Was Dylan a good drummer? And is it known if he carried this hobby into adulthood?

We have no way of quantifying that.  My feeling is that he was really intrinsically a natural when it came to beats and rhythm. There is a sort of consistent math behind it too. We know that he was especially partial to electronic music which had the ‘Big Beat’ repetitive sound. I would wager.. as we’ve seen in bits and pieces of him in their video snippets.. that he often carried some tune that played around in his head and that he whistled or snapped his fingers and sung, yes occasionally, in a hokey sort of way for amusement. There was just a sense of musical expression within his spirit so to speak. 🙂  I tend to think that he stopped practicing the drums sometime in middle school (about when he started losing interest in top grades) and the drum kit probably sat in the garage or maybe Byron’s bedroom (formerly Dylan’s room). 

I don’t know if it’s just me but… isn’t Eric’s handwriting so random? Sometimes I understand it but sometimes not and it can be in the same page

Hmm.. I don’t know if I’d describe his handwriting as ‘random’. He’s very deliberate in what he’s trying to convey regarding his strong feelings and thoughts but he tends to shift gears from a couple of sentences to the next depending upon where his thoughts lead to. I find it to be typical teenage journal writing and not too scatter-brain random. Many resonate with his journal and the passionate points he tries to make.  However… I’m probably not the best person to ask about Eric’s writing as it doesn’t really click all that much with me. 🙂 

Hi! I love your site and I just wanted you to repost this: There is a Docu-series on Showtime called “Active Shooter” and next Friday’s episode is going to be about Columbine.

Hi and thanks. 🙂 Yep, I’m aware of the Active Shooter: American Underfire Columbine episode airing next Friday, Nov 10 at 9 PM ET/PT on Showtime.    I must admit that I’m not overly excited about since I worry that it’s going to be another documentary sullied from Dave Cullen’s pov.  :-/
It might trigger me to have a fit and shut it off. 

I don’t want to butt in but, I did have a thought concerning your scream journal ask. I was a teenager in 1998 (I was 16) and the painting, The Scream was extremely popular at that time. I even remember seeing blow up The Scream figures in stores. It could be that the journal was reflective of that trend. I thoroughly enjoy your writing and page, btw. Very genuine and beautiful.

Very good point. The Scream art was a pretty popular at the time on a lot of merch at bookstores and whatnot.  And, yesss, that blow-up figure!  I’d forgotten about that.  It would’ve been a very easy artsy gift selection for Dylan to make for his momma. 

Aww, you’ve just made my morning – thank you ever so much! ❤

not sure if this is controversial or something, but i noticed that the victims that eric killed tend to have been ‘publicised’ (i think that’s the right word) more than those that Dylan killed? what are your thoughts on this? love E-C btw!💗✨

Hmm, really?  I’m not sure I agree with that perspective. We do know that Eric had more victims than Dylan but often times the media spins it as though both E & D shot Rachel.  The Zero Hour Columbine doc incorrectly portrays Dylan as having killed Dave Sanders.  Ultimately, I think the two boys are often mixed up or merged together while ‘publicized’ in relation to victims.  And thank you!  ❤

You’ve answered so many on Dyl’s weight loss, but I can’t find this one in particular (I did ask it before the purge, so that might be why it’s familiar) Do you think he noticed his weight loss? And if so, do you think he enjoyed it? I know that with some ED (not that he suffered from an ED) the person takes some pride in feeling like they don’t need as much to live. Sorta “Godlike”. Do you think at any point D became conscious of his weight loss and viewed it positively?

