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Dylan Klebold's Writing
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On the cover of Dylan’s 1997 journal he wrote: "Fact: People are so unaware... well, Ignorance is bliss I guess... that would explain my depression." The journal begins March 31, 1997 during "a weird time, weird life, weird existence." He described not fitting in, being depressed and generally hating his life and existence. In another entry later that year he wrote, "I swear -- like I’m an outcast, & everyone is conspiring against me...".
During one period Dylan's tone briefly changed and he described his 'first love' though from the writings, it was an unrequited love. Throughout his writings, he named several girls he claimed to love but never mentioned telling them about his feelings. He even wrote letters to one girl but it appears he never sent them as they were found in his journal, undelivered.
Again in 1997 Dylan wrote that he wanted to die, talking about getting someone to buy a gun for him so he could kill himself with it. In November of 1997, he penned out a fantasy about getting a gun and going on a killing spree.
In Klebold’s 1997/1998 academic day planner are what appear to be random thoughts and poems. One entry simply said, "The lonely man strikes with absolute rage."
In April of 1998, at the end of their junior year, Harris and Klebold received their copies of the Columbine High School 1998 yearbook. A whole year before the rampage Dylan made four entries in Eric's yearbook. One entry referred to "the holy April morning of NBK (Natural Born Killers)." Another entry says in part "killing enemies, blowing up stuff, killing cops!! My wrath for January’s incident will be godlike. Not to mention our revenge in the commons."
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 September 1998, Dylan wrote a paper for school entitled The Mind and Motives of Charles Manson and later turned in a paper to Creative Writing class (a class he shared with Eric in 4th period) that his teacher thought was quite inappropriate; she gave a written statement to police following 4-20-99 detailing the nature of the story.
The cafeteria at Columbine was also referred to by students as 'the commons' and that's the first room Dylan and Eric hit during their assault on the school. It's been postulated that the 'January incident' could very well be the car he and and Eric broke into on January 30, 1998. I'm inclined to think that an 'incident' that would require godlike wrath would probably be something more like a schoolyard humiliation than getting busted by the cops for breaking and entering. But who knows?
There were about 8 pages found in his school notebook, apparently written the day before the assault on the school. One portion read: "About 26.5 hours from now the judgement will begin. Difficult but not impossible, necessary, nervewracking & fun. What fun is life without a little death? It’s interesting, when i'm in my human form, knowing i'm going to die. Everything has a touch of triviality to it."
There were a few more pages of drawings and writings included in the notebook. Dylan's last entry was:
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Walk in, set bombs at 11:09, for 11:17
Leave, set car bombs.
Drive to Clemete Park. Gear up.
Get back by 11:15
Park cars. set car bombs for 11:18
get out, go to outside hill, wait.
When first bombs go off, attack.
have fun!
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Dylan also wrote some plans on a page from Eric's day planner that also had to do with the events to occur on 4-20.
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