1. Lying to your parents that you were wearing sunblock when you laid out:
2. Going to the tanning salon behind your parents back to get extra tan (or your ~base~ tan):
3. Wearing your board shorts all the time — even if you weren't going swimming at all that day:
4. Accessorizing your look with a hemp necklace, that would get all gross and dirty by the end of the summer:
5. Binge-watching huge marathons of The Real World and Road Rules on MTV...
6. ...and also watching all the weird and random AF shows that aired during MTV's Summer Beach House:
7. Rocking Adidas sandals everywhere:
8. Pretending to be someone else and going into random chat rooms to just lurk and pass the time:
9. Trashing your old JanSport with sand, wet towels, and swimsuits 'cause you knew you were getting a new in a couple of months:
10. Or having one of these as your go-to pool/beach/lake/pond bag:
11. Making sure you watched The Gossip Show on E! to get the latest scoop on all the celeb gossip:
12. As well as tuning into to E! to catch old episodes of Melrose Place:
13. Getting addicted to soap operas 'cause they ALWAYS had the craziest plot lines in the summer:
14. As well making sure to catch The Rosie O'Donnell Show:
15. Wearing chunky sliver thumb rings and toe rings (that left big tan lines):
16. Having to pick up your local alt-weekly in order to figure out what you and your friends would be doing that weekend:
17. Having epic N64 competitons with your friends or siblings:
18. Waiting all summer for one of your friends' parents to go out of town so you could throw a raging house party:
19. Attempting to use Sun-In on your hair, even though you knew it would turn your hair a dark orange color:
20. Going to the movies early with your friends so that you could theater hop:
21. Either sponge painting...
22. ...or painting your room a weird color (like honeydew melon) 'cause you were just bored:
23. And cutting up your old magazines to make collages with (again, out of boredom):
24. Spending an afternoon taking photos and selfies of you and your friends with your disposable camera, and then quickly taking it to the one-hour photo place to get them developed:
25. Hanging out at the mall ALL DAY and not buying a single thing (mainly 'cause you were bored and they had the best AC):
26. Going to Tower Records to listen to new albums and read magazines:
27. Sipping on these delicious beverages on hot days:
28. Begging your parents to lend you their Blockbuster card so that you could rent movies for you and your friends:
29. And finally, having private phone conversations with your friends like this:
