
peanut butter and bananas? whaa?
[brb]
om-craps its yummy. whereever did you discover such a delicious combination?
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:25 am
yo whaaaaat? “Let That Be Enough” is like my favorite Switchfoot song ever! i wish more people covered that song. beautiful job as always. damn i wish i lived in socal.. actually no, i just wish you played more shows in norcal. hehehe
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:31 am
@arch
haha i know he cracked me up.
oh and i used to LOVE peanut butter and banana… esp in sandwiches… yummm… well that only lasted until i got allergic to peanuts :(
so now i eat almond butter with bananas!!! not as good… but the best substitute i’ve found so far
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 am
haha… miley cyrus?? wow i dont see the resemblance.. usually im up at this time for no apparent reason maybe just because im a high school kid who doesnt have anything to do.. but today was different i actually had a reason to stay up and that was to see ur blog post. hehe
July 22nd, 2008 at 2:55 am
oh and i feel extremely stupid for commenting on the same blog in the span of like an hour… but just had to say that my favorite switchfoot song is learning to breathe. :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:03 am
wow i love that song! I first heard it on the movie Model Behavior have you seen it? its one of my favorites! the fact that people sometimes dont realize how great their life is until they live a week or two on someone elses shoes mmm so good and sad! but anyways like i said before u need to go to disney world!!!! =) where dreams come true!
and thanks two days ago was my first day on the floor as a server at steak n shake i had tons of fun. but ah
watching you play guitar makes me wana learn =(
Well cant wait to c the video from Denver !
Take care <3
July 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 am
Hi Kina,
Love the blog from the airport - I’ve done that a few times and thought I found a nice quiet spot with minimal people and then I look to left and someone is sitting right there, watching me yap into a camera. It’s a bit disconcerting. ;-)
But really, kudos for getting the blog up with all that other stuff going on! As a musician and someone who’s trying to do all of this myself, it’s really inspiring, and I’m curious as to how you keep everything organized! Blogging here, on Myspace, and the various social networking sites, etc. Maybe I’m in dire need of some kind of time management. Or do you just not sleep? ;)
Looking forward to the Hotel Cafe show!
~Jenn R.
July 22nd, 2008 at 5:24 am
I was about to say your bedroom was coming along, lol until you said it was the hotel room.
About the song you accidentally deleted do you type it in the phones wordpad? Seems if it was with the lines of text so short it would be hard to see all of what you have as you read through. I guess you can always email even incomplete work to yourself as a backup.
Thanks for the video. Can’t wait to see the Denver pics.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:00 am
I’m alive and finally, as of today, back in the states. I’m glad to see you listed Arrested Development on your list of shows…I would have been really hurt otherwise. Great video, and good luck with Interscope today.
P.S. Don’t expect much, but something small from Peru is headed your way.
July 22nd, 2008 at 7:54 am
Last week when you commented on it it was by far the best moment of my week, and then now you featured me this week so you pretty much made my life! hahaha
And thank you!!! :D
~Sherrie~
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:35 am
yay! blog! .. :) still cant watch til later.. :( good to know you got home safely.
July 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
always going above and beyond =D
you can fall back on being a miley cyrus impersonator now, hahaha.
great cover and agree with steph, gorgeous eyes!
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:09 am
I’m at work right now. D:
I’ll watch when I get to my other job.
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:34 am
Another great video as always. The festival sounded amazing, Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat, I wonder if they got together and sang “Lucky” (best song). I just noticed that Colbie and Kina are around the same age, Colbie looks a lot older than Kina though, both are very talented though. I saw Colbie live(she is amazing live), but not Kina yet though(which I am 100% positive is also amazing live). Kina you are spoiling us with 2 videos a week now, I don’t know if the regulars on this site will be able to get through the week when you go back to one video a week.
P.S. Are we going to get to see some pics from your photo shoot with Emi?
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:44 am
@Kina
Wow Kina…you posted the vid at 1AM?–that’s crazy! :) You must be really tired (but you don’t show it)…hats off to you…get some rest…
Mosquitoe bites on your foot are the worst! It helps if you rub salt on the bite (better than scratching)…or better yet, anti-itch cream from the drugstore…
@Katiebean
Ah…cup’o noodles, greatest invention for college students :). Has lots of sodium but beats dorm food…
Katie you’re only 18–the whole world is ahead of you! Keep striving to accomplish your goals!
@Mama G
I want to see pictures of your sand castles! :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
“tomorrow– meeting with interscope… hmmmm.”
Kina, don’tcha mean…
“tomorrow!! meeting with interscope!!! yaaaaaaay! will be a super positive hour laying out my immediate musical future!! can’t wait!!!”
You must think positively and go into each meeting knowing it will have a great outcome and be everything you ever wanted it to be.
Keep us updated please!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
dugg for arrested dev & the office, switchfoot, and mr. williams!
take care!
