Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for May 28, 2015

grow up luann

New poll: What should Luann do?Results of last poll:What’s your favorite current storyline?1) 39 votes: Gunther getting a life2) 16 votes: Tiffany doing whatever3) 13 votes: none of the above4) 8 votes: Luann finding her career path5) 8 votes: Luann spending time with Quill6) 8 votes: Other7) 5 votes: Bernice dealing with her roommates8) 4 votes: Luann taking classes

I’m w/Quill on this one. Elaborate carefully, Luann.

I Guess once you (Luann) break free from Skype, you never want to go back…

Go with Quill, Lu

I think the key here (in Luann’s estimation) is that for her, whatever she does, she feels it has to be where Quill is. The summer camp gig in Pitts is awesome, and you (Lu) would be able to “fill your insides” with your experiences- but it doesn’t have Quill, there. Or she could be “lonely and bored”, waiting all day in NYC, but I guess to her, at least she’d be near Quill . I’d say, that she has come down with some sort of Qu-illness"…. – Though it’s not bad at all to want to be with “the one you love”. But 10 days isn’t too long. Plus, it’s assumed he’ll be back- he’s still slated to be at Moony U in the fall…

“I’m In A New York State Of Mind” (♪♫)“Something Borough-ed, Something Blue”“Pitch A Tentative”“Catch 11”“He Who Hesitates Needs A GPS”“Don’t Know What You’ve Gotham, Till It’s Gone”“A Tale Of Two Cities” ☺ “Savings And Lonely”“Big Apple Decider’“Stuck In The Middle With Lu” (♫)“First World Love Problems” or“Stand By Your Manhattan” (♪)

Luann probably thinks she’s choosing between two kinds of maturity – the maturity that comes with choosing and having a responsible job, and the “maturity” of a trip out of town with her boyfriend. Quill is mature enough to know there’s really only one choice here… and he will help Luann reach the same conclusion.

If you take a close look at Luann’s expression in the last frame, she looks like someone who’s having fun…

Gunther getting a life? OMG, that’s so funny!

I knew he would never say he’d prefer her to come with him. I thought he’d specifically tell her not to come, actually. Now it just looks like he’s only going to smirk and let her choose, after which he will go right on smirking. What passion! :P

@Brdshtt

Tried to use the reply function and got all kinds of error comments. Have you seen the latest strange stuff posted partly in your name on ArcaMax?

@IamJayBluE

What happened to your comment about the box with Greg’s name on it?

You’re probably doing the best thing. I only visit the site now to see the ’toon early; the comments are too strange even for me…

Go to New York.Even if it means boredom.Then you’ll know if love is true.

Any other decision is futile.

Why hang around with children all day?I couldn’t take it!Don’t get caught up in a tough decision, Luann…Every moment with Quill is special!

Or do you think otherwise?No…go with you gut, not your thoughts!

VP

Luann may see the trip to NY as a big step into adulthood. No parents around – no rules. In NY, Quill will get invited to lots of hip stuff after rehearsals. He’d better bring her along…

Hey, waitaminit! That box on the bottom shelf is labeled “Greg” , 5/28… Guess it was his way of reminding himself to keep “thinking outside the box”. Or maybe it was just where he likes to keep his spare set of keys…..

And there are “better things to get an ulcer over” (metaphorically speaking, of course!)…

I’m in agreement. High time to “turn the page”….

One question I do have, is will Luann and Quill continue in the discussion the next 2 days, or will she go elsewhere, for some advice?

I think we are seeing her starting to finally grow up. THe old Luann woud not have considered the teaching job, only Quill .She’s showing maturity by discussing this with both her mom and with Quill. I hope she chooses the job!

Quill is smooth, whether you like him or not.

It’s only ten days, Luann. Take the long view: if you can’t survive ten days without your sweetie, it’s not love, just an obsession.

yup! the prop room is a great place to hangout.

Teaching or Quill? Sorry I would pick a romp with Quill in a heartbeat!

I’m glad she had the sense to talk to Q.

To @JPuzzleWhiz:

Unfortunately, my laptop has a separate numeric keypad, so I can’t replicate your issue. I would check and see if yours has a “Num-lock” key, and which keys to use with it. Those might be the keys you need to use to enter the alt-cmd codes.

