Journal Entry #10 – Chris Z

4/16/19, 8:04pm, my friend’s room in Vander Poel as they were finishing cutting someone’s hair.

Farthest away sounds: Voices in the hallway, a trash can in the hallway banging.

Medium sounds: Music playing from a laptop, footsteps.

Close-range sounds: Loud talking inside room, vacuum picking up hair.

General sound level: high, medium sound for sound activity.

One-Word Description: Cacophonous

3 essential sounds: Loud talking, vacuum, music from laptop

Elevator

Location: Vander Poel elevator, 4/17/18, around 10pm

Sounds Heard: Elevator dinging, pressing buttons, my keys rattling, the door closing, the elevator going up, the door opening

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Spring?

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Location: Outside of Vander Poel 4/7/18 around 6pm

Sounds heard: Birds chirping, my footsteps on grass, cars passing by in the Vander Poel parking lot and on Oak Street

Vander Poel Floor 13

Location: Vander Poel, Floor 13, 4/10/18 5:44pm

Farthest: People talking in the kitchen, the elevator door “ding-ing”

Medium: Air vent running, a girl writing in a notebook

Closest: Music playing in my headphones, me typing

Level: Quiet

Description: Productive

Important sounds: Typing, the elevator “ding-ing”, people talking in the kitchen

Entering Vander Poel

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Location: Outside of Vander Poel hall into the lobby, 2/21/18 around 11:20am

Sounds heard: My sneakers on the damp concrete (my favorite sound here, it was interesting), wind, the card-swipe machine beeping, the front door opening, the turnstile creaking

 

Floor 7 Lounge

  1. January 31st, 2018, 2:45 pm, Vander Poel Floor 7 Lounge
  2. Farthest: Airplane outside
  3. Medium: People talking in the hall, women’s bathroom door closing
  4. Closest: Radiator whirring next to me, my own breathing, my fingers moving over pages
  5. Level: Quiet; very little sound
  6. Description: Relaxing
  7. Important sounds: Radiator whirring, the bathroom door closing, and my fingers moving over pages of a book