Date: April 15th
Time: 10:54 pm
Location: Downstairs living room of my house
Far Sounds: Joey and Ben laughing and talking upstairs, thudding from upstairs
Medium Sounds: Avery’s friend on the phone, rain, the washing machine
Close Sounds: Avery talking to her friend on the phone
Sound Description/Level: Low level, fairly quiet and casual
One Word: Gentle
Most Important Sounds: Avery talking on the phone and her friend responding, the rain, and washing machine
February 11th, 3:24 PM
Location: My house’s upstairs living room, on the couch facing the front of the house
Farthest: Car engines revving, a slow siren, a motorcycle revving, a car horn
Medium: Downstairs washing machine spinning and clanking (getting louder, speeding up, then stopping, repeatedly), cars driving past the window in front of me, kids shouting in front of the house, the downstairs’ door keypad being entered, the door opening and hitting the wall, a person downstairs walking into the kitchen and then turning on the kitchen sink
Closest: My phone vibrating against the couch, my Fitbit vibrating, the refrigerator humming loudly for spurts of time
General sound level: The environment feels cyclical, with bursts of sound coming in and out, before coming back into a stillness, and then repeating
Sound environment: Unsettled
Defining sounds: The washing machine clanking, the refrigerator humming loudly, and the cars driving by the front window