I don't know which video to comment on... Choices choices...
Anyways, I loved the insight into the mind and life of Kina... it was very.... Insightful!
I am curious to see what will happen to the copious amounts of comments that you have been receiving, as I think now it is past the point where you will be able to respond to them.. Truthfully I didn't expect you to, but I can still dream, right?
There are around 330 or so (if i did my math correct).. And thinking about it, if I was just played during the super bowl to 90 million people, I think I might have some more pressing issues to deal with then to reply to comments on my blog... :)
No worries, We are all still enjoying your blog tremendously! (even without the personal replies)
That was a superb montage! The interplay of intimacy and confidence in your playing and the awkwardness afterwards is part of what makes you so captivating; why so many of us are in love with you. I'm so happy for you. You rock! Soak up these amazing moments in your life!
You are special. You are a musician who is anything but big-headed. In fact, you would probably be better served by being more confident in the talents you've been given. That said your grounded personality is cute and endearing. I watch your videos and wish I knew because I want to hang out!! lol Personally, even though you are gaining more exposure by the day, I am selfishly hoping this blog community will stay relatively small (even as your fan base grows beyond all expectations) because it gives devoted readers a way to interact with you in an intimate way that is rarely, if ever, seen with other artists. /my soap box How was that sushi? What would say if I've never had any?
One thing I've enjoyed over the years is being there when talent blossoms: Friends starting bands, proof-reading another friend's book, becoming a customer at another friend's new business. I suppose I'm a just a good fan, an involved one.
Kina, when you burst onto the scene with your YouTube videos, TwoWeeksForKina, and The Digg Effect, I was wondering if it was possible for me to be a "real" fan without knowing the person.
You've struck some kind of a chord (pun!). Your continual and meaningful interaction via your blog and web sites has been amazing. So many people have made comments that echoed my thoughts, that until now I haven't bothered to add one of my own.
I cried when I saw your Doritos Super Bowl ad. Not something this 51 year-old weight-training paraglider-flying engineer ever does for a commercial.
Thanks for letting me follow along on your journey.
That was a really nice video of you....Could anybody be more genuine....I think not...Now that you are going to be a musical superstar, you won't have to worry about not being around bugs and snakes at all...You'll get to meet plenty of them...
the video was amzing, you should do a day in the life video. that would be totally awesome, and a kina podcast. i thought of a pretty sweet name "The Kina Colada". just think about it
okay... just so some of you don't think you're going crazy... I copied the 6 comments from the 1st video and added them to the 2nd video comments, so Kina could delete one of the videos.... she didn't want to lose those precious comments!!
@Jro--That's funny, the first thing my friend said when she won was "Soon she's gonna be on MTV Cribs! When she is can I be one of the guys in the background just hanging around the pool?
Not gonna lie, as soon as I saw what you wrote about this being like a Y, I thought of the song. Then I got mad. How are we supposed to do the K? Seems important.
@J.C. Trust me it took a long time to figure out how to say what I felt...coherently, that is.
in case you missed this on the previous blog... As you might imagine, Kina is going insane right now with so much going on with Interscope, Doritos, interviews, business decisions, not to mention that mountain of cd sales she has to pack, mail, and ship! (you have to cut her some slack on the cd shipments... she splurged some of her hard-earned contest winnings on getting the cds commercially burned, printed and encased.... and the company put the cds in the wrong jewel cases!!!!! We'll have to switch them by hand, which is quite labor-intensive and annoying since buying them was supposed to make this process EASIER)
She is anxious to edit and post her footage of Phoenix for y'all (been around Landon too much) but you're just going to have to wait a little longer.
Just to tide you over, let me say that the Grannis fam spent the weekend in Phoenix and those Doritos people and all the non-Doritos-but-also-essential-to-the-success-of-the-contest people were totally DOPE (been around Raj too long). How they amassed such amazing,cool people all on one project is inconceivable. Everyone was the nicest, coolest, most fun, most sincere, most talented, etc etc... well, you get what I'm saying...
We got to meet Nivla, P. Oberoi, DJ Sharad, producer/promoter Raj, photographer Ravi, and producer Josh who were all so much fun!! And from the Austin camp: Landon, his sister, Dani, mom, dad, aunt and uncle who were the friendliest people on earth.
Seriously, people.... Kina could not have asked for greater "competitors". These guys were absolute gems. I knew them for only 3 days and I love them all! There was some negativity amongst the fans but between the Nivla gang, Landon, and Kina, there was a lot of respect, admiration, and dare I say it? ....love.*sigh*
I want to provide more details, but I'd best leave that to Kina. Remember: patience is a virtue.
