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Time/Place: 3.27.2026, 1:15PM.  H&R Block, Selden, NY

Furthest: Phone ringing, receptionist talking at the front desk

Medium: Music coming from a small speaker that an employee had set up on top of their cubicle

Closest: Typing on the computer from the nice lady doing my taxes, the printer printing out my forms.

Sound Level & Activity: The sound level overall wasn’t quiet but I wouldn’t consider it to be at a medium volume either, more somewhere in between

Description: Overall the sound was generally normal, it wasn’t overstimulating as most public settings tend to be. I felt almost relaxed

Essential Sounds: Music from speaker, printer, typing from computer, phone ringing, talking from the other employees

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Time/Place: 3.27.2026, 6:50PM.  Hofstra University, Colonial Square, outside of Norwich House

Furthest: Distant wind rustling trees with few leaves.

Medium: Cars passing at a fast speed from behind.

Closest: Various hums at similar pitches from the air conditioning units.

Sound Level & Activity: The general sound level is somewhat quiet, however there’s many incidental sounds

Description: Tranquil

Essential Sounds: AC hums, Cars passing, people speaking as they pass by, industrial metal doors opening & closing, various distant car honks.

Journal Entry 3/27/26
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My room, 5:52pm, 3/27/26

  • A distant plane flying overhead, birds chirping, a car’s engine revving, voices coming from the backyard (or a neighbor’s backyard).
  • The dog barking, my mother typing on her computer in another room, my brother walking down the stairs.
  • The hum of my computer’s fans, my phone buzzing, my chair creaking as I lean back.
  • Everything is either very muted or just very quiet.
  • Peaceful, calm.
  • My computer’s fans humming, the birds chirping.

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  1. 3/26/26, 8pm, Hofstra Playhouse
  2. Background: The auditorium, people chatting, footsteps, light music
  3. Middle: the host coming out with microphone, people laughing
  4. Close: people shouting, keys jiggling, then complete silent in the auditorium
  5. The general sound level was medium but bit more on the loud and sound activity is above average and loud.
  6. Madness
  7. People laughing, chatting in the background, and shouting

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1. 3/26/25, 10pm, Hofusa

2.  Background: the kitchen, other people chatting, a couple people setting up chairs in the auditorum part of the building

3. Middle: Music playing through the speakers, the server announcing the orders, squeaking of chairs

4. Close: my own music in my earbuds, my friends talking to me, my own footsteps as I pace around

5. Medium sound level; general layer of conversation, but nothing too loud

6. Relaxed

7. 3 essential sounds are everyone at the tables talking, the music over the speakers, and the kitchen announcing orders

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1- 3/26/26, 4:46 pm, Bits N’ Btyes outdoor seating

2- Plane flying across the sky(engine rumbling), Hempstead Turnpike traffic

3- People laughing, people talking, metal clattering from tables, Sneakers against the concrete, racquets coming in contact with shuttlecock(people playing badminton)

4- People talking, Podcast from an outdoor speaker, table clanking against elbow, jangling of the insides of a mechanical pencil

5- Sound Level: Medium – almost loud, Amount of Sound Activity: Constant sound

6- Spirited

7- Plane flying across the sky, podcast from an outdoor speaker, people laughing

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  1. 3/11/26, 12:50pm, Bits n Bytes
  2. Farthest: The sound of utensils/food being cooked in the dining hall. Beeping of students getting rung up at the cash register
  3. Medium: Chatter in the dining hall during common hour. The creaking of the door opening and closing everytime someone walks in/out, the sound of chairs scraping on the floor.
  4. Closest: Kids lining up to go back to the daycare/school (?) that is here on campus.
  5. Sound Level/Activity: The sound level was pretty high, it was during common hour so it was pretty crowded, the kids were pretty rowdy despite them being on their way out the door, and all around it was pretty overstimulating.
  6. Description: Dining hall, common hour, high sound activity
  7. Essential Sounds: Beeping from the register, cooking in the kitchen area, talking from other students, chairs scraping on the floor