- Time and Place: HofUSA, 10:10pm, 4/24
- Farthest: metal scraping/clanging together, blending / humming sounds
- Medium: music playing over speakers
- Closest: people talking, footsteps
- Sound Level/Activity: The sound level is consistently at a medium level, while the activity is frequently changing.
- Description: busy and bustling
- Essential: talking and music
Daily Archives: April 24, 2026
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