If you missed her 2nd interview on Fox TV, here's the link: http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=BC7F673A7E6F3499177D39B47CE7C3A8?contentId=5684875&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
If for some reason the link messes up, go to myfoxla.com and search "Kina Grannis"
sounds like everyone had a great time in phoenix, mama g. Too bad about the CD goof, but that's what keeps life fresh and dare I say, funny. At least, I hope ya'll will laugh about it a couple of years from now :P
haha mama g :D you should be allowed to make posts! it would be great to see the whole grannis family putting together a blog
oh and for the little bit of information about the cds at least for a limited amount of time all the buyers will be receiving cds put together by yalls hard work :)
Will K. PS: i saw another poster by william so i guess we'll have to differentiate ourselves. i'm probably the newer one around here tehe
1) now that u clarified that, it all makes sense now!!! hahahaha.. i wasn't sure how u came up all those intimate details from previous comments!! hahahaha, i thought u were just some hardcore fan!!!
2) i will be right back, i want to go back to some of the old comments from mama g (and dr g too) and re-read them... it will have such a new experience for me for some reason haha...
MAMA G DR G WARREN G DR DRE
nevermind, i dont know why i thought of that haha.. those are rappers. oh
time for a rhyme for MAMA G! haha
MAMA G/ TALKED TO ME/ DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THE MAMA SEE/ I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS POSSIBLY/ SOME FAN WHO WAS JUST COMMENTING/ BUT EVERYONE DID YOU KNOW SHE IS KINA'S MOM!!! hahahaha
that last line didn't rhyme!
cool, supportive moms are God's greatest gift.. =)
sorry, i get slap happy over really cool moms who support their children in musical endeavors!!!
We totally understand the CD delays... at the same time tho, going nuts with anticipation. dial-up at home and nothing to listen to in the car. Oh well, pray to the gods of snail-mail. :-)
Another thing I was thinking of before she won, I am in LA (@USC) and have access to a duplicator at work. If you wanted help burning CD's, I'd gladly offer... give me blanks and I can easily bust out 200+ on a Saturday while I work on my paper.
Don't know if she'd need it now, sounds like you have another solution... but just peep if you're interested at all.
i bet you are!!! most hardcore fan ever i bet!!! i bet you were jamming when kina was singing in ur tummy...
you know what i think.. "message from your heart" was probably a spin off from "message from your tummy" where kina was singing to mama g i bet.. hahaha
"this is a message from your tummy/ your 2nd daughter that is coming/ can you hear me and my strumming/ this is a message... from your... tummy"
Checked you out after the superbowl commercial. WOW... you are gonna hit it HUGE! Can't wait to buy the cd.... an amazing talent. Hope you tour Denver someday!
haha... you people are so desperate for Kina contact, you'll engage a second tier, Kina surrogate in a dialogue. Unfortunately, I'm not as cool as she and my singing is baaaad.
Wow.. I think we need a Kina Grannis forum! Thanks "your tv guide" for the link to the fox interview.
You tell them Kina! Don't change your style and give in to what the record companies tell you what to do. They are old school, they should be learning the new ways of how to promote artists are.
@ mama g.. Just wanted to say hi,and say thanx for giving us such an awesome,talented,beautiful,person, who has brought all of us here to be be apart of a great,and fun community.. p.s. The Grannis family seems so wonderful.. Ever consider adopting..I can assure that I am potty trained, however I do occasionally beg for treats:)
I loved the montage of video clips you put together. I especially loved the one shot of you performing at the Irvine Spectrum. That was where I first saw you play. I feel like a prophet. I had predicted to all of my friends that you were going to win. I also predicted that the Giants would win. Maybe I should get a job as a telephone fortune teller...
MY NEXT PREDICATION... I predict that Kina will be asked by the American Heart Association for permission to use her original song, MESSAGE FROM YOUR HEART, in a commercial encouraging people to eat right and exercise to avoid heart disease...
I think she already did something for the American Heart Association, actually...
and oh, @Kurisu, In Japanese so I'm less embarrassed-- Moshikashitara Miko to onaji yoo ni "imooto" to "oneesan" no koto wo hantai shite shimattara, gomen ne! Chotto hazukashii.
____________________________ @Kurisu, In Japanese so I'm less embarrassed-- Moshikashitara Miko to onaji yoo ni "imooto" to "oneesan" no koto wo hantai shite shimattara, gomen ne! Chotto hazukashii.
-Misa ____________________________
i saw my name "miko" in there, but i am not japanese. i am filipino! so i don't know what you are saying! hahahaha
That would make a great ad campaign for them, and give Kina a good deal of exposure. Would probably be good for her even if she just "donated" the song for use by the AHA.
i am totally plugging this only because i know the following will come into play for Kina's career. haha
does Kina have a tax accountant? hahahaaha
aside from being a hip hop artist, and commenting on twoweeksforkina.com...
i am actually a licensed CPA (certified public accountant) employed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (deloitte.com) which is a BIG 4 accounting firm. =D
I do tax compliance and consulting work for all types of clients (c corps, partnerships, and high net worth individuals) so yeah... just offering that in case she needs to sort out all the income she makes from playing in various states throughout the country and from experience filing state tax returns can be a huge pain in the buttocks!!
