Category Archives: Journal Entry

Journal Entry #7
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  1. 3/12/2020, 2:55pm, Trader Joe’s in Westbury, NY.
  2. Sliding doors opening/closing, cars driving outside, & shopping carts pushed against each other outside.
  3. Bells ringing at cash registers, cardboard being ripped & broken down, shopping carts rolling around, customers talking & background music playing.
  4. Time clock beeping, footsteps, paper grocery bags opening, & item scanner beeping.
  5. The sound level is medium because the sounds aren’t loud enough where they clash and you can’t pinpoint individual sounds.  The amount of sound activity was very high because there were at least 10 sounds that I could identify.  
  6. Hectic.
  7. Food item scanner, shopping carts, & paper grocery bags.

Journal Entry #8 Home Edition
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Date, Time, Location: 3/12, around 5 pm, Stop and Shop in Ridgefield, CT

Farthest away: carts moving, child screaming, people talking loudly

Medium: carts moving, people taking things off of the shelf, refrigerator doors opening and closing.

Closest: Friend talking to me, doors opening and closing, pallet carts moving, people talking

Sound Level: Loud and busy

One word Description: Crazy

3 Essential sounds: refrigerator doors opening, people talking, people taking things off of the shelves.

Journal Entry #7 – Barone
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  1. Date: 3/12/20 – Time: 5:00pm – Location: My Home (Carmel, NY)
  2. The farthest sounds from me is my mom talking to my grandma downstairs in the kitchen and the television on.
  3. In the medium range of sound, I can hear someone walking up the staircase towards my room.
  4. The closest sounds from me is me typing on my laptop and sniffling.
  5. The general sound level is pretty noisy and the amount of sound activity is large since a lot of noises are happening at once.
  6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is loud.
  7. 3 things that are essential to the “sound environment” is my mom talking to my grandma, someone walking up the staircase, and me typing on my laptop.

Journal Entry #6 – Ferguson
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1. Date: 3/4/20 – Time: 11:45am – Location: Jersey Mikes

2. The sounds that I can hear furthest away from me are the sound coming from the television, as well as the customers talking as they are ordering their food.  Also, I can slightly hear a beeping noise coming from an appliance in the kitchen.

3. The sounds that I can hear in the medium range involve the doors being opened/closed as people are entering/leaving, and people talking to each other as they are walking in.  Moreover, I can hear the cashier’s voice as they inform the customers of the total cost of the orders.

4. The sounds closest to me are my friends talking and laughing with each other, and them sipping their beverages from their straws.  I can hear the crumbling of wrappers as we all pick up our food, bite into them, and munch on them.

5. The general sound level is moderately loud since there is a good amount of sound activity taking place throughout the building.

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “casual”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are my friends and I talking and laughing with each other, sipping our beverages, and munching out food.

Journal Entry #7
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Date, time, location: 3/5/20, around midnight, walking to Hofstra USA

Farthest: cars driving and their horns

Medium range sounds: unlocking of building doors, people talking

closest: footsteps, my music playing through my headphones, people talking

sound level: very quiet

one word description: quiet

3 sounds: cars, unlocking of doors, footsteps

Journal Entry #6
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  1. 3/5/2020, 12:40pm, Monroe Hall 205 (before History of Jazz class)
  2. Footsteps in hallway & classroom door opening/closing.
  3. Students sitting down in chairs, students talking, projector remote clicking on & projector scrolling down.
  4. Backpack zippers, papers shuffling, water bottle opening, pens tapping & laptops opening.
  5. The sound level is moderate since the volumes of all the sounds I heard weren’t bothersome or at a loud volume.  However, there was a great amount of sound activity since it was hard to focus on individual sounds.  
  6. Filled
  7. Papers shuffling, pencils/pens,  Laptops

Still Haven’t Moved Log #6
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3/5/2020

Farthest Sound- Someone watching TV down stairs, people laughing in the lounge, and that heater thing acting up again.

Medium Distance- My suite mates laughing and talking about what school work they need to get done this weekend, people going through the now working back gate.

Closest Distance- My dorm rooms A/C going full blast, my play list entitled ‘bops’ is playing, and my rap tap tapping on my key board.

Sound Description- Medium level, the house feels alive and lived in.

Important Sounds- The people down stairs, the A/C, and the music

Journal Post #5
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Location: Hegel 201, 3/5/20, 4:25pm (right before class)

–Close: Laptops typing, papers rustling, bags being zipped, people sitting down, people talking, chair desks being scraped on the ground, someone unwraps food, binders/notebooks/laptops being placed on desks.

–Medium: People talking far away in the back, people walking by the hallway talking, bathroom door opening closing, people walking up the stairs   

–Far: Cars driving by outside, some wind, faint voices outside

–Sound Level: Medium, voices are hushed, no one talking loudly or laughing, no music or background noise


–Descriptive Word: Calm


–Essential Sounds: Backpacks zipping, people talking, papers rustling

Journal Entry #6
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3/03/2020 – 7:00pm – Netherlands RA Office

Farthest Sounds: Rain hitting the ground, residents entering through the turnstile, the RSR talking

Medium Distance Sounds: The sliding door to the outside opening and closing, the door to the RSR booth opening and closing, and the air conditioner.

Closest Sounds: The sound of residents opening their mailbox, the other RA on duty providing residents with their packages, The sound of keys rattling on the wall

General Sound Level: Low

Room Definition: Moving

Essential Sounds: Residents entering the turnstile, the sliding door opening and closing, the door of the RSR booth.