Here is what I see and I think is probably apparent to a lot of other people too, and especially those of us who have endured bullying ourselves in school. 

1)  Firstly, I’d like to say that you can see a few of those guys rush up and group together tight with the other jocks and they seem to make a point of coming together and walking down that one particular side of the hallway. It seems like they intentionally did this because they could clearly see who was coming from the opposite direction and felt like giving a perceived ‘loser group’ a hard time.  So, this united wall of jocks barges straight-on into Eric and Mike V., who were already just walking down that section of the hallway minding their own business, chatting casually.  Eventually, Mike V. sort of turns to the side to avoid a collision. Meanwhile, Eric H. kind of loses his confident facade and instinctively, submissively lowers his head down in apprehension as to what was going to happen next.  The United wall of jocks brush past and then bump hard into a vulnerable Eric V who is busy holding his camcorder and videoing everything. And he cries out in surprise and probably a fair bit of pain.  Likely the only reason the jocks didn’t physically bump hard into Eric H and Mike V was because both were posturing hard to appear confident yet unfussed. They were trying to seem casually in-control as this group was unyieldingly coming at them hard and fast. 

 2) What else should the ‘cameraman’ do after getting whaled on while in the company of dude friends?  It’s not like he’s going to whine or cry about it. No, instead, this happens so regularly, it’s business as usual and all they can do is buck up and laugh it off.  But I most definitely wouldn’t call that a ‘sarcastic’ groan. Sarcastic, really ? 

3) Mike V is the kind of extroverted, gregarious type of personality that says funny shit to pretty much anyone (If you watch the entire video, you’ll note that he kind of runs at the mouth regularly to just about anyone without a filter).  So, Mike’s coping mechanism is to deflect and throw it back at them with idiotic humor. And Eric is pretty much looking back half relieved/amused as Mike cuts the tension even with some weak-witted quip. Yes, the group of jocks may have been in their video production class – who knows.  But you’ll notice, Eric’s not joining in and saying any friendly quips to those dudes. They are clearly not his friends.  If anything, he seems to be mumbling sort of disgustedly at yet another mistreatment that went on in the very unsafe halls of his school.   You’ll notice too that Eric and Mike don’t even turn around and ask Eric Veik if he’s okay because again, this shit happens all the time and each of them has already experienced their turn at being physically pushed around just as he just was.  Today happened to be their lucky day in which they made it through unscathed.that time.

Also, one thing you’ll need to know about the term “jocks’.  it’s used loosely and doesn’t specifically, literally reference sports dudes that are muscular and physically buff. ‘Jocks’ are pretty much every self-important, entitled asshole at their school that generally runs with the popular packs and yes, more often than not, participates in acceptable sports activities at their school, wearing certain types of brand name clothing and the white ball caps.   

Hmm…I’m going to give you a little homework assignment.: go rewatch that part of the video again and report back to me with 3-5 reasons as to why you specifically think they were their friends. 

DoNt yOu wIsH BuT SaYinG ThAt DoEsNt MaKe iT sO

Why do you need a list of names ???   Probably best to just peruse my blog to learn who their friends were?  Just a thought. 😉 

Harrises – no. Especially not because of the 20th anniversary.  Sue will always be open and want to talk about things as she has made herself available to do in the last few years. I don’t see that changing. She wanted to start this conversation and to continue the discussion if it will help to save others lives.

Highly doubtful. Wayne is the reason why this is likely never to happen.  Kathy stands by her man. Kevin might be our only hope but he is not about to disrespect dad. or shake up the life he’s made for himself or upturn his aging parents lives all to talk about his younger brother and the atrocity he committed…

Well, that’s not really an accurate statement because, in all of nineteen years, we have not had any information from Wayne and Kathy Harris about their son Eric and what things were like in the context of their family. That is what the depositions are all about: providing a glimpse into their family life.   I would expect most of the information from the Klebold’s we’ve already heard primarily through Sue’s articles, interviews, presentations and her book -but there will probably be new little details to glean from.  Certainly information from Dylan’s dad about their relationship and also possibly some tidbits about Byron and Dylan will be nteresting.  So, no, not the Basement Tapes but certainly interesting stuff that will only help to fill in the blanks more.

