1.
Knowing exactly how your friends were feeling about everything because they wrote it all down in Xanga.
2.
Spending your afternoons after school actually watching music videos on the glorious show that was TRL.
3.
Not being able to write long-winded texts, which meant you couldn't misconstrue much.
5.
Teaching yourself all of NSYNC's latest choreography every time a new video was released.
6.
And being able to cover up a bad hair day with a Von Dutch hat and still look hella fly.
7.
Or using hair ponytail fixes to fix your ponytail.
8.
Knowing what your friends were up to by reading their AOL away messages.
9.
How easy platform shoes were to walk in.
10.
And how great it was that sweatsuits were stylish as hell.
11.
How easily you could download the song you heard on the radio with LimeWire.
12.
And how great it felt to make a new mix CD for your car.
13.
And learning just how we should rebel from our parents thanks to Lizzie McGuire.
14.
Entertaining yourself by watching The O.C. before the terrible ending of Season 3.
15.
And defining your relationship goals by what Nick and Jessica did on Newlyweds.
16.
Knowing exactly where you stood in your friend group due to Myspace's top 8.
17.
Predicting the future alongside Raven.
18.
How incredibly warm and comfortable your feet were when wearing Ugg boots.
19.
And how much easier it was to achieve a crimped hairstyle.
22.
The ability to easily clip your phone to your belt and not have to worry about sitting on it.
23.
Having new Harry Potter books AND movies to look forward to.
24.
Hitting up Blockbuster on Friday and Saturday nights and being able to see which movie your crush picked out.
25.
And being able to offer your friends some Altoid Sours from the tin can.
