meet me in san francisco today?
heyo!
i’m in san francisco for the nike women’s marathon on sunday and i thought– why not meet some peeps?!
so i’ll be hanging out today–saturday, october 18th– at a starbucks by union square from 1-2:30PM and i would LOVE to meet you and hang for a bit!
here’s the address:
390 stockton st., san francisco, ca
perhaps i shall see you then.
in other news…
here’s me opening all my awesome po box goodies! well not all of them… there’s actually 12 more minutes of po box footage that i’ll save for another time so i don’t bore you to death. :)
October 18th, 2008 at 12:27 am
i’ll be there tomorrow Kina. looking forward to meeting everyone.
-k
October 18th, 2008 at 3:00 am
wow 2nd comment!
loved the crunchies
October 18th, 2008 at 8:01 am
These videos are never boring Kina! Wish I could make it out to Starbucks, but instead I’ll just go to my local Starbucks and have a green tea in your honor.
Good luck tomorrow!
October 18th, 2008 at 8:53 am
Priceless as ever.
Good luck!
October 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
Know what this means Kina? It means now he expects you to got out on a date with him. But don’t you do it homegirl!. If he was really cool he’d have sent that stuff anonymously, (so that every other guy could take credit for it. And oh how hilarious that’d be.) And besides, I understand the keyboard what with helping you make music but, you already have an I-Phone with a built-in I-Pod. The picks, strings, and capo were more useful than the Touch. I’d sell it on Ebay. Money is money. When you go to the bank and see your account statement and the number is higher, does that truly give you joy? The fulfillment you get in a letter or in person from someone you have truly touched, well that - that’s intangible. And goddamn you Kina. Lived in Northern California for so long and the second I leave the state you go and visit San Francisco again. That’s the second time kaygee. Thanks, universe. But ah, you’re not that great live anyway. With your awkwardness and out of tune guitar and pick droppings and racial slurs. There was no need to insult that Canadian! Eh, I’ll see you on tour in a year or two. And I’ll come bearing intangibles.
October 18th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
^ that was a little bit cruel up there sir, I hope you are joking. Kina is the best performer I have ever seen live, she makes you feel as if you are her friend even though she has never seen you and probably won’t after the show, but still it’s the though that counts.
On a better note, that was another funny kina video. It must be cool getting all those free candies, don’t eat them all at once though, even though you’ll burn it all plus more off tomorrow. Good luck on your marathon and try not to die haha. I hope we get to see you running, that would be pretty neat, instead of seeing the calm and collected kina, we get to see her struggling and sweaty haha. Well good luck hope you have fun
October 18th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Good luck on your marathon Kina! Those Tim Tams made me wan to just hop across the pond just so I could partake in those famous Tim Tam Slams, yum!
October 18th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Good Luck on the marathon Kina!
Side note — I think it’s great all the support you have provided the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with helping to raise money.
My father has a rare type of blood cancer as well so I know how important it is to create awareness and help out.
Thanks for being a great inspiration.
-SuG
October 18th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
great video kina!! made my day way!! better since im sick laying in my bed :( .. so happy to have seen this.. yay.. lol… hope you do well as the marathon and keep hydrated.. have a good time in frisco.. as for the other comment.. theres always one.. everyone have a great weekend
October 18th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
Excellently useful PO box goodies! And Cadbury chocolate bars are just excellent :-). Just as well the little shop on the corner is shut now so I can’t go and buy some! (I went to school with some of the Cadbury extended family so I have to say nice things about them :-)
Hope Starbucks was/is great (depending on timezone difference). Super good luck for the marathon - hope you have a wonderful and memorable day.
October 18th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
it was awesome seeing everyone! loved the impromptu show in front haha
and Glenn! heres hoping you found them in time =]
October 18th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
@arch… i hope you guys took pics.. and maybe you can share!? :)
October 18th, 2008 at 6:27 pm
kina took a few and i think a few others did too =]
October 18th, 2008 at 6:35 pm
How cool is that?…meeting Kina at a coffee shop…
Next thing you know, someone’s going to send a car or something…
Good luck tomorrow Kina!
