Written By Ricardo Rigodon (LifeDefined)

> This is the way I feel about 9/11 and this issue seems a lot of people on my NewsFeed and on other Facebook Pages I felt the need to add my opinion too. Enjoy Guys.

I feel America has done much worse( I see 9/11 has a harsh bite in the ass for what we've down in the past) , we've bombed Japan( I see you argue we saved "millions" of lives; MacArthur (a crazy general and our best) said we should blockade them until they surrender - which would've much much better choice, Vietnam( fighting against communism in that area), Got involved in matters we shouldn't have, Protecting Israel( which I'm on the fence on that; don't really know the right decision; although sending billions+ billions to them each year along with Egypt is ridiculous ), and among other matters. 9/11 was a tragedy, " A Day That Will Live In Infamy" but things such as the Holocaust, etc. the amount and toll of other events as well far exceed 9/11.
People say it's a conspiracy, I watched a documentary that showed HOW they got here, HOW they got prepared and went to flight school,etc. right here and blended in. It also said they had received warnings from the CIA, etc. of Bin Laden planning to attack. Did they do anything to intervene that?
Nope.
After the USS Cole attack;
The Navy said they could bomb the camp Bin Laden was in and could've killed him, but I believe Clinton said no because of the innocents located there. Which I find kind of dumb, we could've maybe prevented a tragedy like this is happening.
And our lives are affected by this everyday. I hate this day.
Why?
We're reminded of the terrible thing that happened on 9-11 ironically the number being dialed all through those greusome and stress filled hours.
They said Bush knew IT was going to happen, but let it happen so he could have a reason for going to Iraq and the Middle East to get oil. And Killing Saddam Hussein, who wasn't responsible for 9/11..

All and all it's really in lack for a term that expresses my feelings right now, fucked up. Excuse my french but I had to get it out there. I respect the people who serve in the Army as it's not their choice where they go to fight but they fight for our freedoms and such. And the First Responders who lost their lives trying to selflessly save others knowing they could've possibly died. And Those People are real heroes to me.
And Batman, Spiderman And Superman. The Traditional Heroes, you know? Just kidding, but anyway what I'm saying in this rant is We Treat 9/11 as such a huge tragedy (and it is) but we inflate it for more than it actually was. Tragedies such as The Holocaust for example, where over 6 Million Innocent people died, mostly Jewish for no reason at all; a complete manslaughter. To end this "rant" or article for that matter, Please comment your thoughts below I'd love to see our views on this issue. Thanks Guys.

Written By Ricardo Rigodon ( Blog Owner/Creator, Life Defined)

Well,   Today was the First Day Of School or should I say the LAST First Day of School, myself being a Senior( Time Flies!). Feels like yesterday I was a freshman just entering the realm of High School scared of the depths that laid ahead. We entered those doors unaware of what awaited us behind those doors. Turned out High School wasn't that bad as we all expected, to be honest It made me feel like I sort of was growing up away from the "babying" of Elementary School and the "pre-highschool" phase of Middle School.

Anyway, High School for the first day went exceptionally well. Better than expected.
For One, Pre-Calculus seems like a challenge. Our Teacher seems to pretty much tell us they're not capable of teaching us in class and we'll have to read the textbook at home (Great).
But Other Than That, Freshman Year I was in Band/Instrumental Music. I was pretty good, had a solo and stuff and played 2nd Clarinet out of 3. Now I'm a Senior 2 Years Later, Awesome.
Physics AP + English AP will be challenging being in AP courses but I'm up to it.


Overall, Just a few classes I quickly discussed and such. Seems like a pretty awesome School Year if I do say myself. Friends in every class.. Feel free to comment and keep your eye out for more blogs!

Written By Ricardo Rigodon(Blog Creator/Owner, Life Defined)

I'm Sure You Do.

First off, We Have a New Homepage and a new Design to the website. Looks Much More Professional when compared to the Default Design.



What do you guys Think? Comment Below.

