Journal #3

  1. Setting: Axinn Library, 7th floor.  5:30 pm on February 18th, 2016
  2. Farthest Sounds: cars zooming down the turnpike, the constant drone of airflow through the old ventilation system, muted laughter coming from the study rooms on the other side of the stacks.
  3. Medium Sounds: chairs creaking, heavy breathing, knuckles cracking, zipper opening, change jingling, wrapper crinkling
  4. Closest Sounds: keys typing, paper shuffling, loud swallowing, pencil dropping, stapling, student shifting in chair and her clothes rubbing together
  5. Low sound level
  6. Sound description: distracted
  7. Three Important Sounds: cars zooming, chairs creaking, pencil dropping

 

Journal 3

  1. Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, Wednesday, 2/10/16, 8:00pm
  2. Closest: People next to me talking about their trip to Miami
  3. Medium: Rolling suitcases, typing
  4. Farthest: Intercom, golf cart beeping
  5. Sound level: Medium
  6. One word: Bustling
  7. Three words: Suitcases, people, intercom

Journal Number 2

  1. February 11th, 2016 at 9:06am, Nassau/Suffolk Residence Assistant Office
  2. Farthest Sounds: Muted voices in the RSR booth on the other side of the wall, Footsteps clunking on the tile in the hall
  3. The walls creak, The clunking of the turnstile
  4. Clock ticking, H-Vac blowing hot air, Phone buzzing in my pocket
  5. Medium amount of sound, there is never a moment of silence, but never an excessive amount of noise
  6. Eerie
  7. Muted Voices, Clock ticking, H-Vac blowing hot air

Journal Entry 3

Date: 2/12/16, about 9:30AM, class

Farthest sounds: People typing, footsteps in the hall, lights humming

Medium sounds: The professor lecturing in the room next door, people moving in their seats

Closest sounds: Professor lecturing, my keyboard clicking, vent

Sound level: Low

Sound description: Educational

Important sounds: Lecturing, keyboards

Sound Journal

Date: Thursday, February 11, 2016

Location: Lowe 106, 11pm

Closest: The Front Bottoms playing on my computer, squeak of my boots, computer keys clicking

Medium: Clock on wall ticking

Farthest: Heater humming and occasionally creaking

Sound level: Quiet

One word: Uninhabited

Three sounds: Front Bottoms, Heater, Clocks ticking

Journal Entry 3

February 9th, Gym during practice

Farthest: basketballs bouncing, music playing overhead

Medium: disc hitting the ground, someone jump roping

Closest: Pippin yelling, people talking, someone running above our heads

Sound Level: Loud

One word: Hectic

Three essential sounds: Pippin yelling, disc hitting the ground, music playing.

Journal Entry 3

February 9, 2016. 2:26 P.M. Breslin 209.

Close: Anna Watts presenting, tapping pens, pencils on paper

Medium: Chairs creaking, paper rustling, pen caps clicking

Far: Clothes shifting from people fidgeting, faint coughing, someone clearing his/her throat

Word: Studious

Three words: Anna speaking, chairs creaking, pens/pencils scratching on paper

Sound Journal #3

  1. 2/11/16, Women’s Locker Room at the Gym    6:50 p.m.
  2. Closest: girl on her phone, two girls talking and laughing
  3. Medium: girls talking, showers running, keys jingling
  4. Furthest: humming of vents, shuffling of feet, hand blow dryer
  5. Sound level: medium
  6. One Word: sweaty
  7. 3 Essential Words: phone, keys, shuffling