Journal

Location: In the house

Sounds closest: My phone playing music (I had left it on upon writing this)

Medium sound: My mom on the phone in the other room and shuffling with the dishes, my dogs playing

Low sound, the Television on a soft volume, my 3rd dog snoring softly in her bed

Journal Entry 6

  1. Time and Place: HofUSA, 10:10pm, 4/24
  2. Farthest: metal scraping/clanging together, blending / humming sounds
  3. Medium: music playing over speakers
  4. Closest: people talking, footsteps
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level is consistently at a medium level, while the activity is frequently changing.
  6. Description: busy and bustling
  7. Essential: talking and music

Journal Entry

Suffolk Hall kitchen (4/24/26, 10:07 PM)

Furthest: The elevator opening, someone talking on their phone in the hallway

Medium: The TV on in the lounge

Closest: The water filter humming, water falling into a metal water bottle, ice clinking in a metal water bottle

Sound level: Low

Description: Sleepy

Essential sounds: Humming, water, TV

Journal Entry #6

Outside of the Wellness Center (4/24/26, 11am)

Farthest – Basketball ball bouncing, car alarm going off, sirens of firetruck

Medium- sirens of the police officers, commercial buildings truck opening up

Closest – people chatting, the smoke alarm going off in the building, music playing

Sound Level – High

Description – Emergency

Essential Sounds – smoke alarm, sirens of firetruck/ police officers, music playing

Journal Entry 4/24/26

Jane St Backyard (4/23/26, 12:20am)

Farthest – Cars on Hempstead Turnpike, the sound of roadwork machinery, an ambulance siren.

Medium – Crickets chirping, the leaves in the trees rustling.

Closest – The fire crackling, friends chatting quietly, a guitar being played.

Sound Level – Low

Description – Peaceful

Essential Sounds – The guitar, the fire crackling, my friend’s voices.

Journal 7

04/23/26

Captain’s Field, 6 pm

Farthest: Cars driving past, audience shouting, cheering

Medium: flag football players running, ref yelling, whistles

Close: team members cheering, speaker playing music

Sound Level: Loud

Description: Excited anticipation

Essential sounds: Cheering, audience shouting, players running, whistles, speakers playing music, team members cheering

Journal Entry #7

4/24/26–1:02pm—Doughnut Plant, Brooklyn

Farthest: cars honking, cars driving past

Medium: Coffee machines, coins clinking, music over speakers, air conditioning running

Close: wrapper crinkling, conversation, footsteps

Sound Level: medium

Description: Pleasantly busy

Essential sounds: coffee machine, coins clinking, conversation

 

Journal Entry #7

1. 9/23/26, 9pm, NFL Draft party

2. Air conditioning, cars outside, oven in kitchen turning on

3. Front door opening, bottles being opening, bags of chips rustling, couch springs creaking

4. TV playing ESPN, people near me hooting and hollering, music from bluetooth speaker

5. Sound level is high, lots of different things happening among the bunch of people in the room

6. Overwhelming

7. Essential sounds are the TV, people hooting and hollering at it, and the bottles.

Journal Entry #6

1- 4/23/26, 2:34 pm, Bench by Stadium Road Entrance of Hofstra Campus

2- Cars speeding by, A car being locked(beep!), Siren

3- Woman talking on the phone, Engine running, Tires screeching on concrete, Birds Chirping

4- Wind blowing, Sniffling, Water bubbling in water bottle

5- General sound level is medium, and the amount of sound activity is constant

6- Chaotic

7- Cars speeding by, Wind blowing, a car being locked(beep!)