Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for September 19, 2013

“Close Encounters of the Brief Kind”“MTV Unclothed”or “Don’t Mention It”

In my dreams, I’ve done it because “It’s the latest style”, but then found out I was the only one who got that memo.

Haynes’ Travel Agency .. “With great discounts this season, on trips to London and France.”… – Loomis Fruit Farms… " Banded together by a group of proprietors, including the main competitor to R. Madeus farms…. Now stretching across the “Garment Belt” district as the biggest supplier of both fruit and cotton products"…. -Palmer’s Restaurants… “Meals with striking flavor…. And endless games on 22 sattelite channels… And order a pitcher of suds, and a mound of homemade pretzels, next time you’re out on the town, and see why everyone is jockeying for a reservation”…. and by…Victoria’s…. “Makers of ’Her Journal ’”… "Fashionable writing diaries that come in various colors and bound in an assortment of materials… She’ll trust Victorias personalized stationery to ’keep all of her secrets "

Don’t forget the malls and such… it’s what the young Tiffany clones refer to as “the catwalk”… and they pay full price for half covering clothes…

Good advice counselor Troi.

How many people have had the naked dream before?

Who hasn’t?

Thanks Brdshtt, enjoyed

So far so good. Bernice is a natural. Being BFF with her sweet loony toon friend Luann has probably been good practice.

The underwear thing is why I’ve never understood how “all your dreams will come true” is supposed to be a good thing.

Bernice dreams about a middle-schooler she’s never even met coming to school in her underwear? I guess they must be soul mates or something.

My late post from yesterday might answer a question several of you were asking:

Mikeyj said, about 5 hours ago

@howtheduck

Usually the age difference between seniors and freshman is 3 years, however, since the size difference between girls 14 and 17 is usually not that much, I am going to guess that 4 years may be too low a number.^^When Luann was 13 in the early strips, it was said several times that Pitts was a jr/sr HS… in other words, the frosh kids are actually 12 year old 7th Graders, this is why Luann and Brad could be going to the same school when Lou was 13 and Brad 17

the frosh in today’s strip reminds me of a younger Rosa

See “Herman” comic today. It’s only a nightmare if your underwear is dirty.

For many years, Maidenform bras ran a print media ad campaign around the theme of “I dreamed I [insert almost any adventuresome action-context here] in my Maidenform bra.” Although considered a tad spicy in the ’50s and ’60s, those ads featured what would be considered today to be very conservative undergarments….

all this work Bernice is doing this week is making me think greg is introducing us to the core cast of a new strip he’s planning after the luann core cast graduates…

It’s better to be seen in clean “wild & exciting” underwear than soiled, dirty “conservative” underwear. Also, I wonder if Bernice ever has dreams that she is working in the library in a state of total nudity!

I like your new strategy too avoid long posts ;-)

No underwear/naked dream.

It means you are (insufferably) secure in yourself.

Conservative?!?! With TV the way it is today influencing children, even at that age she’d be embarassed by being seen in “conservative” underwear. Better go with something nice.

Look, Kid. FORGET what Little Ms Know-it-all just told You.

Just have a nice HOT Cup of Espresso BEFORE going to Bed.

……Then You’ll ONLY Dream about being CHASED by Moonbats….,

The kid looks like “Mary Katherine Gallagher” from Saturday Night Live!

Because I try to write and sell short stories in my free time, I do a lot of research for background. Not big on dream interpretation, but I’ve read some of the stuff. One of the most common interpretations of the underwear dream is that it represents your fears that you are unprepared for something. So, a freshman might dream that she’s only wearing underwear at school because she’s worried that she can’t handle the school work, or she didn’t study enough for an important test. Someone who dreams that they show up at work in their underwear might fear that they aren’t prepared enough for an important meeting, and so on.

On the other hand, there is the ‘Freudian’ interpretation of dreams that relates almost everything to sex. So the underwear dream can mean the dreamer is ashamed of sexual feelings if the dreamer feels anxious during or after the dream. On the other hand, if the dreamer is ok with being in underwear during the dream, it could mean that the dreamer is ok with his or her sexual feelings. Given the body language of the freshman in the first panel (arms crossed in front of her chest) shame might make more sense. Except — hey, the kid just started high school. Common sense says a dream about showing up for school in your underwear means you are really scared you’re totally not ready for school.

Has anyone noticed that the students talking to her all look like mini me’s of older charcters? This one resembles Rosa, the other day it was Brad.

TODAY’S “LUANN” PLAYLIST:

1. “(Sweet) Dream Baby” by Roy Orbison2. “In Dreams” by Roy Orbison3. “Dream Lover” (I forget the artist)4. “Don’t Fall in Love with a Dreamer” by Kenny Rogers & Kim Carnes5. “Dream Weaver” by Gary Wright^3. “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darrin6. “Dream Police” by Cheap Trick7. “All I Have To Do Is Dream” by Everly Brothers8. “I Can Dream About You” by Dan Hartman9. “Your Wildest Dreams” by Moody Blues10. “Only In My Dreams” by Debbie Gibson

In other words…Wait until graduating from college before you buy your first thong.

Bring back the BLOOMERS!!!