OMFG Miko! Do you live in CA? What branch do you work at?
Not that I know anything I'm still in high school but my brother works at Deliotte Consulting. Haha I know so many people that work there now. They hire so many people that just get out of college.
can someone please post the reference link for the Good Day LA story and the other Web Extra Fox story on wikipedia? i'm a little pressed for time at the moment otherwise i'd do it myself.
I love how matter-of-factly you told your mom about what you did. You were positive you made her prettier all because the Superman curl was no more. Poor young, impressionable Kina, she thought her big sister was doing something nice for her. (Sorry, Misa, what you did wasn't that bad but I'm the youngest five kids so I have stick up for Kina. I don't think you should've necessarily been in trouble either. The hair grew back! You don't have a picture of the haircut, do you? Would love to see it.
When I was little and kina was littler, she used to have a single superman curl that hung down in the middle of her forehead. Maybe because I was jealous, maybe because I watched one too many "Haircut Magic" Cabbage Patch Kid commercials, maybe because I was (and am) just a weird kid, one day I marched up to my mom and announced, "Mommy I made Kina pretty!" Kina walked proudly into the room behind me, beaming as she showed off her new trim. Guess what was missing?
I'm sure my mom has a picture somewhere. (I deleted and reposted the comment because of poor grammar.) And yeah, poor Kina, she was so proud, she had no idea. There are other "poor kina" stories, but I really don't think she (or my mother) wants them made public. :P
careful... you're treading on some thin ice here.....
and to be precise, it was not one Superman curl, it was 3 Superman curls (or maybe 5, I can't quite remember... I'll have to look at old photos) that quite defined her look. Removing them (in their entirety, I might add) was like removing someone's eyebrows... her face looked quite bald. There is little question that the act was spurred by mischievous malice... but that is the nature of sibling rivalry, especially at that young age.
It is interesting to note that Emi is the only one who cuts (is allowed to cut?) Kina's hair these days..... hmmmm......
I tend to skate on thin ice, often with a match in hand. That said, as long as I don't make Kina cry or give her a reason to yell at me (talk about a nightmare), I won't feel too bad. Besides, although the story is funny/cute, it is hardly anything to be embarrassed about. (After all, everyone has a bad haircut, right? Long story short, Kina shouldn't worry.) Anyway, we all love her for the person she is now and won't judge her for the bad haircut she was given so vindictively *cough*Misa*cough*
Somehow, if after all that, Kina still doesn't like that you told me that story, I'll happily share one of my own.
haha... i wasn't gonna comment because i already exceeded my 2 comment limit per blog today.
but! i just read the phrase by mama g that said "Removing them (in their entirety, I might add) was like removing someone's eyebrows... her face looked quite bald."
i would have to disagreee...
you see, when i was 13 years old (God that is still not young enough for the following story) i wanted to trim my eyebrows for some strange reason, but i did it with an electric trimmer. crazy thing that happened was i trimmed one whole line off.. (let me just go long on this story, i've already am getting into it again haha) i trimmed like basically a line in the middle of my left eyebrow... which looked crazy weird, or in cali terms HELLA WEIRD.
so what did i do to solve that weirdness, I SHAVED OFF MY WHOLE LEFT EYEBROW! (i was 13!!! EEEK, that's still not young enough, no matter how hard i try to convince myself) THEN - what else... I SHAVED MY ENTIRE RIGHT EYEBROW!!!
dude, i straight up looked like an alien. cloverfield was in my bedroom. i was a freak.. omg that was so bad.
my mom wasn't home yet, i was scheduled to get a haircut that day. what do i do, i wear this cheap karate kid bandana across my eyebrows you know since i wear that daily haha (that was the first time i wore that) so i am wearing a bandana hoping to avoid any questions related to "why are you wearing a bandana headband around your eyebrows" from my sister and or my mom...
so i get to the haircut place, the barber lady sits me down takes off my headband bandanda thing (why do they have to do that?!?! good barbers just adjust... in my eyes..)
so she takes it off and laughs at me, like "hey... you shaved... your... eye.. brows... hehehe"
my sister comes over who was by my mom reading a magazine in the waiting area, comes over and sees the little commotion and looks at my eyebrows and i go "please please please, DONT TELL MOM please"
when the haircut is done, i put the bandana on (i still canNOT believe my mom has yet to ask, how awesome am i?!? hahaha)
as we walk to the car, my mom and sister are walking in front of me 10 feet... i see my sister whisper something to my mom... what does my mom do, STOPS DEAD IN HER TRACKS, TURNS AROUND, AND SAYS "TAKE OFF YOUR HEADBAND"
i take it off... that car ride home was the worst.
my mom chased me around the living room and hit me in the head with a spoon hahahaha
the end.
i will just end up copying and pasting this for my own blog hahahaha that was awesome, i never told or typed this story publicly at all! praise the Lord for memorable moments in my life...
in conclusion mama g- cutting off kina's 3 curls is NOTHING like shaving your eyebrows.
