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As I was running out of topics to discuss over Youth Voices, I started to acknowledge the fact that I was in somewhat of a weird mood. I wasn't happy, but I wasn't sad. At first I blamed the weather, but that was pointless being as I love rain and clouds. So then I turned my thoughts to what kind of music I was listening to. It was Breaking Benjamin's new album, Dear Agony.This is an incredible album, and it gets better the more I listen to it, but the music and lyrics are somewhat dark. They even have a song titled "Hopeless." So then I started to wonder if it was music that affected my mood. And of course it is. On a warm summer day, I will play something like Collective Soul, and I will feel completely happy. When I need motivation for something, I'll listen to songs such as  "Push It" by Rick Ross or "Obsessed" by Mariah Carey. Anything with a really loud beat and a mediocre tempo. And think about a really suspenseful movie, would the moments be as suspenseful without the creepy violin music? So how does music affects emotions?

Not so long ago, in a distant land called Idaho, there lived a farmer named Ben Dover. Ben was a farmer by profession. A potato farmer, to be exact. Because he lived in Idaho, potato farming for him was very easy and it was a very good source of income, as well as food for him and his family. Ben Dover loved his job. He loved getting up at the crack of dawn every morning to go to work in the potato fields with his associate potato farmers to farm potatoes. He loved plowing the earth and sowing potato seeds and watching them grow over the course of the season. And, most importantly of all, he loved to eat the potatoes that he kept for himself instead of selling them to make potato related commodities.

My whole life I wanted success. It’s all I dream of. I always ask myself what does my future hold? Every time I think about it, I get scared and start to panic because I crave for success so bad. All I know through my motivation and determination, I can’t fail. I have so many people that are looking forward to seeing my future and the great things that will be accomplished, especially my number one fan, my father Douglas Fann. My father is the best thing that ever happened to me. Without him pushing and motivating me, I probably would not be writing this essay right now. My father is my personal super hero. The reason I say this is because I have been through a whole lot in my short 18 years of living.

Managing money has been a problem for me for as long as I can remember. My allowances were always limited, and there were so many things I had to have. Even when I had a job and made some extra money, there were even more things I had to buy. So I've been interested in saving/managing money as well as controlling my spendings. I've recently quit my job, and the same problem seems to be arising again; I have little control of how much money I spend every day.

So what's the underlying problem for most people when it comes to managing money? First thing is even though they know they want to start saving, most people are reluctant to start immediately. They think it makes them look too frugal to chase after a few dollars.

Recently in English class, we have been studying about the earthquake in Haiti.  At first, I thought that it was just a simple natural disaster in a country.  When I saw the "Democracy Now" video about Haiti, I started to think that there was more to it then just the natural disaster.  I know that many people feel that there is nothing we can do, and that America shouldn't help out.  After doing this study, I believe that there is a lot that America did that caused this disaster to go overboard.  For example, I read an article talking about how America caused Haiti to become this financially crippled. 

One thing that I know for sure about the Haiti earthquake is that there is much to learn and think about from this event.  Now I've studied my share of Global and Earth Science and I can say that one, there has to be a cause for a country to become as weak as Haiti was, and two, earthquakes are one of the most dangerous natural disasters anyone can face.  It is unpredictable, and there is nothing anyone could have done about it, specially in a poor country like Haiti. 

 Will I be able to travel around the world? 

If you have not already heard, Kentucky Fried Chicken (A.K.A KFC) is being scrutinized for its treatment of their chickens in the slaughter houses. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is bring KFC's extreme faults to the public's attention.