October 18th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
hey, glad you enjoyed the pad!! now be inspired!! and run your little heart out = )
good luck!
October 18th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
That was an excellent hangout session at Starbucks! So very happy to meet Kina and Emi and mom&dad G! I wish my mind wasn’t so blown so that I could remember more about the other people I was talking with. I get forgetful when I’m nervous.
Good luck with the race tomorrow Kina!
*HUGS* to all.
P.S. Misa, if you need third-party tech support/advice, contact me @ http://www.alderin.com , I’ll be glad to help.
October 18th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Very nice to meet you today! Best of luck at the marathon tomorrow, amazing cause in a beautiful city. Hope to see you again soon.
October 18th, 2008 at 11:08 pm
@arch - yes, I was fortunate enough to find them!
Kina, you definitely need to come back to northern california, but that is a topic for another day (hint..hint). While I type this you are probably sleeping away to prepare for your big day tomorrow and when you read this I am sure you are filled with the gratifying accomplishment you deserve in finishing and triumphantly completing the race :-)
As you tend to your soreness don’t forget about us folks here. Go Kina!
October 19th, 2008 at 1:03 am
oovret: Week 25
Are you usually able to carry on a conversation while running?
Did you have a special pre-marathon diet?
How much further do you think you could have run?
Would you consider participating in a triathlon?
What kind of running shoes did you wear?
October 19th, 2008 at 1:37 am
it was a pleasure to meet everyone at starbucks. the impromptu performance was captivating! i hope you have a great run today and i’m looking forward to your follow up blogs. thanks for the meetup!
k
October 19th, 2008 at 6:06 am
you are so cool
October 19th, 2008 at 6:13 am
i’m not from… the place there.. you speak… english…?
but i saw all the great videos on youtube so i went to your ..blog?
and now i really whant to be your friend, but i don’t speak so much english… i am 14 years old and speak swedesh so… it’s kind of hard to whrite this. bye! :)
October 19th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Don’t 4gt 2 tie your laces twice 4 good luck - it stops them coming undone:) but it removes the pleasent opportunity of having a rest whilst refastening them;)
Whatever happens, I’m sure we’re proud of you for even having the good intentions in the first place<3
October 19th, 2008 at 9:54 am
run kina run!
October 19th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Hi Kina, I hope your marathon went well. I´m eager to hear your comments about it.
About your PO Box videos… When I watched your previous video, I was totally amazed by myself: there I was, a cynical no-nonsense type of guy, who´s rarely impressed by anything too much… and there I was watching someone open her mail for almost 20 minutes… and LOVING every second of it. It was priceless to see the expressions on your face when you opened your presents.
I´m telling this because I want you to know that you don´t have to make your videos shorter for our sake. If shorter videos are more convenient for you because of uploading time or for some other reason, then of course I understand. But I´m sure that if someone likes you enough to watch your PO Box videos, he/she doesn´t have any problems with their length. For me, they always end too soon.
October 19th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
Well, I see from your Twitter that you MADE it. All that training was a good thing, because apparently…
.
(The Little Blue Engine, by Shel Silverstein)
The little blue engine looked up at the hill.
His light was weak, his whistle was shrill.
He was tired and small, and the hill was tall,
And his face blushed red as he softly said,
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”
So he started up with a chug and a strain,
And he puffed and pulled with might and main.
And slowly he climbed, a foot at a time,
And his engine coughed as he whispered soft,
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.”
With a squeak and a creak and a toot and a sigh,
With an extra hope and an extra try,
He would not stop — now he neared the top —
And strong and proud he cried out loud,
“I think I can, I think I can, I think I can!”
He was almost there, when — CRASH! SMASH! BASH!
He slid down and mashed into engine hash
On the rocks below… which goes to show
If the track is tough and the hill is rough,
THINKING you can just ain’t enough!
