1. Huddled around a friend's Dolly magazine to read and giggle about Dolly Doctor together.
2. Developed a weird obsession with eyebrow rings because of Drazic from Heartbreak High.
3. Learned all the facts of life from a giraffe puppet in a dark van.
4. Wore hats with flowers on them because of the band Girlfriend.
5. Tried to start a baby-sitters club and failed, because you were nine and people don't actually trust children to babysit other children in real life.
6. Pretended to smoke these babies.
7. Snuck into the library to read the "good parts" of Forever by Judy Blume in secret.
8. And passed around Lockie Leonard amongst your friends so you could discuss the boob fondling.
9. Taped or put bandaids over your nails and/or ears during Saturday netball.
10. Killed multiple Tamagotchis through sheer neglect.
11. Wore platform sneakers because of the Spice Girls.
12. And pigtails with fluffy hair ties because of Britney.
13. Ran late for school on purpose to catch five minutes of Sailor Moon in the mornings.
14. Except for the days you wanted to get to school early to play handball with your friends.
15. Sat in front of the VCR every Saturday morning to record all your fave music videos from rage and Video Hits.
16. And hovered over the cassette player every night to tape your fave songs from the Hot 30.
17. Watched Two Hands repeatedly after falling for Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You.
18. Used a ring to fire ~powers~ like you were a planeteer.
19. And to tell everyone what mood you were in, like Vada in My Girl.
20. Learned all the moves to the "Macarena" and "Stop".
21. Held a séance inspired by Now and Then.
22. And played Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board after watching The Craft.
23. Begged your parents to let you play Nightmare, then got totally scared when they actually did.
24. Spent multiple recesses stuck on a bench in the shade because you forgot your hat.
25. Bought half a Zooper Dooper for 10 cents from the canteen on hot days.
26. Banked with the Dollarmites.
27. Worked really hard to get your pen license.
29. Drew this symbol in all your margins.
30. Figured out who your soul mate was with the help of this special equation.
31. Thought you were cool if you wore Bad Girl clothes (even if you really, really weren't).
32. Stopped eating bacon for about a week after watching Babe.
33. Ironed your hair with an actual iron.
34. And turned it a horrible shade of orange with Sun In.
35. Spent a good portion of every afternoon watching the ABC.
36. And felt really grown up watching Degrassi Junior High because of the ~mature themes~ warning that played before each episode.
37. Hit up Video Ezy before every sleepover.
38. And fast forwarded through this ad every single time.
39. Decorated your school books with stickers and posters from TV Hits and Smash Hits.
40. Owned Bananas in Pyjamas merchandise even if you were ~technically~ too old.
41. Reread Looking for Alibrandi approximately 27 times.
42. Rubbed every opal you came across in the hopes a genie or two would appear.