Sorry I could not help more.

Oh brother…

Awesome over him right now and again when he returns.

Meanwhile, be awesome for the kids.

(Awesome comes in many colors.)

She should say yes to both. The NYC gig is only 10 days. If her family were going on vacation, or if she got sick, she would have the same issue with a summer job. She should talk to the principal about getting a substitute for those 10 days.

And that’s it, NG: the little bit of time they will have with each other would not be worth the expense + missed opportunity for Luann.

Luann should take the teaching job, but either way she will learn an adult lesson that will help her grow in maturity.

You’ll always have to work Luann, you won’t always get a chance to travel. Always choose love and travel.

Aye, but NY is expensive. What will you do for money?

Thanks!!

Ha ha ha!!! ’Good incorporation of “Kidz/s 1st”!

Tomorrow: (shrug) “Whatever you want, Luann. I’m not allowed to make a choice because it might turn out to be wrong, and we can’t have that! I must continue to remain perfect and boring!”

I have no such key. I do, however have a key with a “padlock” symbol on it. Would that be it? (My laptop is a Compaq Presario CQ62.)

It would seem you are not alone in this frustration. Having Googled “Compaq Presario CQ62,” there are a few blog entries on this. Some offer a solution but I’m not sure they’d work properly. You can look over the blog entries, but be careful if you choose to try and execute one of the solutions.

_"Humans are not logical emotionless machines. Feelings are very important to us as a species. _^You misread me. I never was intending to suggest that Luann’s process of deliberating was immature, neither was I trying to suggest that listening to the heart is inferior to listening to the head!

Take the teaching job. You can explore Quill’s “awesomeness” in half an hour right there in the prop room.

If you look carefully at the summation of the things I’ve written (including my 2nd comment), you’d see that I was suggesting that perhaps Luann, being in a “struggle” between what she knows is the thing to do, and what she feels is the thing to do, should consider both the bigger picture as well as the smaller one, along with any future effects. -My thought was that she has since seemed to be able to spend a lot of time with Quill, and since the time apart for the summer is only 10 days away, and since she has the opportunity to finally see if she can narrow down her career choices and also engage in something she loves, that one choice may be better for the long run , and the other choice could potentially only be better for the “here and now”.

How parental of you.

Plus, Humans are not logical, emotionless machines, no!!!! But… they’re also not logic-less, emotional only beings! There’s a balance between the two!! – It’s whether or not we have the ability to keep either in check (emotions, or logic) that is also a sign of maturity that can be considered, here… – Not to mention, some people are more “emotionally inclined” and some are more “logically inclined”. The “trick” in life is to learn to balance the two out, as much as possible. One who only goes by logic, would do well to learn more empathy and fellow feeling. And vice versa. That’s the sign of maturity in life. We all may get older, but age in itself doesn’t guarantee maturity_ . And maturity doesn’t always just mean “avoiding the juvenile”. It really means “getting better, and developing/improving more”, each day…and there’s no day where one can say: “I can’t get any better than this !”. We all have the opportunity to mature, each and every day…

Because she has already been doing the job. She has been offered a promotion.

Looks like you missed it.

Feast upon my make out eyes!

The half-closed eyes are very expressive.

I can’t believe that the archaic, destructive idea that women should jettison all opportunities to become a man’s helpless appendage while he gets to go off doing interesting things, pursuing his own opportunities, still haunts this unhappy world. If you truly love a man, you are going to develop yourself as much as you can so that he can have a real helpmate, and an interesting conversationalist, not a needy little pet with an atrophied brain.

On the other hand, using this opportunity as a springboard for adventure in general, without suffocating Quill in romantic obsessiveness, might be a motive worth considering. That much I’ll concede. But never the idea that Luann should lessen herself for romance.

(Says the woman happily married for 30 years to a man who wants a human being, not a playtoy.)

Probably, Luann will be paid a very minimal wage. This low pay would not be appropriate for a fully trained teacher. And, even though in many parts of the nations our public school teachers are paid NEAR subsistence wages only, I suspect what Luann would earn monetarily will be less than that. Our K-12 educators deserve a much higher rate of pay that what the lion’s share are paid. It is IMHO a terrible issue that shows some very wrong skewing of our society’s philosophies.