July 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
that’s funny, someone told me I looked like Miley Cyrus a month or two ago. I didn’t see the resemblance then, either. Also, wtf keyboard? And to mr. soohoo, those pens and mugs = beautiful (yeah, yeah, wrong post, I’m lazy). There was something else I wanted to respond to but it’s not coming to me. Umm….OH YES–peanut butter + bananas + HONEY is the best. Mmmmm.
ps–Gene, have I ever told you you’re one of my heroes?
July 22nd, 2008 at 6:31 pm
@ Kina - Miley Cyrus??!?!?!?!?!!?!? that would be really weird haha and amazing cover as always! i never heard that song before but i like it!
@ Misa and others - Peanut Butter and Bananas is the best sandwhich EVER!! never tried it with honey though?? is it fantastic!!?!? haha but i have done peanut butter and just honey which is good but ill have to put them all together
p.s. to all - Does anyone else when they go to spell bananas sing the gwen stefani song with the B.A.N.A.N.A.S ??? thats what i always do
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:34 pm
Kina! You’re mean! you’re just making me wonder more. Iiinteresting choice of song. But a very good one. I do like the song. Good for most points in my life, but particularly applicable for this one.
And hey, keep that apology streak alive. I have a friend like you, y’know. I deal with her by demanding apologies from her for everything. So Kina, you better apologize next week, mmk? I don’t know for what, but I’m sure there’ll be something :)
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
i feel so late in commenting here…
wow.. a switchfoot oldie…haha
@steph, re:guitars on planes
my friend checked in his guitar(taylor 314ce) on a flight. it was in a hard case(not a road case) very much like the one kina uses. when he got it back from baggage it had been smashed. the top/face was dented and had a crack about 5″ long. its fixed now, but it’s just not the same….
peanut butter and banana sandwiches… isn’t that what killed elvis?
miley cyrus? is that the new compliment… “wow! you look like miley cyrus!”
July 22nd, 2008 at 11:29 pm
kina - your tenacity for bloggin’ so often is humbling- thanks so much! also, we have the same fav. tv shows! my favorite line was when you said the show goes til “late-o’clock” i will add that to my list of kina-isms :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:02 am
The Phoenix airport… Skyharbor, my Mom and younger brother live in Tucson so I know the place well. Your innovation & commitment is cool, vlogging on the run … kinda adds more reality doesn’t it.
and the puppies say ‘woof … woof’ to you and and everyone here. They are growing so fast, I think it may be time to take more pictures ;-)
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:14 am
@nimur
yeah baggage is not exactly carefully handled that’s why i wouldn’t ever expect kina to check in a guitar… not a smart choice.
@glenn
ooh puppies!! :) pictures pictures! oh and i used one of your pictures for my facebook profile… i hope you don’t mind. i’m only trying to exploit it’s amazing cuteness to expand the kination. :)
oh and how funny is it that after checking the blog comments, i go to my email…only to find a link about miley cyrus’ new cd :) maybe it’s a foreshadowing!…or would it be “a foreshadow”….. neither sounds right. english major anyone?
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pm
@steph
no worries, you are welcome to use the picture in the spirit of spreading the word. I’ll have to search facebook to see if I can find the lit’l ones. :-)
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:01 pm
i just noticed how empty the airport is.. even though on a weekday, i’ll expect more than a couple.. lol
July 24th, 2008 at 12:52 am
AH SWITCHFOOT!!
when i started hearing the guitar i was like ‘hey that song sounds familiar’ then you started singing and i was like ‘why do i know the words to this song and yet not know the title of it by now?’ then i was like ‘OHHHH’ and that was my dumb moment of the night. though it is almost 1 o’clock in the morning and i have to get up for work in 5 hours blagh. but yes beautiful rendition, i loved it :)
p.s. i hate that you have to pay for internet at airports. as much as i’d want to waste my time in between flights surfin the web, i find it disheartening that i have to pay ten dollars. it’s way cool that you recorded everything during the day while you were traveling though! a preview of kina on her cross country tour! lol
well have a good week and have a great show!!!! :D i wish i could come but sadly im only 19 *tear*
Tanya
July 24th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Aloha Kina!
hurrah for another blog entry:) watching your videos makes me happy! beautiful cover,your vocals’ amah-zing! A close friend of mine is leaving for UK for 3 years and I’m thinking of writing her a set of lyrics as part of the farewell card, do you know of any songs I could use?( I’ll love to use one of your songs!) hope you’re doing well, love!
D:)
PS: Miley cyrus?!! nooooo..
July 26th, 2008 at 5:14 am
the office is theee favorite & best show ever haha (:
goodmorning kina ! have an awesome weekend. (:
July 26th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
@Misa
I’m soooo not cool enough to be one of your heroes!
July 26th, 2008 at 11:48 pm
I had a great realization today, if the grannis sisters combined into a trio, they would be like the female jonas brothers kids, except cooler hahah. they should be called the Grannis Sister’s (what else would they be called).
July 27th, 2008 at 1:57 am
oovret: Week 13
What countries have you visited?
How many states have you traveled? (Care to list them?)
What is your longest period of time without seeing any immediate family members?
What is the furthest distance you have driven in one day?
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
Sorry my questions the past couple weeks have been lame. Hopefully this week’s are fun and interesting.