.
-wwar1ace
October 19th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
Hola Kina, Hope the race went well…can’t wait to hear your comments. I’m pretty excited for finally discovering your blog. I only watched your videos on you tube but never entered your blog. Hope you get a chance to read this. Anyway, have an awesome week.
October 19th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
congrats on the run Kina!! cant wait to hear about it! although its not a marathon, i did a 3 mile walk :) through disneyland and california adventure this morning for the CHOC. it was awesome to just see parks again.. all for a good cause right? :) well, hope you recover fast…
October 19th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
congrats on the run!
it was great meeting you at starbucks yesterday! i’m still star struck, haha.
after you played on my guitar i don’t think i’ll ever play it again. most likely my other ones. cause i don’t want the note you wrote on it to go away, haha.
hope you’re doing well!
October 19th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
It was so much fun meeting all of you this weekend!! (and for all you apple folks, we <3 you in a big way) Thank you so much!!!
Kina was a running MACHINE and we were so proud watching her accomplish her goal… she was channeling her inner samurai.
October 20th, 2008 at 4:30 am
Glad you made it Kina - hope it was fun. I guess you’ll be going down stairs backwards for a few days :-). Results aren’t up yet but it must be as hilly as they say since the 1st woman last year was 3:01 and the first man was 3:09.
Why do Apple choose to launch new Macbooks when I want one? I can’t find an Apple store in the south of England that has any in stock now :-(.
October 20th, 2008 at 8:05 am
4 Kina
Maybe this will help speed things up for us and release some time for you if you haven’t already tried it:-
New You Tube Video Upload Redesign Beta http://uk.youtube.com/blog?entry=mCrl7Y8CwVw
October 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Oh I wish I had a magical power that would let me teleport to wherever I wanted to go!!! That would be super awesome because then I could have seen you in San Francisco! But alas I don’t have that power, and I do have a very very empty lonely bank account haha. Maybe sometime you’ll become superbly famous and wander up north? that would be lovely! I’ll have to wait for that day and pray that I’m still here when you show up!
anyway congrats on completing the run!!! after all the achey tiredness you probably feel so accomplished! I hope :D
BTW you have the best PO box videos (and videos in general) ever! It’s so much fun to watch them because it’s like getting to know you, since not all of us have the chance of doing it in person!
boring + kina = impossible!!!
October 20th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Did you realize how much that little box matched your shirt?
October 20th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
how’d you do yesterday? im upset that i couldn’t meet up with y’all at starbucks on sat, but i had to work. next time you’re in the bay hit up GoKart Racer in Burlingame. i’ll hook you up. hehehe
October 20th, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Ah nuts. We missed out. T.T
October 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Roller coaster:
Saturday: Meet Kina, Emi, Mama & Papa Grannis in person, find out that they don’t just play cool people on YouTube, but they really are. Awesome day.
Monday: Contract ended. No more job.
:-(
October 20th, 2008 at 9:45 pm
Whoa I just saw an animal walking in the video at around 3:17 in the back left of the video. Is it a cat Kina? If so what’s his/her name. He/she should be introduced like your snakes, I want to see what she.he looks like up close.
October 20th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
@Alderin
I enjoyed meeting you, but I am sad to hear that the contract isn’t going to continue. At least it frees you up for back home. We all send our wishes for a speedy and very successful job hunt for a better one out here.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:58 am
Wow!.. i thought i’d never see Tim Tams state side eVER!!.. my aussie and kiwi friends brings them over for me whenever they visit the good ol’ NYC. i’ll be sure to send you some next time i get my hands on them.. well that is if i figure out how where to send it to that is.
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:54 am
Funny, i was gonna send over some Tim Tams from down under haha.
aaah well - Kina - have you heard about Caramello Koalas or Cherry Ripes? - i think u made need some more australiana
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:27 pm
@Alderin–
Thanks! I know enough to get by, usually, but sometimes I get in a little over my head and could use some help :)
October 30th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
You have the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen.