bla(h)g.

ahhhh the half marathon this weekend was so fun! i just felt so incredibly happy. especially during the last 7 miles. it was quite strange.

mmmmm. so i make this smoothie thing most mornings and it is sooo yummy! here’s how to make it:
first off– you have to freeze a half a banana and some blueberries in advance.
put into blender:
1. 1/2 cup soy milk (or whatever milk you prefer) my favorite plain soy milk is vita soy or soy dream
2. half a frozen banana
3. between 1/4 cup and 1/2 cup frozen blueberries
4. 1 tablespoon peanut butter (i like crunchy)
5. (optional) 2 teaspoons kinako powder (its a japanese product– basically soy bean flour)
then blend it!
**the most important thing is to eat it in a bowl with a spoon, this way you can pretend it’s ice cream.

mmmm.

ok, i feel so awkward, i have to go!

heart you,
kina

Week 15/17: The XXIX Olympiad
In the following categories what was your favorite event to watch?
Track
Field
Aquatics
Gymnastics
Team sports
** i don’t think i have a favorite, it’s all pretty amazing to me. i really love to watch the reactions of the athletes, their coaches, and their family/friends at the end of the event. so emotional and cool. it’s pretty moving to me.

it has been brought to my attention that the shoutouts were cut off!! so i uploaded them on their own. here they are:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ-XLfCfeDw

hello everyone!

i feel like i’ve been a little distracted lately and i’m sorry about that. between the weekly blogs, the marathon, street team plans, and all that lovely businessy stuff i have to deal with… i get a little scattered. but today has been rather calm and lovely. i uploaded the blog with no stress and it’s not midnight! huzzah!

though i’ve been less present in writing-form as of late, i have been reading your comments and messages and ideas more than ever and yet again, i feel so incredibly lucky to have all of you supporting me. thank you all again so much.

marathon news- i survived the 15 mile run yesterday! my body definitely felt more used than i could ever have imagined, but it felt so great to finish. this saturday Team In Training has set up a mock half marathon for all of the Los Angeles teams! it should be fun– 13.1 miles.

music news- writing some news songs… perhaps i will share them sometime soon :) also, i’ve been doing some heavy duty brainstorming for my next release. which songs… how they will be presented…etc. more on that later.

when is the best day and time for everyone to attend a live chat on stickam?? please convert times to pacific standard time :)

oovret Week: 16

What is your favorite:
tree? big ones
flower? pretty ones
grass? the long kind that you can frolic in
stone/rock? the kind that you find at the beach
metal? hmm.

sorry everyone, i can’t easily pick favorites when it comes to nature.

umm. Did you forget about last weeks questions? yes. i did. i’m sorry!!

my belated shoutouts for this week :) and then some.

shoutouts and bdays coming later!!

kina

oh my goshh!!!!!
best birthday present ever!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/tanjyoubishoutout
thank you all so much for your birthday shoutouts!! i think i will keep the playlist on repeat for the rest of the day. wow. seriously, i am such a sap, but i was about to cry on several occasions. i am so fortunate to have such amazing people supporting me. thank you!!!!!

Oovret Week 14: Birthday Edition!

Looking back on your 23rd year, what would you say was:
your greatest accomplishment? graduating college… or crashing the super bowl… hah.
your biggest failure? hm.
your happiest moment? graduating… crashing the super bowl…
your most depressing moment? no need to recount it :)

Looking forward, what are your goals for your 24th year?
get a new album out! tour! meet cool people!

i love you all!

kina

today david choi and i finished recording a song we wrote. we’ll be putting it up soon!

must embark on an hour long journey back home now. so very tired.

heart heart,
kina

p.s. that gigantic mic in front of me… it wasn’t actually on. oops. so it looks like its going to sound amazing. and then it sounds like JHSKJDHJSHDJHSD.

oovret: Week 13

What countries have you visited?
new zealand, japan, mexico, costa rica
How many states have you traveled? (Care to list them?)
California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Washington, Hawaii
What is your longest period of time without seeing any immediate family members?
5 months ish?
What is the furthest distance you have driven in one day?
something long on a road trip with misa. or perhaps when i drove to austin, texas last summer.
What is your favorite mode of transportation?
hmmm. running or walking or flying. not on a plane.

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more i forgot to talk about!!!!
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1. a lot of you are bringing up the video of message from your heart from my hotel cafe show. it was one of the neatest things ever. the place was sold out, so there were about 170 people there, and i swear, not THAT many people didn’t sing. so imagine somewhere over 100 people singing, practically in perfect tune, the bum bums. yeah. i wanted to cry. so freaking amazing. i love people.

2. i forgot what number two was but i think it was important.

3. marathon training is going well! last sunday i ran 11.5 miles! now i just have another 15 or so miles to tack onto the end of that…. haha. fundraising is going well too. i think i’m going to have a benefit show in august or september and just put all of the door charge to my Team in Training account for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. i think that’d be fun.

4. i finally set up my stickam.com account. that means we can start having live shows!! and everyone all of the world can be there together in one chat room! go sign up so you will be ready when the day comes. here’s my page: http://www.stickam.com/profile/kinagrannis

5. why do have i have a cold?

6. i will be 23 really soon. i feel weird about that.

7. i just want to keep going now, but i cant think of things to say.

8. fine. you’re cool. bye.

Hey everyone! You may notice a new thing at the top of the sidebar called “Wall.” This is a little shoutbox I just added in case you randomly feel like talking to each other outside of the comment thread or the forums. *shrug* The more communication the better, right? (Shh I don’t want to hear about decentralization.) Anyway, I’m working on getting on on the forum front page, too, since that seems like a slightly more logical place to put it (though perhaps a bit cannibalistic?). I figure that topic-relevant comments can still go in their proper threads, and that random, “I’m bored at work/school someone talk to meee” chatter can go there. Sound like a plan? Good.

-Misa

ps—Thanks to angloman for the suggestion.

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
“Reality”? 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

youtube is down! my video is ready! i board my plane in 15 minutes! i get home at 1am! nooooooooooo

sorry… this is really really long.

but it USED to be 40 minutes. i did my best.