146 Comments:
nice job! just watched in on myspace too.
Awesome video! Interesting to hear your thoughts about this crazy adventure your on! :)
When you get all crazy famous, dont forget about us here!
<3
great video! can't wait to see what you do next !
turon
I don't know which video to comment on... Choices choices...
Anyways, I loved the insight into the mind and life of Kina... it was very.... Insightful!
I am curious to see what will happen to the copious amounts of comments that you have been receiving, as I think now it is past the point where you will be able to respond to them.. Truthfully I didn't expect you to, but I can still dream, right?
There are around 330 or so (if i did my math correct).. And thinking about it, if I was just played during the super bowl to 90 million people, I think I might have some more pressing issues to deal with then to reply to comments on my blog... :)
No worries, We are all still enjoying your blog tremendously! (even without the personal replies)
J.C.
That was a superb montage! The interplay of intimacy and confidence in your playing and the awkwardness afterwards is part of what makes you so captivating; why so many of us are in love with you. I'm so happy for you. You rock! Soak up these amazing moments in your life!
Jeff in Boulder
This was awesome!
Thank you Kina, keep up the great work, don't ever be afraid to be yourself.
it was so so so nice going to interscope.com and clicking "artists"
and then seeing the following
eminem
fergie
g-unit
kina grannis
enrique iglesias
marilyn manson
hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
the most awesome awesome page ever.
anyways, tell eminem and enrique i said wassup..
from the coffee shop to interscope
you are totally a walking living breathing blessing.
mikO
of corse, u made me smile like always
Good to see you're taking Teeny Bear with you to the top. Perhaps you can make a stop... AT THE LAKE :)
very cool video! i know that you'll be amazing in the future with interscope. miss your daily posts though so keep it up!
Kina,
You are special. You are a musician who is anything but big-headed. In fact, you would probably be better served by being more confident in the talents you've been given. That said your grounded personality is cute and endearing. I watch your videos and wish I knew because I want to hang out!! lol Personally, even though you are gaining more exposure by the day, I am selfishly hoping this blog community will stay relatively small (even as your fan base grows beyond all expectations) because it gives devoted readers a way to interact with you in an intimate way that is rarely, if ever, seen with other artists.
/my soap box
How was that sushi? What would say if I've never had any?
Oh, and I'm glad your video answered "Who is Kina Grannis" because it made me think of Atlas Shrugged and "Who is John Galt?"
Kinaddicts: I found a couple videos of Kina on myspacetv. Feels a bit nostalgic now..
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=12300931
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=12301985
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=3971600
ps. you have to keep moving your mouse to get it to load properly on my comp
pps. Who is John Galt?
Great Super Bowl ad. Good luck with Interscope. Hope you tour soon.
@ajsea, you just put into words what I have been trying to do this whole time! Sheez..
I have never had sushi either, hehe..
Kina,
I like your Empire Strikes Back Princess Leia outfit in your video... (at 07:00)
;-)
I agree with j.c, ajsea you said that perfectly.
Kina, will you not let that happen? :(
Double post whats up!
Nice video. :P
congratulations!!
So when will we be seeing you on all the late night talk shows? :p
One thing I've enjoyed over the years is being there when talent blossoms: Friends starting bands, proof-reading another friend's book, becoming a customer at another friend's new business. I suppose I'm a just a good fan, an involved one.
Kina, when you burst onto the scene with your YouTube videos, TwoWeeksForKina, and The Digg Effect, I was wondering if it was possible for me to be a "real" fan without knowing the person.
You've struck some kind of a chord (pun!). Your continual and meaningful interaction via your blog and web sites has been amazing. So many people have made comments that echoed my thoughts, that until now I haven't bothered to add one of my own.
I cried when I saw your Doritos Super Bowl ad. Not something this 51 year-old weight-training paraglider-flying engineer ever does for a commercial.
Thanks for letting me follow along on your journey.
Oh, and thanks for the music!
-BobC
San Diego
You're awesome, Kina.
You should do something by correspondence where you can become an entomologist or a herpetologist while singing.
P.S. my mom says congratulations
Awesome video! I love your music!! Congrats on winning the Doritos contest and I hope all your dreams come true!
Peace,
Krissy
Pittsburgh, PA
okay...if no one has said it yet then I'll say it..
this is a message from our hearts...
we heart kina!
cheez :oP
Random comment: Your older sister is cute.
*ducks*
That was a really nice video of you....Could anybody be more genuine....I think not...Now that you are going to be a musical superstar, you won't have to worry about not being around bugs and snakes at all...You'll get to meet plenty of them...
awesome vid!
i hope sushi was yummers! i like unagi, since we're all mentioning our favorite sushi. i like sahimi too.
anyway, when does your episode of mtv cribs come on? ;)
can't wait to see all your footage from phoenix! i'm still so excited for you!
