At first when reading acoustic cyberspace I find myself extremely confused and bored.  My mind seems to wander.  I guess it is because I don’t understand what he is saying.  The wording and the overall point of the text is uncomprehendable to me and hard to read and finish the point of what he is trying to get across.  I feel that if he had written it in laymens(dont know how to spell that) terms I would at least get the point of what he was saying.  Through all that I picked this quote from his text.  “Through resonance in a physical system, a small activity or event can gain a great deal of energy; for example, if I belted out a pitch that resonated with the unique acoustic characteristics of this room, the energy of my voice would be amplified by the environment. That’s why some singers can shatter a glass with their voice: they hit the resonant frequency of the glass (which is a space and contains a space), making it vibrate to the point of shattering. Resonance is a very powerful analogy for understanding how various types of energies and spaces operate.” I chose this quote because it’s really the only thing I really understood and could relate to in the text I managed to read.  It seems to be saying that even small things can have a broader and greater effect.  His word choice is definately understandable to me.  This relates to how sound can be magnified even in a room.  Also how sound at a certin resonant frequency can shatter a glass simply through singing.

Ahoy, Mateys!! My name is Megan Nordstrom and welcome to the tropical oasis of my EnglishI2I Portfolio at the University of Washington. Climb aboard with the crew at our pirate EnglishI2ISLAND and feel free to browse the extraordinary cabin features you find on the port side of the page. “  I chose this quote because I think it’s a great hook, grabber, to pull you into the text that may otherwise be boring and dull.  Who wants to hear about the class in a boring way…like this is what you will be doing….and this……and this…..funstuff….I think not.  Her intro to the class just grabs you and it keeps you long enough to get to the less boring stuff and eventually the end.  The tone is upbeat and excited.  She used a cool comparison with the pirate island and the ship to introduce us.  This can relate to how sounds and the way we preceive words can change how we feel based on the tone and the words used.  Like in this quote it made me feel upbeat and happy.