Do you have any idea how many times I’ve been asked this question, dude? Sorry, you’ll have to use the search.

Nah, I don’t think so. Dylan was very private about his struggles and much to his detriment, too self-reliant to a fault.  Calling one of those would’ve not only meant he was admitting he was way over his head with his problems but also that he couldn’t manage them. But opening up to a mere stranger about his depression?..awkward. And I’m pretty sure crisis helplines were around back in the day,  it’s just there wasn’t as much awareness then nor the variety of resources we have available today. In the nineties, it would’ve only been an 800 number and possibly some AOL chat room open forums.  

Yep, he was. That shirt and AoL Kewl Haxors were apparently his go-to’s. 

All. the. damn. time.

In a nutshell, because Brooks embellished and lied a lot to make himself seem super important. He was also an arrogant dude which clashed and rivaled with Eric’s own brand of arrogance.  There for a while, Eric would hitch rides to school with Brooks (rather than catch the bus) and he had a bad habit of being slow and on the late side by the time he got to the Harris house which annoyed the fuck out of a tiny Rebby.  Oh, and Brooks often waxed on and on like he was a master philosopher which got on their nerves because he’d act like a ‘know it all’. 

Mainstream ‘trendy’ teens wore stuff like this and various brand name shirts, shoes such as Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Gap, Guess, Reebok, Air Jordans, baggy jeans, bell bottoms jeans, overalls, and plaid flannels but there was also the fun stuff which was heavily 70s influenced. 😉

Uh, I”m not sure. Give it a try and we’ll see? 

Answered a few times before here.

No, the sunglasses found in Dylan’s car were Bolle sunglasses which are a sporty type of sunglasses that are often either/or wrap-around style with mirror reflective lenses. And, hmm..incidentally, the sunglasses that were stolen out of the van were also Bolle sunglasses. Sometimes I speculate whether Dylan somehow managed to keep the stolen pair that belonged to Mr. Ricky Becker in his glove box and it fell under the radar of being recorded as returned to the owner. But I digress here.. 😉   It’s possible Nate took the pair of Bolle shades found in his BMW..or perhaps another pair that Dylan had worn in the past that had represented ‘happier times’ as Sue had written in her book. I do believe that Dylan wore his trademark oblong sunglasses during NBK (some eyewitnesses had seen him sporting them). The main problem with those inimitable shades, as with his jewelry, is that they were oddly never cataloged as items retrieved and  RTO (returned to owner).  

Eric’s microcassette tape that he recorded a few things on the night before the massacre was labeled “Nixon” for unknown reasons. I think Eric was much more conscientious and pretentious in carefully wanting to leave his mark on everything that he knew would be discovered by the authorities post-mortem after NBK.  Dylan was honestly just not interested in what happened after he was gone from this place.  He was not hung up on wanting people or family and friends to stumble upon certain select things and so he didn’t leave behind any personal audio tapes or goodbye notes. He didn’t stage things in his room to be found as Eric did in his bedroom for his parents and police to easily find. Dylan also wiped his computer hard drive so no one could glimpse a snapshot of his brain. His participation in NBK and responsibility for it was not the sort of ego trip it was for Eric in leaving behind a tiny cassette recording on the kitchen table that said: “People will die because of me,” “It will be a day that will be remembered forever.“  These things simply did not interest Dylan at all. Dylan was looking forward to leaving this place behind with the thoughts of how everything will be infinitely better than it is here rather than looking behind at how he was instrumental in causing mass destruction and becoming immortalized as infamous as part of humanity. Once he was gone from the earth, he would rather forget the tool that the entity known as ‘Dylan Klebold’ had to be in order to be free from this bondage.

I’m unbiasedly honest about CVA, whether the ‘factual’ information he is serving up is right or wrong. If you see that as “shitting on him” then that is your problem.  If you are Team CVA no matter what he says and does then why are you even here at all?  Honestly, don’t waste your time here or mine getting your knickers in a twist if this is not the sort of content you enjoy. *waves* buh-bye.

One stop shop.

Not as many as I’d like to. Just don’t have the time as of late or the right frame of mind to tackle so many (in the manner I’d like to address them).. *sigh*