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Journal Entry #3- Gabby Macallister
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Date: March 13th, 2022

Location and Time: My bedroom, 5:58pm

Far Sounds: An airplane flying over, water pouring into the sink from our broken washer, buttons scraping the dryer, leaves rustling outside my window, truck driving by, the hum of the dryer

Medium Sounds: Evening doves chirping, a crow flying above and cawing, neighbor bringing their trash bin out, my radiator making a low humming noise, Nia walking up the basement stairs, Lizzy shutting her door upstairs, neighbor getting into car and starting it

Close Sounds: Lizzy singing “Smoking Out the Window” by Bruno Mars, Lizzy adjusting the clocks on the microwave and oven, someone washing dishes in the kitchen and humming, chickadee that is chirping outside my window

Sound Description/Level: Serene, calm with an occasional blip

One Word: Calming

Most Important Sounds: Evening doves chirping, Lizzy adjusting the clocks, neighbor dragging trash bin out, Lizzy serenading me

Sound Journal 3 – Michelle Pavloff
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Date: March 8, 2022

Location and Time: Psibrary in Lowe, 4:08 pm

Far Sounds: students rehearsing in musical theater class, footsteps going upstairs

Medium Sounds: freshman talking, laughing, and singing in the drounge, opening and closing of Lowe doors

Close Sounds: Nicole and Olivia typing on their computers, Olivia adjusting her chair 

Sound Description/ Level: Energetic, loud

One Word: Bustling 

Most important sounds: people talking, doors opening and closing

Professor Pell’s Discussion
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Location: Hager Hall, Professor Pell’s C+E second lecture class, 1:30pm

Farthest: Professor Pell talking, Air vent, someone answering a question

Medium: Pen’s clicking, girl walking to the garbage can, air vent

Closest: Girl writing behind me, pages turning

Level: Medium

Description: Intelligent

Important sounds: Professor Pell talking, people writing and clicking their pens, kid answering a question

Vander Poel Floor 13
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Location: Vander Poel, Floor 13, 4/10/18 5:44pm

Farthest: People talking in the kitchen, the elevator door “ding-ing”

Medium: Air vent running, a girl writing in a notebook

Closest: Music playing in my headphones, me typing

Level: Quiet

Description: Productive

Important sounds: Typing, the elevator “ding-ing”, people talking in the kitchen

Lowe 216
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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

Another Parakeet
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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

Can My Neighbor Please Shut Off His Alarm
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Location: Room 707 in Vander Poel, 8:45 am 3/13/18

Farthest: Snow being removed outside, wind blowing

Medium: Elevator dinging, the shower in the men’s bathroom running

Closest: My roommate snoring and my neighbor’s god awful and super loud alarm that woke me up and that did NOT need to be so intense on a snow day of all days
Level: Medium
Description: Annoying
Important sounds: The alarm, snow being removed, elevator dinging

Journal
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1.   2/28/18 on the Northern State at 5:00

2. Honking, hip hop music, “F$@^ You!!!!”-Evil soccer mom

3. The sound of the road as my mom drives, the radio blasting Demi Lovato, the blinker indicators, the engine revving.

4. The wind rushing through the open windows, the beat of my heart.

5. Minimal sound activity. This was a challenge for myself to see what I could tune into in a non stationary environment. I feel like next time, I should stick with stationary environments.

6. Gravely

7. Engine revving, blinkers, radio.

Journal 4
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1. Hofstra gym 2/20/18 @ 12:45 PM

2. Basketballs bouncing on the gym floor, disappointing pop music, dumbbells smacking the floor.

3. People’s footsteps, water bottles being used (drank from, picked up and down, etc.), the leg press being used, people grunting from the effort of heavy weights.

4. The squeakiness of the seat of the row machine, my heavy fast heartbeat, the creak of the bar next to me being adjusted.

5. The room itself isn’t very noisy, a lot of the sound is the radio or televisions.

6. Bass

7. The dumbbells, the disappointing music, and the sound of my potato chips.