YAAAAY!
later days,
jRo
p.s. from me
i love your awkward banter in between songs =D
side note, i often find myself in awkward moments/silences/situations/etc and usually i just nod my head and smile =)
i've been noticing that the word verification has been getting more abstract and complicated, anyone else? just me? maybe blogger.com hates me
jRo
I love the vid, and that you're spamming your own blog! That's our job!
^-my terrible grammar is why I usually log in and delete posts, of course i didn't log in this time!
I really liked that video...I really liked getting to hear your thoughts about the contest and stuff.
jen
what a fun video!
you go girl :)
just go a litle softer maybe?
I had headphones on and it was cranked up... then the Strong Enough clip came on!
while I can't think of a better way to go deaf, I'd like to hear you sing again before that happens
haha
--travis
kina!!!
the video was amzing, you should do a day in the life video. that would be totally awesome, and a kina podcast. i thought of a pretty sweet name "The Kina Colada". just think about it
Dhruv
You're awesome, Kina.
You should do something by correspondence where you can become an entomologist or a herpetologist while singing.
okay... just so some of you don't think you're going crazy... I copied the 6 comments from the 1st video and added them to the 2nd video comments, so Kina could delete one of the videos.... she didn't want to lose those precious comments!!
Mama G,
A lot of us are going crazy, that's just not the reason :)
Congratulations Kina! And great video by the way. Now that you've shown them what you are made of.. it' time for you to shine! Keep up the good work!
"oh the hummingbird" is my absolute favorite. short, sweet and innocent. like something you'd sing to a child. and it sounds amazing.
take care
ryan
@hydro
I agree, I think she should stick "Oh The Hummingbird" in as a bonus track on a future CD.
A little something special for the fans...;-)
-wwar1ace
@Chris/Kurisu--Thanks! ;)
@Jro--That's funny, the first thing my friend said when she won was "Soon she's gonna be on MTV Cribs! When she is can I be one of the guys in the background just hanging around the pool?
-Misa
Who is Kina Grannis?
Only the next best talent to hit the airwaves with her extraordinary music that's who..
But I would suggest you all watch her video anyway's, it's well worth it.
Enjoy Kina, and as Chrissy said, don't ever be afraid to be yourself. You do have something special about you.
All the best,
Mid.
does anyone else have this prideful feeling like "WE DISCOVERED KINA FIRST" or is that just me?! hahahaha
i feel like we have this community feeling going here, sorta like a YMCA or whatever, but its KINA or whatever.
i dunno, when millions have heard her and are astonished, all of us here can look back and say "i was there, my child.... i was there..."
p.s. i dont have any children, i just thought i would throw "my child" for dramatic effects or for any parents on this list.
peace yo
@Mama G,
I'm not going crazy--unless you count over Kina.
@Miko
Not gonna lie, as soon as I saw what you wrote about this being like a Y, I thought of the song. Then I got mad. How are we supposed to do the K? Seems important.
@J.C. Trust me it took a long time to figure out how to say what I felt...coherently, that is.
@ajsea:
You'd have to stand sideways to do the K. One arm held high, one low like you were about to do the gator/pacman motion.
in case you missed this on the previous blog...
As you might imagine, Kina is going insane right now with so much going on with Interscope, Doritos, interviews, business decisions, not to mention that mountain of cd sales she has to pack, mail, and ship! (you have to cut her some slack on the cd shipments... she splurged some of her hard-earned contest winnings on getting the cds commercially burned, printed and encased.... and the company put the cds in the wrong jewel cases!!!!! We'll have to switch them by hand, which is quite labor-intensive and annoying since buying them was supposed to make this process EASIER)
She is anxious to edit and post her footage of Phoenix for y'all (been around Landon too much) but you're just going to have to wait a little longer.
Just to tide you over, let me say that the Grannis fam spent the weekend in Phoenix and those Doritos people and all the non-Doritos-but-also-essential-to-the-success-of-the-contest people were totally DOPE (been around Raj too long). How they amassed such amazing,cool people all on one project is inconceivable. Everyone was the nicest, coolest, most fun, most sincere, most talented, etc etc... well, you get what I'm saying...
We got to meet Nivla, P. Oberoi, DJ Sharad, producer/promoter Raj, photographer Ravi, and producer Josh who were all so much fun!! And from the Austin camp: Landon, his sister, Dani, mom, dad, aunt and uncle who were the friendliest people on earth.
Seriously, people.... Kina could not have asked for greater "competitors". These guys were absolute gems. I knew them for only 3 days and I love them all! There was some negativity amongst the fans but between the Nivla gang, Landon, and Kina, there was a lot of respect, admiration, and dare I say it? ....love.*sigh*
I want to provide more details, but I'd best leave that to Kina.
Remember: patience is a virtue.
