Journal Entry 2- Kevin O’Keefe

2/7/2019; 1:00 A.M.; Bedroom

Farthest Sounds: Distant cars, sirens, planes

Medium sounds: The wind, the window blind blowing in the wind and hitting the window

Closest sounds: Snoring, door creaking due to wind passing through room, radiator clanging.

General sound level: quiet to a point that rides the line of calm and eerie

One word: suspicious

Essential Sounds: sirens, wind, creaking door

Journal Entry 1

  1. 1/30/19; 7 PM; The street I live on
  2. Farthest: Planes, Train Horn
  3. Medium: The cold wind blowing through the trees, cars going down the main road
  4. The jingling sound of my dog’s collar, my boots stepping on the pavement, my breathing being heavy due to the cold air
  5. Sound Level: Not too much noise but enough to know that life is all around me.
  6. One word: Suburban
  7. Essential sounds: The wind, the train, dog collar

Journal – Crivelli

)Location: The quad outside Lowe 4/20/2018 4:20 PM

2)Farthest sounds: Mackenzie yelling my name across by Bits

3)Medium sounds: guys laughing while throwing a frisbee

4)Closets sounds: conversation, footsteps, squirrels

5)Sound level: low

6)Sound intensity: low

7)Three essential sounds: frisbee flying, catching, playing, wind, chatter

8) one word: springtime!

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

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

Can My Neighbor Please Shut Off His Alarm

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