Deviation Actions
Summer will be ending soon for me in about two weeks, before I enter another semester of fall in college. I’ll miss how great this summer holiday vacation has been for me and my guy B.
I spent most of my vacation sleeping, catching up on sleep with cat naps here and there. Took time to just enjoy more time with my geek friends along with my boyfriend B playing dungeons and dragons with other role play games. Since we couldn’t go to Comic Con San Diego, we optioned for just kicking around the comic shops locally in town, stocked up happily on Star Wars, Deadpool, and GOTG’s own Rocket Raccoon comic issues to add to my comic collection.
We went on a little half week road trip a week ago to Palm Springs, CA to just kick back, explore the desert city out there, we went hiking up in the Coachella Mountains being one with nature, and even visited the main museum of modern arts in downtown art county of Palm Springs seeing interesting modern art of pop art from local artists. (Even the visiting pieces from Paris and the Netherlands of small work pieces of Van Gough, Raphele, and Monet!!! Was quite the expierence getting to see those pieces before our eyes, alas, we weren’t allowed due to gallery rules and art law rules to photograph them since they were the original delicate art pieces of history.)
Before the road trip out of town, I went on a special mission for a dear friend of mine on a covert operation mission to Los Angeles with the trusty boyfriend. B and I were able to with other many fans attended waiting in line patiently in at Meltdown Comic’s first annual Comic-Con get together signing, to see Gerard Way and Becky Cloonan’s final Killjoys comic series signing. It was a wonderful day, it was great getting to meet the two of them again like we did many other times at prior comic signings and former-MCR/MSI Shows, or Lindsey (Lyn-Z) public art show openings to just hang out and say hi with a small friendly chat. I got my dark horse lanyard necklace signed by Gerard, but was more delighted that he and Becky were kind enough to help me with a surprise gift by signing an extra issue of Killjoys Issue #2 I had bought for them to wish signing personal messages of “Happy Birthday Jazmin” for one of my best friends/closest allies in art 
(Happy to report that she was delighted-surprised-excited when I called her later in the comic shop to inform her of what I had done, and as I type, that special belated birthday gift is now in her hands after I had it with other comic and art gifts I wrapped up for her shipped first air postal delivery for her days after the signing.)
I was happy she loved the gift, waiting in line, waiting patiently to ask Mr. Way and Ms. Cloonan to sign that comic for her and getting to chat shortly with them was worth it all. Plus I got to stock up on other comic goodies for myself when I shopped around the store after my turn at the signing tables was up.
My birthday in June came and passed, celebrated it at a theme park with B, then a later planned get together dinner with him, my family, and relatives, as well as close friends. B got me a digital vinyl record player for me to play some of my band records on. One of my good friends a fellow riot grrl took me out for the day and went with me to a tattoo shop to get my first official Angel Bite/Monroe lip body piercing which came out lovely. No regrets!
Other than that, I’ve spent the summer also working on new alter-shrine shadow box mix media pieces, small collage paintings, sketches. I’m currently working on a new Frida Kahlo shrine alter box right now that’s a work in progress. In fall this semester, I’m taking my first introduction to sculpting class that I’m excited about.
XO