If you missed her 2nd interview on Fox TV, here's the link:
http://www.myfoxla.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail;jsessionid=BC7F673A7E6F3499177D39B47CE7C3A8?contentId=5684875&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=1.1.1&sflg=1
If for some reason the link messes up, go to myfoxla.com and search "Kina Grannis"
hi!
just to clarify...
is "mama g"
kina's mom????
for the longest time, until jro informed me behind the scenes, i thought that MISA was the younger one!! and EMI was the older one???
so whenever MISA (girl on the left) would comment, i always pictured someone who was younger than kina bean. hahaha
@ miko - Gran fam basics:
Dr G = dad
Mama G = mom
Misa = older sister = DIGG girl on the left*
Emi = younger sister = DIGG girl on the right*
*we've been noticing that in old home videos, they seem to always stand in that order... weird...
Right miko!
And your tv guide, the link worked fine for me. Thanks for sharing
sounds like everyone had a great time in phoenix, mama g.
Too bad about the CD goof, but that's what keeps life fresh and dare I say, funny. At least, I hope ya'll will laugh about it a couple of years from now :P
-- travis
@Sassafrassy
errr unexpected ~_~
New york even more unexpected ~_~
haha mama g :D
you should be allowed to make posts!
it would be great to see the whole grannis family putting together a blog
oh and for the little bit of information about the cds at least for a limited amount of time all the buyers will be receiving cds put together by yalls hard work :)
Will K.
PS: i saw another poster by william so i guess we'll have to differentiate ourselves. i'm probably the newer one around here tehe
mama g!
two things
1) now that u clarified that, it all makes sense now!!! hahahaha.. i wasn't sure how u came up all those intimate details from previous comments!! hahahaha, i thought u were just some hardcore fan!!!
2) i will be right back, i want to go back to some of the old comments from mama g (and dr g too) and re-read them... it will have such a new experience for me for some reason haha...
MAMA G
DR G
WARREN G
DR DRE
nevermind, i dont know why i thought of that haha.. those are rappers. oh
time for a rhyme for MAMA G!
haha
MAMA G/ TALKED TO ME/ DIDN'T KNOW SHE WAS THE MAMA SEE/ I THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS POSSIBLY/ SOME FAN WHO WAS JUST COMMENTING/ BUT EVERYONE DID YOU KNOW SHE IS KINA'S MOM!!! hahahaha
that last line didn't rhyme!
cool, supportive moms are God's greatest gift.. =)
sorry, i get slap happy over really cool moms who support their children in musical endeavors!!!
take care mama g!
miko
wow....
hahaha miko's funny as heck. G-Unit (Grannis Unit) rocks.
@ your tv guide - thanks for the link bub.
orrrrrr the OGs.
OG - Orange Grannises (what's the plural on that one? Is it like Moose? A family of Grannis? Grannises? Grannis-ites?)
@ Miko... I AM a hardcore fan
Haha, wow, this blog is amazing....
Mama G,
I shall try to bear with thee..
OK, I'll stop before I make a fool of my self.. :)
J.C.
@mama g
We totally understand the CD delays... at the same time tho, going nuts with anticipation. dial-up at home and nothing to listen to in the car. Oh well, pray to the gods of snail-mail. :-)
Another thing I was thinking of before she won, I am in LA (@USC) and have access to a duplicator at work. If you wanted help burning CD's, I'd gladly offer... give me blanks and I can easily bust out 200+ on a Saturday while I work on my paper.
Don't know if she'd need it now, sounds like you have another solution... but just peep if you're interested at all.
-wwar1ace
(Now playing in head: "Walk On")
mama g!
i bet you are!!! most hardcore fan ever i bet!!! i bet you were jamming when kina was singing in ur tummy...
you know what i think..
"message from your heart" was probably a spin off from
"message from your tummy" where kina was singing to mama g i bet..
hahaha
"this is a message from your tummy/ your 2nd daughter that is coming/ can you hear me and my strumming/ this is a message... from your... tummy"
man that would be awesome hahaha
@mama g (also)
I would say you are probably "THE" hardcore fan.
(Flicks-a-Bic from the couch)
thanks, Miko. I like my verse!
g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g g-mama!
i vote for a mama g blog video!!!
c'mon!! who's with me!!!!
You are potentially the sweetest, most sincere person Ive ever seen :)
Keep up the great music...
<3
Checked you out after the superbowl commercial. WOW... you are gonna hit it HUGE! Can't wait to buy the cd.... an amazing talent. Hope you tour Denver someday!
haha... you people are so desperate for Kina contact, you'll engage a second tier, Kina surrogate in a dialogue. Unfortunately, I'm not as cool as she and my singing is baaaad.
mama g, you're not second tier :)
Wow.. I think we need a Kina Grannis forum! Thanks "your tv guide" for the link to the fox interview.
You tell them Kina! Don't change your style and give in to what the record companies tell you what to do. They are old school, they should be learning the new ways of how to promote artists are.
far from it! you spawned excellence, and that definitely counts for something.
@ your tv guide.. Thanx for the link..
