Jane St Backyard (4/23/26, 12:20am)
Farthest – Cars on Hempstead Turnpike, the sound of roadwork machinery, an ambulance siren.
Medium – Crickets chirping, the leaves in the trees rustling.
Closest – The fire crackling, friends chatting quietly, a guitar being played.
Sound Level – Low
Description – Peaceful
Essential Sounds – The guitar, the fire crackling, my friend’s voices.
People talking, the hum of refrigerator units, oven doors closing, someone brushing past me, very faint beeping, white noise.
April 10th, 2026 – McDonald’s
Furthest sounds are coming from the kitchen (voices of the workers, machines beeping, general clatter)
Medium sounds are coming from other tables (other patrons eating and talking, kids screaming)
Closest sounds are coming from my own table (my friend talking to me, the sound of his food wrappers)
The sound level was quite high when we first got there, lowered a bit by the time we were done eating.
Busy
People talking, the machines in the kitchen beeping, kids screaming.
Location: Psibrary
Sounds: My voice, the voice of Arik Linstad, rummaging of furniture, the hum of my computer, the hum of the florescent lights.
My room, 5:52pm, 3/27/26
Location: UBS Arena loading docks
Date & Time: 3/13/26 (1:38pm)
Identifiable Sounds:
-Van doors opening and closing
-Footsteps
-White noise
-Van suspension creaking
2/27/26, 3:46pm
(Inside delivery van driving down Jericho Turnpike.)
Identifiable Sounds:
-Van’s suspension working
-Van’s breaks squeaking
-The van’s engine revving up
-The wheels on the asphalt
-Small, unknown object bouncing around the back of the van
-A man’s voice on the radio
-An excerpt of “Enter Sandman” on the radio
1- 2/20/26, 1:16pm – City Line Florist
2- Co-workers chatting in the back room, a large truck driving past the store, general main road ambiance from outside.
3- The doorbell ringing as a customer walks in, a co-worker greeting them by the front.
4- The fridge door sliding closed, the humming of the fridge itself, another co-worker talking on the phone at the front desk, a customer’s footsteps, the cash register being opened.
5- Moderate. Mostly quieter, occasionally interrupted by louder, more prevalent sounds.
6- Busy
7- Co-workers talking, the fridge humming, the cash register opening.
Location: My front porch, 5:30pm
Identifiable Sounds: My dog’s leash, sounds from the kitchen inside (mostly the clattering of plates, I can also make out the sound of the dishwasher being opened), the front storm door opening and closing, footsteps, a dog barking blocks away, my neighbor dropping a hubcap in his driveway across the street, some birds chirping, ambient wind.