Journal

Location: Axinn Library, approximately 12.00 PM.

Noises closest to me: The printer from a student printing out their work. I hear this very audibly as I was sitting right near it.

Background noises: I hear a people talking, very faintly. I also hear footsteps from people walking as well. I also hear people typing on keyboards as they do their work. Occasionally I do hear a yawn or a sniffle from somebody, or a water bottle opening. I also heard a firetruck go by.

Journal Entry #1

1. Bits and Bytes, 6:30pm (2/5/26)

2. A refrigerator door closing, chatter from a table on the other side of the room, sounds of cooking utensils and ovens from the kitchen areas.

3. The hum of the drink refrigerators, the soda machine being used, ice being dispensed, someone pulling plastic utensils from the dispenser.

4. My friend collecting her garbage from dinner, a three person conversation to my right, the fan overhead and behind me, the table rocking back and forth and hitting the ground because of its uneven legs.

5. Moderately noisy. Much quieter than Bits usually is during the day. Everything starts to blend together as soon as I stop paying attention and becomes white noise.

6. Bustle.

7. The sound of human voices, a fan humming, kitchen utensils banging together.

Journal Entry #1

Psibrary, 02/05/26, 1:04pm

Distant Sound: 

-Muffled students chanting and yelling, repeating “Yah!” and “What?” over and over again. 

-Door to the outside being opened and closed, when it’s opened you can hear wind outside. 

-Muffled footsteps upstairs

General Sound:

-A low, quiet and looping whir of the boiler room.

-At times the boiler starts to pitch up, rattling rather than whirring.

Closest Sound:

-A student typing nearby and eating

-Occasional professor speaking to the student. 

-Jingle of keys walking past.

Journal Entry #2

  1.  2/21 – 6:14pm – my dorm room
  2. distant creaking, people moving, the click and creaking of a door closing and opening
  3. the sound of my heater, a low faint whirring sound
  4. the sound of my breathing, the clicks from keyboard typing, applause and cheering from the tv
  5. the general sound is very low and muted
  6. steady
  7. the sound of the heater, the sound of the tv, the sound of typing

Journal entry #2

drama 20 journal

I’m at a house with some people chilling it’s 5:30 2/21/25


  1. Sounds farthest away: the wind hitting the blinds the water running
  2. Sounds medium range: people talking in the house the water faucet running and hearing sizzling meat on a pan
  3. Sounds closet: my friend talking to me and free styling
  4. The general sound level is really medium nothing to load but also kind of I hear people talking and music playing
  5. One word description of the “sound environment”: calm and homey just a chill space
  6. I can here music playing people talking and people parking up some plates and someone coming up from the stairs

Final Journal Entry

5/5/24

Time: 7:45 pm

Location: my living room

Sounds closest: my computer humming, my roommate’s music playing

Sounds in medium distance: cat meowing in the bathroom, bottles occasionally falling over when she knocks them over

Sounds furthest: people milling around downstairs

One word: relaxing

Sound level: low

Most important sounds: music, cat, bottles falling over