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Journal Entry #3
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Time: 10PM

Place: My dorm in Dover Hall, Hempstead, NY

Close sounds: Laptop keyboard typing, medium sized heater, various phone notifications, shoes sliding on tile floor.

Medium Sounds: Doors opening and closing, toilet flushing, whistling from the window

Faraway Sounds: Unintelligible conversations in the hallway, footsteps from hallway,

Sound Level: The hum of the heater is constant and presently quiet. The other sound elements are sporadic and random while being loud enough to distract.

Description: Stable

Essential Sounds: Hum from heater, footsteps, laptop keyboard typing. Passing conversations.

 

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Time: 10:30 am

Place: Corner of Broadfield and Jane st

Close sounds: A mourning dove overhead, a squirrel rustling leaves across dry grass

Medium Sounds: a neighbor using an impact driver, music playing from my roommate’s window out onto the street (the heavy louder than the rest of the song)

Faraway sounds: Cars revving on Hempstead turnpike, planes overhead every once in a while, sirens, car horns honking, wind.

Sound Level: The majority of the sounds are low, bass-heavy hums, however the mourning dove is at a medium level, and the impact driver is very loud.

One Word Description: Rhythmic

Essential Sounds: Mourning dove, impact driver, cars on the turnpike, and roommate’s music.

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3/6/26–6:08 P.M.—13th Floor Lounge of Estabrook Hall

Furthest— doors slamming on floor below, ice machine clattering in the kitchen, distant laughing

Medium— elevator doors opening, conversation in the room over, TV playing nearby, music being played off of someone’s phone in the kitchen

Close— keyboard typing, sound of AC/heater running, footsteps on the floor, doors opening

Sound Level— Medium, not super quiet but the strongest noise is not nearby

Description— Routine

Essential Sounds— ice machine clattering, elevator doors opening, sound of AC/heater running

 

 

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1- 3/6/26 at 11am, Babylon Animal Shelter

2-Closest Sounds: Dogs barking, People announcing that they are coming around the corner with a dog, People talking about different dogs, rustling of treat bags

3-Medium Sounds: Gates opening and closing, doors to inside opening and closing, people with boots walking back and fourth,

4- Farthest Sounds: Cars pulling in and out of the parking lot, People talking to dogs they have out, Indoor hoses spraying, Dogs barking and howling from inside

5- Sound Level: Very loud with activity

6-One word description: Energetic

7-3 Essential Sounds: Dogs barking, People talking, Gates opening and closing

 

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1 – 3/5/26 at 7:01 pm, Kitchen of Off-Campus Student Housing

2 – Cars driving by(tires sound like they are driving on a slick road), Plane flying, Engine revving, puddle splashes, Car locking sound(Beep!), Faint conversations

3 – AC Unit, door closing, rain drizzling, faucet running, dog barking

4 – Wooden stool creaking, Jiggling of a pencil, Buzzing of the refrigerator,  footsteps walking down the hall, audible sighing, pencil jiggling

5 – Sound level: Medium, Amount of sound activity: Moderate(somewhat ongoing sounds)

6 – Down-to-Earth

7 – Buzzing of the refrigerator, Car locking sound, Rain drizzling

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Location: Axinn Library, approximately 12.00 PM.

Noises closest to me: The printer from a student printing out their work. I hear this very audibly as I was sitting right near it.

Background noises: I hear a people talking, very faintly. I also hear footsteps from people walking as well. I also hear people typing on keyboards as they do their work. Occasionally I do hear a yawn or a sniffle from somebody, or a water bottle opening. I also heard a firetruck go by.

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1.Time and Place: Belfast Gastropub, 10pm, 2/21

2.Farthest: glasses clinking against one another, people singing to the music playing, indistinct conversations, people placing orders at the bar,

3.Medium: someone yelling their order to the bartender over the music, heels clicking against the floor of the bar,

4.Closest: Music from Dj blaring, Friends talking next to me, glasses tapping against bar top, shaker from bartender making a cocktail,

5:Sound Level: Extremely loud and noisy

6:Description: crowded

7:Essential: Music from dj, indistinct talking, glassing clinking, shaker from bartender, people singing to music

Journal Entry #2
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  1. 2/20/26, 10:16 pm, inside my dorm in Estabrook Hall
  2. Farthest: Shower running, doors opening/closing, muttering, laughing, the elevator ringing, cars going by, toilets flushing, trash being thrown out
  3. Medium: People walking, keys being used to unlock doors, wood creaking
  4. Closest: The fan blowing, the heater buzzing, my phone notifications
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level is low and inconsistent
  6. Description: Quiet
  7. Essential: Phone notifications, doors opening/closing, muttering