@ mama g.. Just wanted to say hi,and say thanx for giving us such an awesome,talented,beautiful,person, who has brought all of us here to be be apart of a great,and fun community..
p.s. The Grannis family seems so wonderful.. Ever consider adopting..I can assure that I am potty trained, however I do occasionally beg for treats:)
I loved the montage of video clips you put together. I especially loved the one shot of you performing at the Irvine Spectrum. That was where I first saw you play. I feel like a prophet. I had predicted to all of my friends that you were going to win. I also predicted that the Giants would win. Maybe I should get a job as a telephone fortune teller...
MY NEXT PREDICATION...
I predict that Kina will be asked by the American Heart Association for permission to use her original song, MESSAGE FROM YOUR HEART, in a commercial encouraging people to eat right and exercise to avoid heart disease...
@jimtsutsui:
You know, this past Sunday's paper had a Welch's grape juice ad with the two hands making a heart like Kina does. So, yeah, it's a natural.
Beautiful family!
God bless you all abundantly!
Miguel.
I think she already did something for the American Heart Association, actually...
and oh,
@Kurisu,
In Japanese so I'm less embarrassed--
Moshikashitara Miko to onaji yoo ni "imooto" to "oneesan" no koto wo hantai shite shimattara, gomen ne! Chotto hazukashii.
-Misa
I always thought Misa was the youngest too! Oh well... I really should no better seeing as how I can't guess peoples ages here in Taiwan either.
SASSYFRASSY!!
what does the following mean?!?!
____________________________
@Kurisu,
In Japanese so I'm less embarrassed--
Moshikashitara Miko to onaji yoo ni "imooto" to "oneesan" no koto wo hantai shite shimattara, gomen ne! Chotto hazukashii.
-Misa
____________________________
i saw my name "miko" in there, but i am not japanese. i am filipino! so i don't know what you are saying! hahahaha
=T
hahaha
also, is this misa like Misa Grannis?!?!
=D
sincerely,
miko
@Misa
NNNNOOOO my weakness :<
My grandmother never passed down the japanese language to me, I really need to start taking classes on it.
*grabs translator!*
translator epic fails on me
She's scheduled to sing at a Heart Association event sometime soon.... I think it would be cool if they adopted the song.
That would make a great ad campaign for them, and give Kina a good deal of exposure. Would probably be good for her even if she just "donated" the song for use by the AHA.
-wwar1ace
Oh, and FINALLY an article in the Daily Trojan...
DT Article
i am totally plugging this only because i know the following will come into play for Kina's career. haha
does Kina have a tax accountant? hahahaaha
aside from being a hip hop artist, and commenting on twoweeksforkina.com...
i am actually a licensed CPA (certified public accountant) employed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (deloitte.com) which is a BIG 4 accounting firm. =D
I do tax compliance and consulting work for all types of clients (c corps, partnerships, and high net worth individuals) so yeah... just offering that in case she needs to sort out all the income she makes from playing in various states throughout the country and from experience filing state tax returns can be a huge pain in the buttocks!!
hehehehehe,
miko your friendly rapping CPA friend
OMFG Miko! Do you live in CA? What branch do you work at?
Not that I know anything I'm still in high school but my brother works at Deliotte Consulting. Haha I know so many people that work there now. They hire so many people that just get out of college.
Will K.
i work in the chicago office!
the best city in the world!
=D
we have the best food in the world!
just thought i'd throw that out there hahahahaha
@Miko--
Don't worry, I wasn't talking about you. And yes, this is Misa Grannis. :)
@Kurisu--
Haha you said epic fail!
Translation:
Um, if you got "older" and "younger" sister mixed up like Miko, I'm sorry, that's kind of embarrassing. (For me.)
/cry
and the plot thickens on miko... ;o)
What a multi-talented individual you are!
Hehe believe me I made sure I got my facts straight before I said something...that would have been embarrassing.
Hi Misa!
I noticed no one has found the young-kina videos on your youtube account yet... I'll keep it a secret :o)
ps. Since we're going city pride, Boulder, CO rocks! Though we're about to be blown away with 70mph wind gusts.
@Miko
Hammer could've used you back in the day.
Kina better not end up in the same situation but even if she did, with this many friends/fans, she could def find a couch to crash on. lol
I gotta say everyone in this community (special props to KINA and Grannis clan, of course is crazy entertaining.
@ Mama G or Misa or other family member
What is favorite funny Kina memory/story?
