- Setting: February 1st at 8:03 am at my desk in Suffolk Residence Hall, Hempstead, NY
- Farthest Sounds: Plane overhead, droning hum of the turn pike, single muted car horns, an engine revving, a car door slams
- Medium Sounds: Toilet flushing, the faucet runs, lock turns and clunks, footsteps shuffling across the carpet, the walls tick, a door handle clunks as it turns, door rattles as it shuts
- Closest Sounds: Coffee dripping, computer humming and ticking, flatulence against my wooden desk chair, fridge rattling to a settle, pen scratching across paper
- Sound Level: Low/minimal
- Sound Description: Anticipatory
- Important Sounds: Dripping coffee, droning turn pike, computer hum