- Date: February 22, 2018
Time: 1:00 pm – ish
Location: Roosevelt Hall, Room 108 - Farthest: People walking outside, cars pulling up in the nearby parkling lot
- Medium: My professor talking, people rustling through their bags, zipping up bags, and papers
- Closest: the person next to me clicking a pen, my pants rubbing together as I shake my leg, my pen clicking
- General sound level: medium
General sound activity: medium - One word description: Focused
- 3 important sounds: My professor talking, peoples rustling through bags, the person clicking their pen
Category Archives: Journal Entry
Journal Entry – Crivelli
- The student center 2/20/18 12:37 PM
- Farthest: The order form being printed out from the machine
- Medium: The sound of people getting up from their chairs
- Closest: The chatter bouncing around the student center, laughing, the beep of the order going through the machine
- The sound is very busy and bustling since it is lunch and everybody is moving around and getting where they need to be very quickly.
- Crowded
- 3 essential sounds: The beeping machine as you press the screen, the loud intelligible conversations, peoples backpacks being thrown over their shoulder.
Journal 4
- The intramural fields, Tuesday February 20 at 4P.M.
- Farthest: The planes flying in the distance and cars driving down Hempstead Turnpike with the occasional siren of a fire truck.
- Medium: The cars driving over the speed bump next to the stop sign (never truly stopping though), the frisbee team running, their cleats making a very distinct sound as they grab the soft dirt, and the frisbee captains calling to the girls to bring it in.
- Closest: The frisbee girls who arrived late unzipping their duffel bags and sitting down in the grass to put their cleats on, they also greet me with various ways of saying hello and talk about how the weather finally let them play outside again. I can also hear the sound of a squirrel running up the tree I am leaning my back against, it is a very distinct fast paced scratching (tick tick tick) sound.
- The general sound level is low but busy, with the occasional burst of loudness from the frisbee team.
- Frisbee.
- 3 essential sounds: The cleats running, the captains yelling, and the duffel bags unzipping.
Journal Entry
1- 2/20/18-12:09-Lowe 106
2- airconditioner, squeaky dog
3- talking and pages turning, footsteps, Sam growling, Illona talking, Scott talking,
4- whispering, a drum, humming, laughter
5- ringing loud, yet instructional voice so a medium level
6- inflecting
7- drum, growling, and Illona talking
Sound Observation 3
Date: 2/14 Time: 6:25 am Location: JFK airport
Farthest noise: the distant rumble of people walking, excited children chattering, the clank of high heels, elevator music being played somewhere
Mid-range noise: Airport announcements all talking over each other, scattered giggles, a walky-talky going off
Closest: TV news playing, A couple talking next to me
Sound level: Busy, but not particularly loud
Sound presence: all-encompassing
Description: busy
Essential sounds: chattering kids Airline announcements, people talking
Journal entry 3
1- 2/15/2018 Noon – Office of Admissions
2- the cars outside, the glass doors letting the wind whistle in, the overhead pop piano music
3- The phone calls from admissions counselors offices , Laughter from the counselors, the blender in the break room being used
4- My co-worker on the phone, the families coming in, music from my head phones
5- an organized loudness
6- purposeful
7- Admissions counselors on the phone, the families coming in, the pop piano music playing the background
Journal Entry #3 2/16/18
Hofstra Swim Center – Swim Class
The sounds of wet feet walking across the floor
Various people breaking the surface of the water
Swimmers breathing in as their heads break the water
The swim instructor talking to other swimmers
The humming of the water pumping system in the pool
Journal Entry #3 – Valentine’s Dinner
- Date: Valentine’s Day 2018, Time: 7:20 pm, Location: City Cellar Wine Bar & Grill, restaurant in Westbury, NY
- Sounds farthest away: plates falling and possibly breaking (scattered throughout evening), bar drinks being poured, faint music playing in the background
- Sounds at medium range: Food sizzling/being grilled/prepared, talking amongst other patrons
- Sounds closest: Talking amongst my family members, talking with waiter, slight clatter of utensils and dishes
- General sound level: Quite loud, but no screaming. Most of the sound came from chatter throughout the night
- “Serene”
- Bar drinks being poured, faint music in background and food sizzling/being grilled/prepared
Journal Entry
- February 15, 11:48pm, my dorm room
- Far sounds: my neighbors door closing, sinks running, toilets flushing
- Closer sounds: my roommate snoring, blankets rustling
- Closest sounds: typing on my laptop, sneezing, knuckles cracking
- Sound level/amount: very quiet and soft
- Description: still
- Essential sounds: my snoring roommate, the typing on my laptop, and my neighbors door closing
Journal Entry
1) Student Center Bookstore, 4:45 pm, 2/14/18
2) Farthest- People talking and walking over the Unispan, people talking in the lower level of the bookstore, someone playing music somewhere inside the student center
3)Medium- The cashier helping someone at the desk, lots of talking and laughing from the tables set up right outside the bookstore
4) Closest- Two people talking to each other next to me, my stomach growling, my breathing, a shirt falling off the hanger I was holding
5) Sound level- very high, intense and exciting because it was valentines day
6) Word- Active
7) Three sounds- music playing, people talking and laughter outside the bookstore