Dylan Bennet Klebold, known as "Vodka" by his friends, was born on September 11, 1981, to Thomas and Susan Klebold. He would be their second and last child. Older brother, Byron, was born a few years before him. Dylan's parents were both graduates of Ohio State University. He began his school years at Normandy Elementary School in Littleton, Colorado, where he attended the First and Second grades only, before transferring to Governor's Ranch Elementary School. There, he was part of the CHIPS program, which is an acronym for Challenging Highly Intellectual Potential Students. He then attended Ken Caryl Middle School, which was quite the transition for him because he was so quiet and shy. As a young boy, Dylan enjoyed playing T-ball, baseball, and soccer. He was a pitcher on his baseball team and his coach has said that Dylan threw the ball harder than anyone else on the team and played to win. His favorite baseball team was the Boston Red Sox, and he always was seen wearing a baseball cap with the sports team's emblem on it. The hat had to be replaced many times over the years because it would get so worn down. He would also be found dead in the library of Columbine High School, in a pool of his blood, with the same hat lying a few inches from his head. He was also a Cub Scout and worked hard to earn his badges. Dylan also played the drums, was an avid Nintendo player, and enjoyed a childhood full of wonderful times and cherished memories that his family and friends will remember forever. At Columbine High School, Dylan was active in the school play productions as a light and sound coordinator, as well as being involved in video productions and Columbine's "Rebel News Network". He also was a computer assistant at school, helping to maintain the school's computer server. By the time he had reached his Senior year of high school, he had grown up to be a 6-foot-3 180-pound young man. Quiet, yet outgoing around his group of friends and family, Dylan excelled in school and spoke English, German, and French. He drove a 1980's model BMW, attended St. Philip Lutherean Church with his family, and had two cats and a bird as pets. Dylan kept journals in which he wrote beautiful poems in, and also wrote about the daily going-ons in his life. He was also a wonderful artist and enjoyed playing games such as Doom, Quake, Hexen, Diablo, and countless others. He also made a few game levels for Quake and Doom. Dylan also had his left ear pierced, in which is usually wore an earring of a sort of "triple-cross", which could be a version of the Lorraine cross. He repeated the drawing of the triple-cross in his writings and doodles, and a source I spoke to stated that the earring was custom-made for him. Dylan smoked cigarettes, which were preferably Marlboro Menthols, and enjoyed alcohol on occasion. His favorite alcoholic drink was vodka, hence the nickname. He also liked to drink Dr. Peppers and mixed alcoholic drinks. He played Fantasy Baseball on a regular basis, and he loved music. Some of his favorite bands were The Smashing Pumpkins, Orbital, The Chemical Brothers, KMFDM, Nine Inch Nails, and Rammstein. He mainly loved the beat in songs, probably because he was a drummer, though he put special emphasis on the lyrics a lot of songs he loved, like "Beautiful" by The Smashing Pumpkins" and "The Perfect Drug" by Nine Inch Nails. He enjoyed movies. Among his favorite were Natural Born Killers, From Dusk Til Dawn, and Pulp Fiction. Anything by Quentin Tarantino was a winner in his book. He also loved The Lost Highway. His appetite has become that of a legend, known to eat whole buckets of chicken by himself and eating cereal out of large mixing bowls. He kept a small refrigerator in his bedroom, which was a gift from his brother, and kept it stocked with candy bars and soda. He had made plans for his future. He and his family had traveled down to Arizona to the University of Arizona college, where he picked out his dorm room and even paid for it. He had planned to major in Computer Sciences. He also attended Prom his Senior year, with his friend Robyn Anderson. Many have believed that there was something between Dylan and Robyn, but they were known to be just friends. Dylan was badly depressed, and although he did have friends, he felt as though almost, if not all of them, weren't true friends and would only leave him in the end. He wanted, most of all, someone to call his own; someone to love. He ached for love and for acceptance in an individual he could call his soulmate, however that companion never came. Dylan was found dead in the library of Columbine High School with a single gunshot wound to his left temple. His death came soon after he and his best friend Eric murdered twelve students and one teacher, and injured numerous others. Despite the vicious murders that Dylan took part in on April 20th, 1999, he is remembered by his family and most of his friends as a wonderfully smart boy who never truly showed any signs of anger. His actions were a shock to everyone who knew him, and many still cannot believe that Dylan had helped plan the attack on the school for over a year. Dylan, on my behalf and other people who care for him and his family, will always be remembered as the person that he was... not the person that he became in the end. He was once that little boy catching frogs and camping in the woods. He was once that little boy whose baseball glove was too big for his small hand. He was once that tiny baby boy who cried when he was hungry or lonely, and his mommy and daddy wiped those tears away. Sounds a lot like you, doesn't it?