Trek Assessment #1

1. Describe two situations that aggravated, bothered, shocked or otherwise stressed you during Trek 01 or 02. (Please note that the situation CANNOT be technology-related.)

One obvious complication for both treks in my case was finding places, images, and sounds that reflect a sense of interest and variation. For one, my treks were primarily based around suburban residential neighborhoods with no real wooded areas, landscapes, city life, or much nature for that matter. Everything seemed to look, sound, and feel very similar. With that idea alone, I felt things (particularly early on) were pretty redundant (ie: passing cars, playground noises, and birds).
The other situation that was a little difficult was just trying not to draw a lot of attention to myself. As I’m sure most would agree, snooping around a residential neighbor hood with a sound recorder and a camera aren’t exactly inconspicuous feats. Everywhere I traveled it seemed like there was somebody staring at me wondering “what is this kid doing…looks like trouble!.” I’m sure this concept of suspicion should come with the territory of curious researching, but it’s tough to ignore nonetheless (especially when your taking pictures of other peoples property).