...song?
can someone please post the reference link for the Good Day LA story and the other Web Extra Fox story on wikipedia? i'm a little pressed for time at the moment otherwise i'd do it myself.
that was a good video. im so happy you crashed the super bowl lol :)
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Misa,
I love how matter-of-factly you told your mom about what you did. You were positive you made her prettier all because the Superman curl was no more. Poor young, impressionable Kina, she thought her big sister was doing something nice for her. (Sorry, Misa, what you did wasn't that bad but I'm the youngest five kids so I have stick up for Kina. I don't think you should've necessarily been in trouble either. The hair grew back! You don't have a picture of the haircut, do you? Would love to see it.
ajsea--
When I was little and kina was littler, she used to have a single superman curl that hung down in the middle of her forehead. Maybe because I was jealous, maybe because I watched one too many "Haircut Magic" Cabbage Patch Kid commercials, maybe because I was (and am) just a weird kid, one day I marched up to my mom and announced, "Mommy I made Kina pretty!" Kina walked proudly into the room behind me, beaming as she showed off her new trim. Guess what was missing?
Needless to say, I got in trouble.
Did she make you delete it??? KINA....:-(
I'm sure my mom has a picture somewhere. (I deleted and reposted the comment because of poor grammar.) And yeah, poor Kina, she was so proud, she had no idea. There are other "poor kina" stories, but I really don't think she (or my mother) wants them made public. :P
It's back??? I'm confused.
Fair enough. You should write a tell-all one day. lol Nah, I don't want stir up too much trouble.
you rock!
@ ajsea and misa
careful... you're treading on some thin ice here.....
and to be precise, it was not one Superman curl, it was 3 Superman curls (or maybe 5, I can't quite remember... I'll have to look at old photos) that quite defined her look. Removing them (in their entirety, I might add) was like removing someone's eyebrows... her face looked quite bald. There is little question that the act was spurred by mischievous malice... but that is the nature of sibling rivalry, especially at that young age.
It is interesting to note that Emi is the only one who cuts (is allowed to cut?) Kina's hair these days..... hmmmm......
@Mama G,
I tend to skate on thin ice, often with a match in hand. That said, as long as I don't make Kina cry or give her a reason to yell at me (talk about a nightmare), I won't feel too bad. Besides, although the story is funny/cute, it is hardly anything to be embarrassed about. (After all, everyone has a bad haircut, right? Long story short, Kina shouldn't worry.) Anyway, we all love her for the person she is now and won't judge her for the bad haircut she was given so vindictively *cough*Misa*cough*
Somehow, if after all that, Kina still doesn't like that you told me that story, I'll happily share one of my own.
Alan loves the Grannis fam!
why am i still up???
haha... i wasn't gonna comment because i already exceeded my 2 comment limit per blog today.
but! i just read the phrase by mama g that said "Removing them (in their entirety, I might add) was like removing someone's eyebrows... her face looked quite bald."
i would have to disagreee...
you see, when i was 13 years old (God that is still not young enough for the following story) i wanted to trim my eyebrows for some strange reason, but i did it with an electric trimmer. crazy thing that happened was i trimmed one whole line off.. (let me just go long on this story, i've already am getting into it again haha)
i trimmed like basically a line in the middle of my left eyebrow... which looked crazy weird, or in cali terms HELLA WEIRD.
so what did i do to solve that weirdness, I SHAVED OFF MY WHOLE LEFT EYEBROW! (i was 13!!! EEEK, that's still not young enough, no matter how hard i try to convince myself)
THEN - what else... I SHAVED MY ENTIRE RIGHT EYEBROW!!!
dude, i straight up looked like an alien. cloverfield was in my bedroom. i was a freak.. omg that was so bad.
my mom wasn't home yet, i was scheduled to get a haircut that day. what do i do, i wear this cheap karate kid bandana across my eyebrows you know since i wear that daily haha (that was the first time i wore that) so i am wearing a bandana hoping to avoid any questions related to "why are you wearing a bandana headband around your eyebrows" from my sister and or my mom...
so i get to the haircut place, the barber lady sits me down takes off my headband bandanda thing (why do they have to do that?!?! good barbers just adjust... in my eyes..)
so she takes it off and laughs at me, like "hey... you shaved... your... eye.. brows... hehehe"
my sister comes over who was by my mom reading a magazine in the waiting area, comes over and sees the little commotion and looks at my eyebrows and i go "please please please, DONT TELL MOM please"
when the haircut is done, i put the bandana on (i still canNOT believe my mom has yet to ask, how awesome am i?!? hahaha)
as we walk to the car, my mom and sister are walking in front of me 10 feet... i see my sister whisper something to my mom... what does my mom do, STOPS DEAD IN HER TRACKS, TURNS AROUND, AND SAYS "TAKE OFF YOUR HEADBAND"
i take it off... that car ride home was the worst.
my mom chased me around the living room and hit me in the head with a spoon hahahaha
the end.
i will just end up copying and pasting this for my own blog hahahaha that was awesome, i never told or typed this story publicly at all! praise the Lord for memorable moments in my life...
in conclusion mama g- cutting off kina's 3 curls is NOTHING like shaving your eyebrows.
sorry, hahahahahahahaha
Aren't families great?
Kinda funny that after all those years bringing up the haircut incident is still treading on thin ice.
Haha, my mom's just nervous because she knows what stories I'm talking abo