“…and by elaborate, I mean…(waggles eyebrows)”

Although I understand Luann’s feelings, I’d be very flattered if a supervisor thought I was good enough for a summer position. Luann, someone else besides your boyfriend thinks you’re awesome at what you do; consider that a compliment. Take the job!

To follow up on the “whitening” (picture Elmer Fudd saying “lightning”) of Luann’s world from yesterday’s comments, GoComics has updated the graphic with a properly hued Dez. Eagle Eye medallions to the spotter(s).Prop room details this week may differ from weeks past. You can only go so far with these things.

still say a character named “Prudence” will appear to add a complicating factor. . . . "-—————————I hope so.

How does she know the job is awesome if she has no details about the job? It’s a wonder she’s even qualified to do it with so many real teachers available for hire during the summer. . . . . "-————————-It is closer to babysitting than to teaching. But still a good job.

Presuming Luann is still seriously considering teaching as a career, she should take the principal’s offer and be the lead summer camp teacher. It will look really good on her resumé to have some teaching-related experience during her undergraduate years.

She lived without Quill’s physical presence for that whole time he was back in Australia, which was a lot longer than 10 days, so she can cope with him being in New York for that short a time. Plus she’ll have the summer camp kids to occupy her thought process much of the time.

A lot of the ‘real’ (as you describe them) teachers have to use their summer break to take continuing education classes that are required to maintain their teaching certifications. They are not reimbursed for those costs or paid to take the class, but can suffer a loss of credentials if they dont’ take them.

And a number of those ‘real’ teachers also accept higher paying second jobs during their summer break from K-12 teaching. Ever wonder who grades all those ‘Advanced Placement’ (AP) tests? Some are graded by K-12 teachers, some by college profs, and they get paid decently by the hour to do it.

And some of our neighbors who are teachers spend their summers working part time as tutors, making sure that the kids who had to spend their whole school year memorizing stuff for standardized tests also get a real education. And then the teachers work nights stocking shelves at ‘Publix’ grocery stores…

Just remember that this is a work trip for Quill, not much time for romping. . . . "-———————————They can do creative, relaxed third-base romping in the prop room all summer. .NY would be a stress out.

still say a character named “Prudence” will appear to add a complicating factor.-Quill would never cheat on Luann with Prudence. .…or would he? …. -——————————He might, but of course, prudently.

Unfortunately, coloration of the Spanish version goes through another work path and it will always appear degraded in certain areas. I posted a tedious explanation a few weeks ago, but I wouldn’t have read it myself if I saw someone else post that much text in this forum.

Oh PHULEEEEEEZE!

Luann? TAKE the “Awesome” Teaching Job.

I.N.S? Got a Joker Here Who’s Visa Has Long Since Expired.

…..Oh, and He SAID that YOU Wouldn’t Have the GUTS to Deport Him!

Luann makes me think of the lyrics from that My Fair Lady song…………….“.Words, words, words, I’m so sick of words – - – don’t give me words, SHOW ME.”

3SOJ – Your poll numbers are increasing. Either you are getting more fans, or the questins are more pertinent. In either event – good work.

Lovely couple.

Here ya go:

Got it! Thanks!

Question is, which one’s the “zonk”?

I don’t recall zonks ever being behind the “doors…” only the “curtains.” The doors were always for the “Big deal of the day,” and the two lesser choices.

Trivia Quiz: Carol Merill was not the only assistant for Monte Hall. What was the name of the sub assistant in the 1960’s-70’s era?

No fair Googling! ;-)

Well, I’m not too keen on anything about “panel 1” from yesterday’s strip, so I couldn’t speak from a “content” perspective. But I can say that you were clever in your use of wordplay with the “portmanteau” of “Job-vious”!

“Why drop characters and not add new characters? ".“More specifically, why lose the characters of color? Ironically the cast is smaller and less diverse than it was in high school!”..They are all people of color.If you don’t see diversity, you are only looking at general skin tone.Shame, shame, shame.Can’t see the forest for the trees.