1- 1/28/13, 1:40pm, Republic dorm room

2- Cars passing on Hempstead Tpke, sirens in distance

3- Truck idling in the parking lot, car doors closing, indistinct conversation

4- Sprinkling rain tapping on the window, humming of the air conditioner, an occasional sigh of the person next to me

5- Quiet, everything is muffled and calm; the sound activity is low

6- Sleepy

7- Truck idling in parking lot, tapping of the rain on the window and the humming of the air conditioner