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  1. 4/1&2/2026, 11:30 pm – 12:45 am, Cabaret in the Spiegel
  2. Farthest: The creaking from the floors from the stage and aisle, The doors opening and closing.
  3. Medium: People performing and Hosts talking, Clicking from the computer keyboard and/or mouse, chatter from the audience.
  4. Closest: People breathing, Seats moving, creaking, and squeaking, Whispering.
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The level of sound changes depending on what’s happening, if we’re in between acts the level is higher, and if we’re in the middle of an act the level is lower. Switching. Feels both controlled and uncontrolled.
  6. Description: Cabaret.
  7. Essential: Hosts and/or Performers from the stage, Chatter, Floor creaking.

Journal Entry #4
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3/28/25

Belfast Gastropub at 11:30pm

Furthest: Glasses clinking and tapping, shoes squeaking against wood floor, indistinct conversation

Medium: Chairs sliding against the ground, glass breaking, people singing along to the music

Closest: Dj blasting music, Friends talking all around, static from a speaker beside me

Sound level: Very loud

Description:Blaring

5 Necessary sounds: Loud Dj music, people talking, glasses

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Time/Place: 3.27.2026, 1:15PM.  H&R Block, Selden, NY

Furthest: Phone ringing, receptionist talking at the front desk

Medium: Music coming from a small speaker that an employee had set up on top of their cubicle

Closest: Typing on the computer from the nice lady doing my taxes, the printer printing out my forms.

Sound Level & Activity: The sound level overall wasn’t quiet but I wouldn’t consider it to be at a medium volume either, more somewhere in between

Description: Overall the sound was generally normal, it wasn’t overstimulating as most public settings tend to be. I felt almost relaxed

Essential Sounds: Music from speaker, printer, typing from computer, phone ringing, talking from the other employees

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  1. 3/11/26, 12:50pm, Bits n Bytes
  2. Farthest: The sound of utensils/food being cooked in the dining hall. Beeping of students getting rung up at the cash register
  3. Medium: Chatter in the dining hall during common hour. The creaking of the door opening and closing everytime someone walks in/out, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor.
  4. Closest: Kids lining up to go back to the daycare/school (?) that is here on campus.
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level was pretty high, it was during common hour so it was pretty crowded, the kids were pretty rowdy despite them being on their way out the door, and all around it was pretty overstimulating.
  6. Description: Dining hall, common hour, high sound activity
  7. Essential Sounds: Beeping from the register, cooking in the kitchen area, talking from other students, chairs scraping on the floor