I had a dream that you and I were able to go back in time, so we made it our mission to go to 90s Colorado befriend Eric & Dylan and try to prevent the shooting. The only problem was we didn’t go to Columbine, and had to hang out in Blackjack everyday to get their attention. We also had no form of communication with them, so we made up the excuse that we just moved there & looking for a flat. I said I’ll take Eric and you can have Dylan. Except Eric got a crush on you.

The plot twist of that dream is like ZOMG – like you took the record player arm and zipped it across the record. lol 

All the same, it’s kind of amusing that ‘I’ was in your dream. 🙂  I’ll assume you woke up at that point. Thankfully. 😉

I’m kind of ignorant when it comes to most things Columbine related. But I really didn’t realize the 11k report was actually that many pages. How could it be that long? The basement tapes were 4-5 hours, and people say they left out a lot of what happened.

It’s ginormous because it contains all witness testimony and evidence directly or indirectly connected with the Columbine massacre. I’d link you to the docs but oddly Peter Langman’s School Shooters.info site has error messages under the boys’ pages and they won’t load properly. I’d speculate that a lot of what was omitted out of the Basement Tape transcripts probably had the two in conversations where they were specifically referencing people they disliked or in instances where the boys were rallying to their audience and encouraging others to do what they’re about to do or discussing specific details on how to make weapons of destruction. So, large chucks were omitted due to the authorities consideration and decision that some parts were potentially dangerous and so skipped being publicly released in transcript for security sake. 

did either of the boys ever play Half Life?

Mm..they might’ve?  I mean, it’s obviously a FPS game with the same kind of interface as Doom.  I tend to think they’d check it out and go ‘Meh, it’s ok but why play this when there’s, like, Doom?“  Half Life is also not mentioned by either of the boys on their list of games  that referenced in their writings.  So, while they probably were aware of it, and might have even played it once or twice at a friend’s house with other FPS type games like Wolfenstein, it wasn’t there thing.  But they liked the Doom world, they were very comfortable and familiar with it and I just somehow see them considering it their superior game of choice in terms of that typical look and feel of FPS games.

What are some of your favorite reads/videos to watch about Dylan? Which are the most informative?

I’m not sure exactly what you mean, like, documentaries or books?  

I’ll answer with what comes to mind regardless. 🙂 

Favorite reads from the 11,000 pages:

My Holy Trinity of All Things Dyl:

1) His Journal  ( I’ve fallin’ into it so many times I literally can’t even count..)
2) His Day Planner
3) His Diversion File Report (which, btw, has lots of good insights into his personality) 

Favorite Video Production on Dyl:   ALL of ‘em. lol

1) Morning Ritual
It’s vibin’ Simply Dyl with that disarming signature smile/wave of his

2) Radioactive Clothing
Acting, VoDkA style, “Dylan,you’re in the camera”, peppered with wicked little snickers to which I adore. 😉

3) Hitman for Hire
Nervous to bad ass puffer fish in 0 to 5 sec with that quaking, intimidating loud voice and exaggerated pumped up body gestures, trench coats, balled fists and shades, Oh My!

4) Car Wax Commerical
Dylan saves the day cos he can yell real good.  “Move here, Dylan, Move back a bit Dylan, Shut up Dylan”  :-C

Titles can be found on youtube…

Books:

1) A Mothers Reckoning by Sue Klebold (by default – official release date 2/16)
2) No Easy Answers by Brooks Brown  – goes into details on Brooks and Dylan as childhood friends
3) Columbine: A True Crime story by Jeff Kass – good background on the Klebold’s and Dyl.

I go into more detail here on the books and docs recs and reviews.

Are Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s parents to blame for the Columbine shooting?

thedragonrampant:

everlasting-contrast:

perfectlydangerousarbiter:

via The Colorado Independent

UGH.  Cullen has sprayed his turf on Sue’s book release. Any ol’ opportunity for him to re-seed his black and white propaganda about the boys.  He’s never even met Sue and says as much. How does this twerp manage to land interviews in connection with Sue’s big moment when he is just regurgitating the same, old prefabricated constructs he came up with since his book of fictional lies.  There is nothing new or factually informative to be had – just his usual interview tripe with that worn-out public agenda to reinforce his status quo disinformation. Grrr.

Feel free to have at the comments section at the bottom of the article.. 😉 

Here is what I had at the comments section of that awful article.. If my comment makes it through moderation, this is what you will find:

I am very pleased that Mrs Klebold is stepping forward and sharing her family’s story (and most importantly her son’s story) with the world. It can do a great deal of good. Her eloquence and honesty in previous writing endeavours (for O Magazine and through Andrew Solomon, respectively) have drawn my respect and my trust that she will carry this book forward with love and strength.