I personally think it fits the site's message much better as it showcases what the meaning of this site truly is. But Let me know what you guys think. 

Written By Ricardo Rigodon ( Blog Creator/Owner, Life Defined)

So I Finally Finished The First Book for English AP, How to Read Literature like a Professor by Thomas Foster. It wasn't a bad book to be honest, and I feel now I understand English Books better than when I did when I first read it. Annotating was kind of new to me in that aspect as I really haven't done anything and it seemed kind of weird writing notes inside of a book, but I did it.
He expresses his views on various parts of literature, and gives you a pretty solid understand of the surface of Literature itself. What astonishes me is that he said towards the end we've only scratched the surface, ( Great, I think to myself, there's more?! )
Now the Second one should take much less time, at least I hope. With time winding down, I have this book, a project and then some Physics Study Island and SAT stuff to do. Then, I got some college stuff as well.
Isn't my life exciting?! 

Well, That's it for this Blog Post. I'll try to be more active, haha. 

Written By: Ricardo Rigodon (Blog Owner/Creator, Life Defined)

Just writing this random blog and sharing my thoughts with you guys, here goes.

Q:What is the meaning of Life?

A: What is Life? What's our purpose here? Society will tell you life is short, and get all you can. But in reality, that's not all life is about. We live to laugh, to cry, to be angry and sad and all the feelings in the spectrum. Discover the unknown, read books( I don't read very often though), Play Video Games( That's me for sure!)
and so much more that I can't describe in a single answer. That's what we strive for, to share our experiences with everyone else and get closer to that meaning/definition of the subject of Life.
Living is something to be proud of, and as we grow older ( I'm quite young) we become wiser and make better decisions. But when we're old, will the young generation listen to us? Makes me think, the irony of Life. The term "Life's a b**ch" fits here most definitely as Life can be very ironic. Respect your elders guys, haha..

Q: How do you live, you know right?

A: That, I don't even have a clue about. Society will tell you living right is being rich, owning a huge mansion, having a nice family, and having your own Reality TV show. That's not it though. What's living right can be different for everyone else, including you and me and that guy that runs the grocery store a few blocks away.
Life is different for everyone.
What a statement. You know the messed up part about Life is? While we complain about the perks of a first-world country, having food to eat, getting our favorite electronics, sleeping in a wonderful house, and having the chance to live we take it for granted. While children in third-world and extremely poor countries are starving, homeless, and don't know when they're next meal is going to be and don't know what's gonna happen tomorrow. We're on Facebook and Twitter complaining about OUR lives, but think about it.. Do we really have the right to complain? I mean, these people are actually suffering while we enjoy our lives in this great country called America. How do they live right? Just having enough to get by? That, is something that has me thinking. Or would they be consumed by the very familiar and prominent feelings of greed and jealousy that us humans know all too well. The corrupt businessmen and crooks that become extremely rich but refuse to give away money to others or earn it fairly. Would those people if they had the opportunity strive to become rich? You, I, the man in the grocery store, and your next-door neighbor would all have once answer: Hell Yes. That's another thing to think about.

Q: What are we made to be?

A: Whatever you want. Be it a Doctor( that's something I want to become possibly.), a Lawyer, a Nurse, a Astronaut, or even something as terrible as a supervillian. Do what you want, haha. 
Life is without limits, well they are limits but very obvious ones. For example, you're not going to win the lottery for 365 Million Dollars on Friday The 13th. Not that I'm superstitious or anything of that sort, but it probably most definitely won't happen. But can it? Yeah, sure. 
You can be a comedian ( Please be funny), a actor, an actress, Mermaidman & Barnacleboy, or be a 26 year old fry cook working at a Krusty Krab Restaurant.(Spongebob!)

Well, that's it for this blog. Feel free to comment and share your opinions! Thanks guys!

