Sound Journal #2

In my room as I sat quietly on my bed, I concentrated on all of the sounds of my house. The most obvious was directly above my head: the constant humming of the shaky fan. It creaked slightly but evenly as the blades whirled. The sound of the wind blowing from the fan was another constant sound. The paper of my poster on my wall crumpled a little as the wind blew. As I shifted in my bed the wood in the baseboard creaked a little as well, and the mattress shifting made a soft noise that is difficult to describe in words. My pillow made a sweeping noise as it shifted behind my back along the backboard of my bed. My hair rustled against my ear, as I was having a hard time sitting still. Above my head on the ceiling, I could hear water running through pipes with a whooosh sound, and random footsteps of short gentle thuds from upstairs. My telephone obnoxiously made the "ding dong" sound of a doorbell reminding me of a text message. The sound of my laptop running on my desk made a soft humming noise similar to that of a fan. In the kitchen, another constant and similar humming was occurring. A notebook I was holding slid across the skin on my leg making a soft and drawn out "swishing" noise. In the kitchen the refrigerator opened with a gentle "suctioning" noise.... and closed with a thud.