Week 2

1/27/13 10:00 pm -- 10:20 pm (living room)

Initially, I didn't think I could hear anything at all. Roommates just left for the bar so the sudden silence threw me off. The washing machine was running, it was making a constant "thunk" sound and I could hear the sound of the water being moved about. The clock ticking became more and more audible, I love how we don't notice sounds that are constant such as a clock ticking until it is quiet. The cats were making a lot of noise, running around playing and jumping on bags and boxes, it was annoying me, made me kind of want to stop them. A ringing appeared in my ear as well and that seemed to overpower all other noise even though the moment other sounds were made, like me taking a deep breath, the ringing would seem to disappear until it was completely silent again.

1/28/13 10:00 am -- 10:15 am (my room)

The moment everything went silent, I heard the sound of muffled (but audible) voices just outside from one of my roommates talking to a plumber that was working on our bathroom upstairs. Next I heard the sound of banging, it sounded like the guys working upstairs were breaking a wall, or at least tearing one apart. The sound of foot steps walking across the floor upstairs also was pretty loud, it made me feel a little bit like someone was going to either fall through the ceiling or something like that. Cars driving by, I could hear their sound systems blasting something that sounded terrible. Planes could also be heard overhead.