Eric had his hair cut military buzz cut style. It was electric razor cropped super short like how it is in the ‘Eric inside Columbine’ vid.   The idea of a hairstyle like this is that there is no need to do anything with it at all. It’s streamline functional and in his case, battle ready.  His super short hair was also his statement in school without going too extreme like angry skinheads do shaving their heads. Though, I don’t think he’d ever have risked shaving it bald because he was ultimately too conservative for something that edgy. Besides of which, I doubt his dad would approve of it but dad was fine with a military buzz cut.  At any rate on the morning of 4/20, there was not enough hair to comb and no need to put product in it because there wasn’t enough hair to style.  It was a military do along with his combat uniform and gear. 

I’m sure Desperado was at least a partial influence for his fantasy paper in which he sees himself as this lethal mystery man garbed all in black. So, I’d say he at least nods to this movie as it has it’s own “man in black”.  Plus, Dylan chose to purchase a ‘DB’ double barrel shotgun and hinted to Zack who was curious as to what he had recently secretly purchased: “it’s something out of Desperado”. Though Dylan certainly didn’t copy the exact Desperado look as his Man had a black overcoat (basically you could say he added a sort of trench) and a wide-brimmed hat, which makes him a little dash of Zorro-esque. So, he added his own embellishments for his ultimate sleek killer.  Unfortunately for us, his paper doesn’t describe a pony tail like Banderas was sporting for part of the film, and Dylan himself did not wear sport a pony tail for NBK. 

“The town, even at 1:00 AM, was still bustling with activity as the man dressed in black walked
down the empty streets…. What was most recognized about the man was the sound of his
footsteps. Behind the conversations & noises of the town, not a sound was to be heard from
him, except the dark, monotonous footsteps, combined with the jingling of his belt chains
striking not only the two visible guns in their holsters, but the large bowie knife, slung in
anticipation of use.. “

However, even though Dylan dug the double barrel and very likely wanted it after seeing Desperado, his Man did not sport one in his paper.  Instead, he describes him with automatic hand guns. Possibly he was thinking of Calico pistols – something that he and Eric were considering there for a while for NBK but likely discovered quickly they were far beyond their budget.  There was a large variety of other automatic type weapons and spring-loaded pistols used in the film. Perhaps Dylan didn’t want to be too blatantly obvious hinting of his beloved DB in his quasi-fictional foreshadowing story.

“The guns slung on his belt & belly appeared to be automatic hand guns, which were draped
above rows of magazines & clips. He smoked a thin cigar, and a sweet clovesque scent eminated
from his aura. He stood about six feet and four inches and was strongly built. His face
was entirely in shadow, yet even though I was unable to see his expressions, I could feel his
anger, cutting thru the air like a razor.

“

The other thing that Dylan’s man does after he tires of his guns is pull out a large blade knife and begins killing his victims in a very bloody manner.  I would think this would support the case that Dylan was likely the one  that verbally expressed a desire that maybe they should use their knives in the library…….

Damn. I’d like to think so. lmao  And I would so love to know what the inspiration for that was.. Unless it was a deadpan joke of his to get a reaction out of others at the smokers pit.  Somehow, I can’t stop picturing this as something Michael Jackson might’ve owned.  If only he’d stuck around another year.. of course, that would mean Columbine wouldn’t have happened and we’d still never know if he bought the garish thing.  In any case, he definitely wouldn’t want to wear that while trying to eat at McDonalds around a group of nearby kids. What an attention grabber of an aesthetic for the closet ambivert that was DBK  Such the colorful but quiet peacock.  lol

No, I don’t – at least, not the way you might be thinking.. The regret, especially for Eric, was that NBK didn’t unfold exactly as they had intended it to. In Dylan’s mind, it was enough.. they had made a blazing trails mark on the school and he was ready to be free from this shitty existence and in happiness.

Absolutely a contributing factor.  I see it as them eating with everyone in the cafeteria in the early years. They definitely ate in the cafeteria in Freshman but things started to change part way through Sophomore year.  As they began to feel more like outcasts as part of the toxic school culture and having been picked on by the jocks, as they began to think independently from their peers, as they began to dress differently and start to associate more with the TCM, they tapered off from eating lunch in the area designated for the herds.  They might occasionally eat there but more often than not, they disliked the loaded anything-can-happen atmosphere so chose not to. Better to grab a quick bite and a soda pop and take it outside especially once they had their cars.  Best idea was to leave that hellhole and eat free lunch at Blackjack.  I talk about this more in relation to Dylan in this post here.

Hiya 🙂  Inquiring minds need to know, aye?  They’re blue-gray with little flecks of green in the center.  🙂 

Hiya.. Pretty okay if not chill. . Thanksss.  Hope yours has been a good one. 🙂

Both Dylan and Eric share an interesting commonality in having a brother three years older than themselves. The rest of your question was answered before here.

Absolutely. Funnily enough, Littleton (still) calls to me.  😉 
I definitely don’t feel done there yet.. It’s more like in a sense,just a beginning of sorts.

Alrighty.  and you? 

I did go to Blackjack and indulged in a delish personal pan pizza. 

I went to the 5934 S. Kipling Prkwy store location. 🙂   There are a dwindling few to choose from in Littleton since the boys’ location closed on W. Ottawa. 

(For the umpteenth time. lol) Robyn liked Dylan..a lot.  If she crushed him it was something she kept to herself.  None of her friends mentioned she’d confessed to liking Dylan that way. She never made anything known to Dylan about wanting to be more than friends.  Some just saw her kind of amp up the charm while in his company. But ultimately, Robyn and Dylan were just friends.  Dylan himself said they were just friends and told his mom “she’s just a nice person” when she’d probed a bit as to how he saw her. 

You may be on to something there.  The object does appear to glint or shine momentarily in this ani gif.  On the other hand, there is some sort of rows of texture on it which is probably what initially made people think it might be a cell phone in thinking that it had a button pad.  Classic zippo lighters are generally smooth silver metal (at least that’s what I usually think of).  Of course, it’s highly possible that Dylan had one that had some design engraved on the side of it or maybe a decal sticker.  The shape of it and how narrow it is makes it seem the most likely object he was holding though. Thanks for your input!  And any of us could be dead wrong.. there’s no way to really know for sure plus the nineties video quality is very fuzzy and makes it hard to distinguish anything.  All any of us can do is be observant of the details of it’s shape, the manner in which he’s holding the object and take a blind shot in the dark’ and guess. 🙂   

Highly probable since certain political dynamics went on in gym class that steamed him. Please read the gym tag for eyewitness accounts that support it.