Sadly, I honestly don’t think he noticed how emaciated he had become…. 😦

Hi, E-C! I was wondering if it is known how much the renovation after the shooting costed. I seem to recall that the school had a costly renovation years prior to 4/20 so I’m wondering how much more money went to Columbine afterwards. Thanks for all that you do 🙂💜

Hiya and thank you 🙂  Per acolumbinesite.com: There was never a final dollar amount put on the finished repairs but Superintendent Jane Hammond said back in May 1999 it could cost roughly $50 million

A couple of other articles claim these figures:
Afterward, the school – which had just undergone a $15.6 million renovation four years earlier – was subjected to a new $1.2 million renovation in which the bullet-ridden carpeting and ceiling tiles were replaced, along with furniture and paint in the cafeteria, the newspaper reported. The library, where 10 people were murdered, was later torn down and replaced with a glass atrium, the Post-Gazette reported. as well as this [source] and [source]

In 2000, Healing of People Everywhere, or HOPE, a private, Denver-based organization formed by the families of the students and teachers who were killed or injured at Columbine, raised nearly $3.5 million and ripped up the old library floor, which was above the cafeteria. HOPE then built a vast atrium in that spot, with a mural on the ceiling depicting a swirl of trees underneath a beautiful blue sky.  Hence the new library’s name the HOPE Memorial library. [Source]

Do you think Dylan was actually that tall in person because this boy in my class on 6”4 and he isn’t as tall as you would think or how people make it out to be?

Dylan measured 74 ½ inches on his autopsy report which is about 6′2. However, he was probably closer to 6′3 while alive and standing at full height.  Dylan believed himself to be 6′4 and his mother seems to go with that in her book too. Accurately, he was more between 6′2 – 6′3. 

When Dylan gave his mother that journal for Christmas with The Scream on the cover, did he somehow found it morbidly funny? i wonder if seeing his mother receive that gift amused him…”Hey mom, you can scream into this in a few months” -_-

I think Dylan just wanted to get a classy journal with some classic artwork since he knew his mom was an art buff. It would be beyond sad if he purchased The Scream by Munch journal for such ironically callous and spiteful reasons for his own mother given what he was about to do but we can’t know that for certain that it wasn’t either. The image of The Scream is perfect for someone simply venting in a journal. My personal feeling is that he wasn’t that vindicative with his mom and didn’t intend for it to be an inside, intentional, mocking joke.  Why?  Dylan still hadn’t emotionally/mentally committed to NBK in December of ‘98. Based his writings, he resigned to NBK with Eric by Jan ‘99.  E-C Search “gawd”.

Do you think they minded body hair on a girl?

And why are they supposed to mind it ??   I guess I don’t really understand the point of this question. It’s kind of shallow, trivial type stuff. Let’s face it, the two would be happy to have girls in their life period – which they didn’t. Asking me superficial nit-picky type stuff like this where I’d have to guess for you is kind of ridiculous, tbh.  However, I’d be happy to address questions with a bit more substance. 🙂 

Love your blog :) thanks e-c . Have you seen some posts from people who attend columbine high school today? I have seen a few over the years who have no clue what went on. I don’t understand how they don’t. Correct me if I’m wrong but dont CHS students have 4/20 off and isn’t there memorials nearby which state what happened on that day? I just don’t understand how people say it’s a sore subject in that area yet some people have no clue it ever happened. A quick Google search of their school etc

Thank you. 🙂  I have. There have been plenty of CHS students that have posted about their school – some of which are/were Columbiners in the TCC and some not (just talking about their school on personal blogs) –  as well as students in youtube vids talking about the fact that bullying still goes on there today.  Columbine is still a very sore subject that is rarely broached if ever in Littleton. It’s a hush-hush topic.  People speaking of it only if they have to relive it in conversation – say if it’s the anniversary or someone from the outside asks them about it. The collective community prefers to brush it under the carpet as a way to ‘move on’.  This is why the many future generations that have attended the school view it as simply just another high school. Most don’t really have the awareness of the tragedy that took place there. Since they hadn’t been born yet or were babies they perceive it remotely just as another historical event like 9/11 – something that took place when they weren’t really cognizant enough to feel the impact of it.  Many are oblivious as to why CHS is infamous and they don’t know the whole history or really don’t care to learn.. and yes, even with the Memorial nearby and 4/20 being a traditional non-school day of observance ever since the tragedy.