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Journal Entry #13
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1. Phoenix house Chinese restaurant   5/2/12  8:30 pm

2. The sounds farthest away from me are food sizzling in a pan and a person chopping food.

3. The sounds at a medium range are the cash register opening and people ordering food and talking about the menu.

4. The sounds closest to me are the children of the owners speaking Chinese and running around.

5. The general sound level is loud.

6. I would describe the sound environment as “energetic”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the food cooking, people ordering food, and the people talking in Chinese.  The restaurant is like its own little world.

Journal Entry #12
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1. 4/22/12  Internship office

2. The sounds farthest away from me are my two supervisors chatting in their office and the sound of the coffee machine brewing.

3. The sounds at a medium distance from me are a girl coughing, two people talking about Game of Thrones, and people laughing.

4. The sounds closest to me are the girl next to me talking on the phone, people from neighboring cubicles typing, and my stomach growling.

5. The sound level is somewhat low and sporadic.

6. I would describe this sound environment as “engrossed”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are the people typing, the coffee machine brewing, and people talking nearby.  Everyone is being productive but having fun at the same time.

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1.  April 3rd at 6:20pm during the chocolate Passover Seder

2.  The sounds that are furthest away from me are sounds of people talking from the hall.

3.  The sounds that are at a medium range from me are a few girls at the end of the table whispering to one another and the sound of someone texting on their phone.  From the sound of it, that person was really pressing down hard on those buttons.

4.  The sounds that are closest to me are the Rabbi and the students saying one section of the Haggadah (the passover prayer book) in unison.

5.  It was very noisy with everyone talking at once and it made me excited for the holidays.

6. joyous

7.  The three sounds that are essential to the environment are the students and Rabbi reading in unison, the person texting, and the two girls whispers.

8th Journal Entry
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1. Thursday March 22 at 2pm – outside sitting on a table by Bits and Bites

2.  The sounds furthest from me are the doors opening and closing to the entrance of bits and bites and people walking

3. The sounds at medium range from me are the girls talking at the table next to me.

4. The sounds that are closest to me are the birds chirping. I was also sitting with my friend, who was on the phone, so I heard her whole conversation as well.

5.  The sounds were peaceful.  I was pretty much centered on the birds chirping because it was a beautiful day.  My friend was not talking too loud and the girls at the table next to us were talking relatively soft as well.

6. Peaceful

7.  The sounds that are essential to the environment are the birds chirping, my friend talking, and the girls talking at the table next to us.

Journal Entry #8
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1. 3/21/12  Movie theater screening of Casablanca  7:00pm

2. The sounds farthest away from me are people asking if seats are open and constant chatter and conversation.

3. The sounds at a medium range from me are people crinkling bags of popcorn and grabbing pieces and seats squeaking as they are opened.

4. The sounds closest to me are the advertisemnets playing loudly on the screen and a person opening some kind of plastic wrapper or candy somewhere very close to where I’m sitting.

5. The general sound level is very loud, and the sound activity is heavy.

6. I would describe this sound environment as “cacophonous”.

7. Three sounds essential to the sound environment are people eating out of bags of popcorn, the advertisements playing, and constant talking while waiting for the movie.  These are all symbolic of being at the movie theater.