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            The texture of the city sound for me usually ranges from shoes walking on the hard

pavement to the loud beeping of cars. Early in the morning you can hear these sounds very

clearly since barley any other activity is going on. The sound of shoes stomping on the pavement

is very prevalent since most people go jogging early in the day. Later in the day you can hear

more people having conversations with other people. Usually when go further into the upper

parts of the city you can hear more people talking at once. It becomes a big cluster of sound

when you enter these large gatherings of people in places such as time square. At night the sound 

becomes louder as more people usually get together with each other at night than in the say.

Areas that don’t have many people talking would include residential neighborhoods that

are mostly parks and apartment buildings. You can usually hear the sound of small children

yelling and playing along with the sounds of rusty playground equipment such as see-saws and

swings. At night these areas are completely quite aside from the sound of some of the local

wildlife like the chirping of crickets and cicadas. Special sound marks that can be found in the

neighborhood I live in would be the local ice cream trucks. The special melody the trucks play

don’t play anywhere else so you know when one is coming. It gives off a soothing and catchy

rhythm that would make most people want to check out where that sound is coming from.

Blog 1

            The medium I want to work with involves computers. It interested me what people can

create using a computers and various programs . At first I was interested in wanting to learn how

to created things such as games and computer programs. My motivation behind this was that I

grew up playing video games as a kid and I wanted to learn how to make them. That’s what got

me interested in learning about technology and how it functions. Later on in life I learned how to

do computer networking and later tried to learn computer science. I became aware of my

limitations and what I was capable of. It depended on how hard I could worked on a project and

seeing if my hard work would pay off .Now I have an interest in learning about media and

building webpages along with learning how to make short films.

             

          When it comes to influences I don’t really have any in particular. Most of the time I was

taught by my family to always put effort into what you’re interested in. As for artists I’m

interested in would be John Carmack for playing a big role in creating the first person shooter

genre in video gaming. I wouldn’t say I’m completely passionate about anything in particular but

I’m hoping to gain a passion in my media major and find what I’m really good at. So far the

class I’m most interested in right now is web designing since it corresponds to my interest of

creating new products with technology.