Journal Entry One

Time/Date/Locale: 2/3/11 5:30p.m.- Bookstore

Far Away Sounds: People talking in the student Center, Rowing Machine, Shouting

Middle Range Sounds: The cash register beeping, Cashier helping customers, people talking in line to check out, bags rustling, people dropping there book bags

Close sounds: My own breathing, my keys rustling as a hide the fact i’m recording during work, someone high fiving me, my stomach rumbling, the pages of the book I keep flipping through.

Atmospheric Volume: It is rather loud in the student center, but not as loud where I am. There is a constant level of commotion from the cafeteria while it only becomes loud when people in line in the store start talking or arguing with the cashier.

Description: Busy

Essentials: I believe that the constant background yelling, the register beeping and the rustling of merchandise bags are the essentials to this particular environment.