Journal Entry 3/27/26

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.

Journal Entry #3

1 – 3/5/26 at 7:01 pm, Kitchen of Off-Campus Student Housing

2 – Cars driving by(tires sound like they are driving on a slick road), Plane flying, Engine revving, puddle splashes, Car locking sound(Beep!), Faint conversations

3 – AC Unit, door closing, rain drizzling, faucet running, dog barking

4 – Wooden stool creaking, Jiggling of a pencil, Buzzing of the refrigerator,  footsteps walking down the hall, audible sighing, pencil jiggling

5 – Sound level: Medium, Amount of sound activity: Moderate(somewhat ongoing sounds)

6 – Down-to-Earth

7 – Buzzing of the refrigerator, Car locking sound, Rain drizzling

Field Recording #1

Location: My front porch, 5:30pm

Identifiable Sounds: My dog’s leash, sounds from the kitchen inside (mostly the clattering of plates, I can also make out the sound of the dishwasher being opened), the front storm door opening and closing, footsteps, a dog barking blocks away, my neighbor dropping a hubcap in his driveway across the street, some birds chirping, ambient wind.