Hello Tumblr.. ive come to share with you some of my personal favorite things about johnny that ive noted. consider this your ascension from humble fan to true earnest follower. dont say youre og though m8 kek

1. In a warrant to search John's device usage shortly after Poway, it is revealed one of his aliases on Facebook was "John Toccatina", a reference to the commonly played song by beginners of piano by Dimitri Kabalevsky (Op. 27 No. 12). He states that this is his "lol name", likely referring to League of Legends (creds to one of my friends for pointing this out)

2. On the topic of piano melodies, his favorite song to play is Scherzo No. 2 by Choplin. He's actually played another Choplin song before, specifically "Fantaisie-Impromptu (Op. 66)".

3. Before Poway, buying a $963.41 firearm with his hunting license, he never once shot it untill he entered the synagogue. Maybe this is why his gun jammed...

4. Mentioned by someone who knew John at the high school he went to, John was studying at CSUSM (the university he attented) to become a ER nurse, as well as wanting to graduate with a biophysics major.

5. With his talent of the piano–first starting to play at the age of 4, he wont 3 different talent shows at Mt. Carmel high school, placing 2nd, 1st, and 3rd, respectively. The only song that is confirmed he played during one of these talent shows is a Pirates of The Caribbean medley.

6. He has 3 brothers and 2 sisters, almost all of them being roughly the same age as him.

7. John was on the varsity swim team at his highschool. Him, his brother James Earnest, and his sister Megan Earnest, volunteered as lifegaurds, too. His father, John A. Earnest, also works as one in the summer.

8. John's father outside of being a lifegaurd is an AP Physics teacher at the same highschool John attended. He's described as a warm, caring teacher who would frequently bring sweet treats such as cookies to his students. Additionally, he kept a study binder to help his class before exams. John A. Earnest also funded the HAM radio club at the highschool.

9. In another court document explaining the step-by-step situation of what happened before, during, and after the attack, John was described to have had a "'flat effect' as though he was detatched or unaffected by his actions". He also was deemed by others as feeling "no remorse" throughout the aftermath of the attack, noting the only instance of him somewhat feeling guilty was through a private phone call in jail, where he mentioned his actions were "innapropriate."

10. During high school, John's classmates considered him rather quiet, saying "Teachers would be taken aback upon hearing his voice for the first time." Along with this, he hardly studied in any of the 11 AP classes he took throughout highschool, a student at Mt. Carmel highschool saying the following;

"He was so incredibly smart that he took no notes in his AP Chemistry and AP Physics classes whilst listening to music, with both hands shoved into his jean pockets, and still managed to ace every exam and quiz with little effort."