it was pre cell so there was this cool live-in-the-moment vibe. You would wind up in some random car and off to some random party with people you may or may not know.

Field parties were big. My town was pretty urban but there was this random set of woods off an industrial road that you would go to with a keg. Get some pallets and start a big fire. We would stand around drinking and smoking. Typically a fight would break out.

Malls were magical. on a weekend just walk around aimlessly. always bumping in to people you know. Catch a movie and try to make out or feel up a girl. Spencers was a fun store.

Cars had CDs lying around everywhere. "ownership" of music meant something and signaled your style.

Cigarettes was a big line. Smokers were still edgy and cool. Non smokers looked like pussies. I think now you would look like a scumbag.

Style was also a big marker. the ghetto kids wore Tommy, Nautica, and the preppy dudes were american eagle and AF. cargo pants with a bowl in the side pocket.

Music was better. It was the last time you could say rock was mainstream (korn, limp, deftones, etc) but rap was already a mainstay at dances and parties.

Goldeneye was a big deal. Lot of time smoking pot and playing 4 player.

Football was brutal. we hit constantly with cheap ass helmets that guarantied concussions. of course, we just called it "getting your bell rung" back then and played on. Teams still ran option and ground and pound running game.

Girls wore perfume and smelled great.

Mostly I spent the day thinkging about Tiffany.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5410886&forum_id=2#46831219)

At my HS Tommy and Nautica bridged the prep/ghetto line - could fall into either. Polo was clear prep of the “upscale” Macy’s/department store brands.

Holding hands while walking around the mall for 2-3 hours - sweat all but dripping onto the floor.

That RUSH of a girl taking you into a dressing room. You’d have to squat on the bench / chair so you couldn’t be seen above or below the door. I once got a bj in a Target dressing room. I also once pissed in one.

That RUSH of going into a Victoria’s Secret while your gf flipped through the drawers of thongs and boyshorts. Dirty looks from the moms who were there.

The mall was magical back then.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5410886&forum_id=2#46832055)

Not at my high school. Big, beefy binders full of CDs were status symbols. Fortunately, Columbia House was still going back then.

"Cigarettes was a big line. Smokers were still edgy and cool."

Smoking was definitely out at my school. Almost no one smoked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5410886&forum_id=2#46832311)

This. we were so desperate for a spot to chill we would have these in the winter. everyone huddle up around the fire drinking cheap beer and liquor stolen from parents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5410886&forum_id=2#46840718)

I think they still allowed smoking until ~2000

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5410886&forum_id=2#46844727)