I was thirteen in 1999, and this is what I was into:

• the Backstreet Boys
• *NSYNC
• Teen People
• Cosmo Girl
• Jump
  • am I the only one who remembers this magazine?
• Teen Celebrity
  • or this one?
• YM
• cheesy YA romance novels
• Caroline B. Cooney's books
  • especially the Time Travel books, and the Janie books
• mail order catalogs like Delia's, Girlfriends LA, or just nikki
• Skechers
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• gel pens
• making collages
• Daria
• TRL
• jean jackets
• brightly colored nail polish
  • especially metallic blue, or silver
• feather pens
• '90s teen movies
  • 10 Things I Hate About You
  • Clueless
  • Can't Hardly Wait
  • Drive Me Crazy
  • Never Been Kissed
• snarking on Titanic
• sunglasses with colored lenses
• Zoog Disney
  • especially Flash Forward
  • and The Famous Jett Jackson
• Pop-Up Video
• Making the Video
• Hawaiian print shirts
• wide leg/flared jeans
• overalls
• inflatable furniture
• pagers
  • I really wanted one, and knew a kid who had one
• Dawson's Creek
  • but only the second season, for some reason
• TGIF on ABC
  • Sabrina the Teenage Witch especially
  • also Boy Meets World sometimes
• Christina Aguilera's debut album
• Pop Star!
  • when they interviewed more obscure/British actors/singers/groups
• stick-on earrings as stickers
• collecting Got Milk? ads
• cinnamon Tic Tacs
• ABC's One Saturday Morning
  • Pepper Ann was a favorite
• buying cheap jewelry from Afterthoughts
  • layering necklaces over chokers
• cinnamon Altoids
• Mead 5-Star notebooks
• Candie's perfume
  • do they still make this?