Lately, the trend seems to be “being a 90’s kid.” Though we may have been born in the late 1990’s, we spent our childhood in the mid 2000’s, and there’s nothing wrong with that. You could only beg your mom to buy you so many lip gloss flavors from Libby Lu and you had so many Build-A-Bear birthday parties to attend. Here are other things kids who grew up in the 90s experienced.
- Your bedroom was once covered in posters of Raven Symone, Hilary Duff, Zac Efron, Drake Bell, and many more.
- You call it the PRNDL.
- You knew all the words to "Potential Breakup Song", and you still do.
- You kissed a poster of Jesse McCartney before you went to bed every night. Don’t even try to deny this one. We all did it.
- You ran home after school every day to watch Phil of the Future or Lizzie McGuire.
- You had all of the NOW CDs and they were pretty much the only thing you listened to.
- Performing the “Bone Dance” from Hannah Montana with your friends on the playground before class began.
- You spent your time on your colossal 90’s computer on websites such as Club Penguin, Runescape, or Stardoll.
- You thought you’d look like one of the Pussycat Dolls when you grew up.
- You begged for one of those all sequin purses that everyone owned. (I never got one, but I recently bought one from a garage sale and I strongly refer to it as one of my best purchases.)
- Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, was either Happy Bunny or Bobby Jack.
- You were "Burnin’ Up" for the Jonas Brothers.
- You didn’t need the karaoke version of High School Musical, you already knew all the words. And the dance moves. And the trivia. And all of the dialogue.
- Esteban Julio Ricardo Montoya Dela Rosa Ramirez.
- Emotional scream-singing to every JoJo song, even though you were ten years old and couldn’t relate.
- You thought YouTube sensation Fred was the funniest character in the world.
- Avril Lavigne was your role model. "Sk8er Boi" and "Girlfriend" were your anthems. You wanted the pink streaks in your hair and the chipped black nail polish.
- Your slumber parties consisted of A Cinderella Story or Sleepover.
- You secretly listened to "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake or "Grillz" by Nelly on the colossal computer.
- You remember premieres of original Disney movies such as High School Musical and Wendy Wu - Homecoming Warrior.
I enjoyed growing up in this era and I have decided to reminisce. I hope I was able to bring back some lovely memories of 2006, and I hope you shoot a message to your neighborhood friends about a ten year reunion.