I think she should buy long boyshorts.

Schmind:Some people like to read and write longer…

I am:Not to encourage more playlists but the dream isn’t really about trying to find romance- it’s a Freudian dream deal…The houseband would be Bare Naked Ladies but then you need songs like You Don’t have to take you clothes off to have good time. I don’t know if there are enough songs to even create the list but my time must end- the crack is affecting the brain and it’s time to move on…

A high school student with no training would never be allowed to counsel other students.

Years ago, I heard of this “hot” teen aged girl who wore a pair of tight, white pants to school; trouble was, she wore a pair of white with pink polka-dotted bikini briefs along with it….the pink shown through…about the color of her face when she was told!!!

Our commanding officer in the Army was nicknamed Captain Skidmarks.

When I was in 6th grade and wearing my first bra, I was sitting at my desk and noticed I could see the color of my stomach and too clearly my white bra because my blouse was so sheer. It was a warm day, so I didn’t bring a sweater or jacket to cover up with. That’s when those dreams started for me. Bern should advise her to never wear see though blouses without a tank top under it.

Ok, thanks for letting me know. If I want to break things up into paragraphs, how do I do that?

Well, actually, an institution should also benefit, not just the intern. I’ve worked for local governments that have unpaid interns who work directly with us (yeah, they should generally be supervised), and we and the public have benefitted from such projects as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) digital mapping and tables the intern produced that we would not have had sufficient staff to produce. At the same time, the intern benefitted from on the job experience that could be used both for college credit, and as part of a resume, or a materials to take with on job interviews. Bernice, in this example, would be able to include a summary of her experience in an essay for a college application. Colleges like that kind of stuff a lot.

IamJayBluE: A line from The Romantics’ tune: “I hear the secrets that you keep/when you’re talking in your sleep. . .”

Dream Lover, Bobby Darrin

LOL!

“Dream a Little Dream” by Mama Cass.^I did give it thought, and thought "I’d better quit while it was only ten, or we’d have to hire Casey Kasem’s old production team, and buy 3 hours on the radio, cos I’m sure some of us could flesh out 40 of ’em!…

but as a means for those places to get required work done for cheap^Ding! Ding! Ding! That is a good point! Unpaid interns were once for that educational credit and was a win-win for the student and the company… but nowadays, it does seem as though it’s a “light bulbish” brilliant move from HRs to “cut costs” (I suspect so that the higher-ups can retain their “dreamy” incentive packages, etc!)

Thanks… you’d think it’d be that simple to a person to do! Either that, or put up something, so I can… “learn” from him…

Hmm. I can kind of work this into my story line, above. Right after Bernice leaves to track down Luann, Miss Phelps pops into the office and finds only Delta and Tiffany. She then says how disappointed she is that Bernice left her office early, without letting her (Miss Phelps) know she had to leave. Tiffany eagerly butts in to complain that she wants another locker and suddenly Miss Phelps is suggesting that Tiff ‘step into her office’, to the amazement of Delta…

Froot Loop Dreams, Catnip Dream- Shonen Knife

MJ: Didn’t Evans say in a blog he would have younger siblings of established characters in the strip?^^Couldn’t say, I never read his Blog, too many spoilers in those things

am so confused with the time for Luann- can you explain it for us? ^^Greg has already said that his timelines vary, not only for the strip, but for the characters themselves, for instance, at the beginning, Lou and Brad were 4 years apart, since that time, Brad has aged by at least 7 years, while Lou has aged about 4 1/2; thing is Donny, don’t worry about it, Greg is emphasising the stories, and adjusts the timelines to make them fit.

I don’t remember 7th grades all freaked out like that. In my day they were all hyper and real sexual and under the table with the girls and making the sexual comments and going crazy.^^We definitely did not go to the same Jr HS; when I was in JrHS, everyone pretty much acted like the girl in today’s strip

Never had an underwear dream myself. That would be a nightmare for anyone else in my dream. What I have had on occasion is flying dreams.^^I had them quite a bit, when I was younger, they always ended with me waking up suddenly, just as I was about to smash into the ground.

That’s an interesting explanation. So, if a 7th grader is a freshman, then what is a sophomore, junior, or senior in this kind of system?^^You’d have to ask Greg

“…., said moonbat leader.”

Oh Hardy Har, HAR, Whiz-Bang.

Say, shouldn’t You Be in Line to Buy an Aie-Phone or Somethin’?

Amen.

Burned my brain out trying to maintain that average, too…if I had to do it all again I’d take some time to stop and smell the roses… ;)

…that they are generally geared to the children of the well-to-do…^Yeah, it’s scary how that happens… Of course, it can also be said of those who actually are selected for some jobs as paid employees, the “nepotism” that’s rampant, there…. – “Busboys”, huh? Wow!

“Yes, it true. My stomach is amazing.” LOL! ;)

Acknowledged! Plan to!

Better script in some dreams than what writers actually come up with on a tv show….

Most recurring dream: running for the (school) bus, subway, even boat as it is pulling out. UGH!

When i dream, I’m dressed – or undressed – as I actually am, leading to, “Wonder if anybody’ll notice I’m naked here in public.”