However, I am sorely disappointed to see the inclusion of Mr Cullen within this article. Mr Cullen has written a book about Columbine, yes he has. But what is often neglected is the fact that various “facts” in his book are not the truth. Various events he cites did not come to pass exactly as described and some were even discredited as false within the available evidence on the case. Mr Cullen also has developed the unfortunate habit of glossing over Dylan Klebold’s shortcomings and more vindictive murderous acts. Furthermore, survivors of Columbine and families of victims (as well as the community within Littleton) have spoken out against Mr Cullen’s work in the past as being dishonest and not at all in line with what really happened.

Mr Cullen has furthermore chosen to rely on a post-mortem diagnosis for Eric Harris as the gospel truth, even though Robert Hare (founder of the ‘psychopath checklist’, referred to in Mr Cullen’s own book) also stated that the test leading to that diagnosis “should be considered valid ONLY IF administered by a suitably qualified and experienced clinician under scientifically controlled and licensed, standardised conditions”. None of those conditions were met when so-called professionals set out to diagnose a deceased 18-year-old and set him up to be the mastermind of a terrible massacre. Eric set out to convince the world that he was evil, only leaving breadcrumb trails in his journal that pointed at his own insecurities and lack of self-esteem. A part of him would certainly feel vindicated at having pulled the wool over the eyes of Mr Cullen and his cohorts so completely that they could not even see Eric for who he really was!

The general public needs to understand one thing: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold were equals to one another. One was not pulled in by the other. One was not convinced to kill by the other. These boys both needed help. They both exhibited warning signs long before the massacre. Eric reached out for help; Dylan did not. Dylan wanted to die but also kill, expressing a longing for this dualism long before Eric ever said two words about it (that we know of). To presume otherwise would be to do their respective stories a grave disservice. It is time to put Mr Cullen’s shoddy research to rest once and for all.

Let Mrs Klebold and the actual story do the talking.

Well, I think this makes a lovely kick-off to a whole slew of (corrective) comments to come on that article.  

 *applauds*

That last sentence is a slam dunk @thedragonrampant   Succinct, well-read and informed and ever so sassy but classy.  🙂   

How dare he steal and color Sue’s big moment.  
Get your greedy fingers out of the pie, Dave.  Not yours, not this time. 

Are Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris’s parents to blame for the Columbine shooting?

Was Dylan wearing shoulder pads during the massacre? His shoulders look very broad/squared in the cafeteria footage. It makes him look a little built.

Nah. I think part of that is the angle he is at while walking and also the fact that he has black suspenders on that are strapped tight across the middle of his shoulders so it tends to make the muscle of his shoulders rounder, appearing more bulky and ‘built’ as you say.

I light blasted this famous pic a bit more so you can see the odd angle he is at and also a hint of his wide suspender cutting across the top-middle of his shoulder blade.

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Note, that only one suspender strap is still fastened across his right shoulder. His suspenders were likely problematic the entire time during NBK and kept unsnapping from the top of his pants. He probably had far more issues with this than Eric because of how lanky and long waisted his physique was).  The suspender across his left shoulder is missing, likely unfastened upon impact to the ground and is caught beneath his back.

itssatanswh0re:

THIS IS SO SAD OMG! 

Some people forget that there were 15 victims in this horrible massacre.2 more sets of parents lost their sons. I DONT condone what happened, its horrific for all the innocent people killed, but its sad that the boys were in so much pain and no one even noticed 

Kids can be so fucking cruel! They dont realize the effect bullying will have on the individual or other people.No not every victim of bullying will choose to kill innocent people, but they must of been pushed so far that other peoples lives meant nothing and their own. After and still now people were so quick to judge them as monsters but refuse to look into them as people. How Dylan seemed like the perfect gentleman towards women and Eric seemed to have banter and was handsome. 

Looking forward to the Abc News interview with dylans mum anyone else tuning in?

Except that this never happened? Well, not all of those things happened in oneincident. This is a made up story which was fabricated to make readers knee jerk sad and upset.

See here.

thedragonrampant:

What did my eye spy when I was checking up on the availability of Sue Klebold’s book? A Dutch translation of it! Available on February 16, 2016, or so they currently say: the same release date as the English one. It’s from a pretty reputable website (from the Dutchies among us: bol.com has it!) so this is potentially a very exciting deal. Her story will make it out there in more than one language if this is true and will likely reach an even wider audience.

Ok, so we know there’s a UK version and now the Dutch version will be available. Thanks for the FYI from @thedragonrampant  🙂