Brick Wall

I liked the videos that we watched in class. It reminded me of the things that I learned in Grammar school from my friends. How to be a man. How to act like I don’t care about things or people. So much of what was said in Katz video was true and hit home. I grew up watching wrestling with my dad and little brothers. I remember wanted to get jacked like the wrestlers on TV and doing pushups whenever it came on. If you look at me now you can see how far that got me… nowhere. But just the influence that these people on TV had on me was huge. I never thought about it until I saw Katz’s video.

Rambo. I love Rambo! I watched all the Rambo movies, even the one that came out like 4 or 5 years ago where he is old as hell! Up till around 7^th grade I wanted to look like him and be big and tough like him. I always hoped puberty would help get me there. It failed me; I grew like two inches and got skinnier. Far from the physic of Rambo I stopped hoping. One thing toward his defense though, because the few things that were said about him were true but they left out an important fact. At the end of the first Rambo movie, First Blood, the last 10 minutes or so are filled with intense gun fire and explosions and all that good stuff. But it is also when Rambo breaks down and cries. He doesn’t just cry, this guy cries like no man on TV has cried before. He is balling so hard crunched up in a corner just weeping and everything. That was an awesome moment; one of my favorite scenes. It showed me that even if you have this tough guy front, this brick wall that nothing can go through, you are still human. You can still show those emotions and not be any less of a man.