Journal Entry #1 – Ferguson

1. Date: 1/30/20 – Time: 7:11pm – Location: Intramural Fields

2. Farthest away from me, I can hear groups of students chatting with each other as they are walking past the fields. I can hear the engines of the cars passing by from time to time, as they slow down to adhere to the stop sign and the speed bump. Also, the women’s Ultimate Frisbee team is on the other field practicing. I can hear them yell the plays to each other, and laugh and chat with each other during their “water breaks”.

3. In a more medium range of sound, I can hear my Ultimate Frisbee teammates stomping on the ground and breathing somewhat heavy, since we are completing the mile portion of our Fitness Test. I can also hear our coach assisting us with supportive words as we complete this activity, as well as him yelling out the time updates.

4. The sounds closest to me include my own feet stomping on the ground and my own heavy breathing. I can hear the certain sounds that teammates very close to me are making, such as grunts and moans. Internal sounds involve me motivating myself with supportive words in order to finish the run.

5. The general sound level is more quiet than it was loud. Although there are a lot of sound activity being produced on the field in general, my teammates are spaced apart due to their different run speeds. 

6. One word to describe the “sound environment” is “peaceful”.

7. Three sounds that are essential to the “sound environment” are the stomps on the ground, the supportive words that our coach provides for us, and the motivational words that I provide myself internally as I get closer to finishing the run.

Spring?

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Location: Outside of Vander Poel 4/7/18 around 6pm

Sounds heard: Birds chirping, my footsteps on grass, cars passing by in the Vander Poel parking lot and on Oak Street

Lowe 216

Location: Lowe 216, 2:09pm 4/2/18

Farthest: Wind blowing outside, people walking down the hall, the door opening

Medium: My friends talking about paint, Pei-Chi advising another student, ripping paper

Closest: People putting supplies away, a girl behind me ripping tape

Level: Medium-Loud

Description: Creative

Important sounds: Talking about paint, ripping paper and tape, Pei-Chi advising a student, people putting supplies away

Field Recording

Location: Unispan

Sounds: people talking, loud footsteps, static

Walking Across The Unispan
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Another Parakeet

Location: My boyfriend’s house, 3/28/18, 1:34 pm

Farthest: The wind outside

Medium: The TV upstairs, footsteps on the second floor

Closest: My boyfriend talking to his friend about going and getting another parakeet, his footsteps on the carpet, me sniffling

Level: Medium

Description: Impatient

Important sounds: My boyfriend on the phone, the TV upstairs, footsteps on the second floor

Oma’s After Work

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Location and Date: Outside my Oma’s house in Elmont, 6pm, 3/25/18

Important sounds: Lots and lots of birds chirping, opening and closing my car door, footsteps, crunching twigs