Daily Archives: February 5, 2015

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1) 2/5/15, 9:50pm, study session in Michael Caizzi’s room

2) Farthest: Cars driving (inappropriately fast) in the Colonial Square parking lot, someone upstairs dropping things on the floor.

3) Medium: Clock ticking in the suite, quiet chat in the neighboring room

4) Closest: Michael talking and typing on his keyboard, the HVAC blowing cool air, Judy Garland on vinyl.

5) The sound level and activity is pretty low. No sudden fluctuations in the kinds of sounds, or the volumes of them.

6) One-Word Description: Homey.

7) Three Sounds Essential to the Environment: The “buhhhhhhhhhhh” of the HVAC (it is relaxing and makes a steady background noise). The typing on both of our keyboards (sounds like productivity in tandem). Judy Garland singing “The Trolley Song” (warm, familiar).

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1) 2/3/15 – 8:07pm – dorm room

2) Farthest: cars accelerating, wind brushing against the building from outside, car doors being shut from the parking lot, airplanes

3) Medium: shower running, banging on the ceiling from people on the above floor, thumping sounds vibrate through the walls from pipes in the walls and suite mates moving around in their rooms, doors opening and closing

4) Closest: faint and high-pitched buzz from ceiling light, air passing through my nostrils, medium pitched ring from refrigerator

5) Sound Level & Activity: general sound level was low and the sound activity remained consistent and neutral

6) One Word Description: eerie

7) Three Sounds: wind brushing against the building, noises from the walls, buzz from ceiling light

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7/5/15, 8pm, My apartment NYC

Farthest: Faint steady sound of jet engines

Medium: Low hum of wind

Closest: erratic rattle of storm windows as wind hits them

Sound level is mostly soft, almost quiet broken up by sharp crescendos of the rattling storm windows

One word description: erratic

3 sounds: jet engine, wind, rattling windows