On Desire

I have to write a paper on an observation about human behavior. It can be any human behavior I observe, and the fun part to add to that is the fact that its an opinion paper. Science and logic be damned, this is an excuse for me to actually say something without thinking I don't know enough to say something of merrit (although I feel the same about most others people as well).

I've decided my short little paper will be on desire. I once heard someone say "there are two types of people, those who go after what they want, and those that don't", and that statement carries with it the assumption that as a species we all desire something. What does it mean to want something? How does it affect us? How has the modern world shaped our desires? Is it possible to free our selves from desire? These are all questions I'm going to try to tackle in this paper, which eventually I'd like to post here. While you all aren't that excited, I am. It's the first time in about a year I've had to write a paper and I miss it a bit.