Journal Entry #3

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.

 

Journal Entry #3

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.

Journal Entry #3

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

 

 

Journal Entry #3

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