Written By Ricardo Rigodon(Blog Owner/Creator,Life Defined)
Girls always say they want Nice Guys, but when one comes around they turn them down. Why is that?
And Yet, they go after the jerks and scumbags and then judge every guy in the world as a jerk just like them because they made a terrible choice. 
People do that a lot, and what I mean by that is stereotype. Think About This Example.
New Jersey Residents, You can Relate to this. I was born in Brooklyn, NY but I can defintely post something that everyone can relate to.
Take the MTV hit, Jersey Shore so people outside of our state think we're the same like those.. jerkoffs and douchebags . Giving other people a negative look on NJ. I despise the show to be quite frank, not only for the dumb people that are a part of it, or the culture it glorifies of being stupid and dumb, spray tans, but also what other people that come to New Jersey now start to think of us. Those people are from New York anyway, not even New Jersey. And To Those outside of New Jersey, we're not. Really feel the effects here being about 15-20 mins away from Seaside, we're not far from it.

Now you see an example of a stereotype, It makes you think, "Are they ever positive?"
That, is another great question. I personally think that if a nice person were to give the other person a great view on other people in your group/cliche it'd be beneficial but it could also be detrimental seeing as they would have extremely high expectations of you, and you could turn out to be a terrible person.

Well, I hope you enjoyed this short blog of mine.

Written by Ricardo Rigodon(Blog Owner/Creator, Life Defined)
We all know the saying, If Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade. But What If I don't want to make Lemonade, but want Orange Juice? I don't know where I'm going with that haha. 
Some People need to have a different perspective on things. I usually look at things with an optimistic Point of View such as I tend to look on the brighter side of things instead of being pessimistic about everything. A lot of People should try to do the same, and heck.. who knows? The World might become a better place to live in.

We need to Tolerate everyone else's motives and beliefs and accept other people for who they are, and accept ourselves as well. We all have a Problem with that. I mean, even I do and I'm a normal human being like you guys are, reading this blog right now. 
Think About That. 
And the World won't become any better unless we start taking the steps to do so. 
Crazy stuff, huh?

Written by Ricardo Rigodon(Blog Owner/Creator, Life Defined)
And I haven't even started my Summer Reading for AP English or my AP Phys. Work. Procrastination at its Finest. That should be my new motto haha, but anyway. I do have one of the two books for AP I need to read and annotate, Just need to get the other one tomorrow I guess. 
 I did begin to read "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston and I opened the first page and My Face When was defintely the image to the right.
It seems like a Good book based on the reviews and such, but I haven't got to reading it. Well, In Time I will. That's it for this Post. Check out our FB Page at the Top Right and our Twitter as well! On The Top Right!

Life is: Trying, Falling. Trying Again. And Falling. The Same Repetitive cycle.
And yet, How do we stop ourselves from failing? Or Better yet: What is the definition of Life? What's our purpose? Why are we set to live? That is the question(s) that has plagued man ever since the beginning of the world. 
Matter of fact, People try to define life within their means. That we should live life with morals, and respect others. I am a firm believer in that idea, but others may disagree. You may have a crooked criminal who thrives off of making others lives hell all for his own personal benefit. Why? That, is something only the criminal would know. If I were to try and define Life, I couldn't. In its entirety, No Human Being could define Life and everything inside of it. Even the smartest scientists like Einstein and many other great minds of our existence couldn't find the meaning of life no matter what they tried. People turn to Religion for that answer. I, a firm believer in Christianity believe in Intelligent Creation/Design or whatever it's called, I digress. While those who believe in Evolution, or differ from the views from Christanity possess different views. And they hold those views as their own creating, designing their own point of view.
But enough of that whole paragraph of thought I just had. The purpose of this blog is to share our thoughts, our points of views, Debate in an organized fashion, and to help understand our lives better through learning through others, Sharing our experiences, and such. Even though we may never reach the answer to the Ultimate Question: What is the meaning of Life? We can wonder, can't we? The drive to find such an answer has us all wondering, and we could sit here and think and we can never find it. Feel Free to Comment on any of these blog post(s), This is the first of many so please stay tuned. What are your thoughts?