Of course as a freshmen in college we experience a ton of things the first time, but it's funny how by junior year some of us may still be experiencing things for the first time. For one, off-campus life is waaaay different than on-campus life. Cooking? Yeah, you actually need to know how to do that. Grocery shopping isn't just about picking out cereal anymore, because you actually have to plan meals now. Having more than one roommate is a thing that you have to adjust to, but having more than one person to talk to is always a great thing to have. One must pray that they get a cool landlord. I'm not talking about inviting them over to watch the game with you on Sundays, but it's rather nice to have a landlord you can have a laid-back conversation with and who isn't scolding you for something. Although the school year is still early, here are somethings that have happened to me so far.

Off-campus life

Sept. 22nd - Our landlord appeared out of nowhere this morning and caught us...making breakfast.

Sept. 21st - There are currently a group of three or so women singing Lion King songs in the rain out by the playground. I wonder if they take requests? Pina Colada song?

Sept. 20th - Today as I was getting ready to go to class, I noticed a plethora of squirrels on our back porch. Now, earlier in the day my roommates and I were jamming out to the 80's station on Pandora and this is what drew my inspiration for what I did next. I burst out the back door and started getting video of the squirrels and shouted, "Just a small town squirrel...living in a lonely world." While I was recording, I noticed my neighbor to my left who was walking to her car and she was giving me the most puzzled look. What a way to introduce yourself, Dalton...

Sept. 18th - Twas a good night that all started with me passing out cookies on Water Street.

Sept. 13th - College is a lot like planning this extravagant meal for once you get home and then before you know it, your extravagant meal turns into a 9 o'clock dinner which consists of dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets and a Miller Lite.

Sept. 5th - Nothing like late night trips to Walmart because you forgot your notebooks back home in Hayward. I noticed that other students were there as well and although the words were never said, the look we gave each other was, "Yeah, we suck."

Sept. 4th - So it's a Sunday night and I'm already seeing people getting arrested. If I were a betting man, I'd say it was probably some freshman who thought they were invincible. Man, I'd love to be a fly on the wall when that guy has to call home to his parents. "We just dropped you off not even two days ago and you're already in trouble?" "Mom, don't worry. Classes don't start until Tuesday."

Classes

Sept. 19th - In my human geography class today, my professor began to lecture about empires. He told us how the children of the rulers wanted to rule their own kingdoms, even though there were 8 or so children. The problem was there wasn't enough land for each of them to rule their own. It took everything I had in me to not raise my hand and say, "So basically Prince Hans from the Frozen movie?"

Sept. 18th - Professor: "So, we are going to take a short 10 minute break and then we will come back and finish class a little bit early. Unless anybody needs a longer break to grab something to eat?"

You guys have no idea how badly I wanted to raise my hand, but seeing as how nobody else did I decided it was best not to be the most hated person in my class full of women. Meanwhile, my stomach continued to make strange noises like Dory trying to talk to whales.

Sept. 16th - One of my professors commented that she "loved my vintage style". I think that was her nice way of saying, "Dalton, you dress like an old man."

Sept. 12th - Waiting until week 3 of classes to break out the many faces of Michael Scott t-shirt. I want to establish the fact that I mean business, before I show them that I also like to have a good time.

Sept. 9th - I had a golden opportunity to make a dad joke yesterday in my music education class and I missed it. Our professor had a chart on the board containing 4 rows of 4 apples. We were just starting to talk about beats in class. She pointed to the apples and said, "these are beats." I wanted to raise my hand and say, "no, those are apples," but I thought the second day of class wasn't a good time to press my luck.

Sept. 2nd - I'm almost certain that none of my professors read the memo about not assigning homework on syllabus week. Looks like I'll need to bring in some kleenex for some extra credit or something. They still do that at college, right?

I hope junior year keeps staying interesting and that there's never a dull moment. I think I will keep my singing to the squirrels at a minimum from now on though.