July 27th, 2008 at 8:33 am
So, I tried to leave a comment days ago, but apparently it didn’t go through…weird. Anyway, another great one. On another note, should I received a street team packet by now?:-)
July 27th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
ajsea… and other street team members: street team packets are still being assembled!!! I SWEAR to you… they’re coming!!
(stickers: check!
street team tshirts: check!
thing in the little envelope: check!
custom street team mini Coopers: still awaiting arrival!)
July 27th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
ooh i’ve always wanted a mini cooper!!!!!! :) (my brothers always told me i was stupid for wanting one ):)
July 28th, 2008 at 1:18 am
I love the way how you put so much feeling in those songs (:
are you a switchfoot fan?
anyway, how’s the music industry?
I guess it’s very hard, isn’t it?
oh! I wanted to ask you something, if that’s ok?
‘what’s your fav song you wrote? :) ‘
I love (reading) your blogs & your music ofcourse!
btw, when are you going to put a video with your sisters again? :)
xo
July 28th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Oopsies, I’ve just posted this in an old blog,sorry 4 the messup:* Reposted here because of it’s content.
Just 2 let u know, I’ve deleted my http://www.youtube.com/sabafa32ndRstr250608 account and am not planning on opening a new one. I intensely dislike attempts to control me, so as I had sufficient control to not put up with it, I put a stop to my input!
There are possibly bigger issues besides the following one, but fancy them thinking they could get away with stopping me from watching the end of a Tom & Jerry cartoon over and over and expect me to stay as part of the community! At that level of censoring, I shudder to think what they would do if I start to watch your videos again and again like I used to!
They are cool though in letting someone go, unlike some sites that do their utmost to ignore your requests to close your account, or worse ones that do ignore and actively stop you stripping out your stuff or to close your account, or even worse ones that keep your stuff and allow you to close your account but without allowing you to remove all your stuff!
@ kina
I hope the revelation that your Mom is a Sculptress doesn’t mean that there is another ’starving artist’ in the family;) but, seriously, it’s so good to hear/see the support you all give each other<that3 I fear that it’s a much needed commodity for many these days!
July 28th, 2008 at 8:24 am
What countries have you visited?
Japan, Mexico, Germany, Austria, France, Switzerland, Morocco
How many states have you traveled? (Care to list them?)
23: California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia
What is your longest period of time without seeing any immediate family members?
I don’t remember exactly, but probably 6-9 months max. Someone usually ends up stopping by eventually.
What is the furthest distance you have driven in one day?
Would have been one of the legs of our road trip (Kina and me). Probably a stretch through the midwest to get it over with. NO NO it was probably when we started at the Grand Canyon at 4am, drove up through Zion in Utah, drove through Vegas, got stuck on the highway and ended up driving straight through to CA. At least, that *felt* like the longest leg since we got into CA around 2am.
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
Catamaran!
@Gene: are too!
July 28th, 2008 at 9:29 am
@Misa: You’ve never been to Canada?
July 28th, 2008 at 4:29 pm
What countries have you visited?
Mexico, Canada, New Zealand
How many states have you traveled? (Care to list them?)
39 total. All states other than Alaska, North Dakota, Mississippi, Louisiana, South Carolina, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, and the District of Columbia.
What is your longest period of time without seeing any immediate family members?
1 year.
What is the furthest distance you have driven in one day?
I once drove from Stowe, Vermont, through NYC, to Southern California in 54 hours. In 24 hours, I drove almost 1600 miles.
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
Plane, or free diving under the water (without air tanks).
July 29th, 2008 at 7:49 am
Nope, no Canada. Unless you count once a looooooooong time ago when I went to Niagara Falls on the Canadian side of the border.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:49 am
It was pretty common in school for people to take trips up to Montreal, but I never went.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
@Russ… I just got back from a 2500+ mile roadtrip… and did my best to eradicate the little pests.
(those are ALL mosquitos, not dirt/mud).
I like the way the pattern makes you feel like you’re jumping to hyperspace. :-P
July 30th, 2008 at 1:45 pm
@Misa… It may sound strange, but a coach of mine once got me hooked on eating PBJ with trail-mix in the middle…
gotta be the kind with the plain chocolate M&M’s in it though.
@nimur…. I think it was the peanut butter and BACON that got “The King”.
@Mama G… Miss me? ;-)
July 30th, 2008 at 4:10 pm
@oovret: Week 13
What countries have you visited?
Dominica (East Carribean)… and parts of Los Angeles.
How many states have you traveled? hmm… eight?
Hawai’i
Florida
Oregon
Washington
California
Nevada
Utah
Arizona
What is your longest period of time without seeing any immediate family members? Maybe 6-9 months
What is the furthest distance you have driven in one day?
About 1000-miles in 15 hours, by myself, from Portland to L.A. And 1-hour of that was to stop for food. :-) I fly low.
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
Oh, I LOVE to drive… although, if I ever got to fly a plane I might have to amend that answer.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:12 pm
I LOVE SWITCHFOOT! Sounds AWESOME!!! Keep going strong Kina, you are amazing!