Worse still, it happened some time ago.
Our lives were full of hope.
Our music was full of sparkle.
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Our closets were full of low-slung jeans and teeny-tiny printed purses.
It was a grand millennial coming of age, and we hardly even saw it happening.
What dreams are made of, truly!
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Crucial emo moment (emo-ment)!
May’s not over yet, though.
Can you even imagine that kind of optimism now?
Can youimagineusing your MoviePass to seeFrom Justin to Kelly?
Make it she did, with her solo debutDangerously in Love(June 23).
How could anyone not fall crazy in love with it?
Hey, guess what we all have tolook forward to now?
It was pretty red, white, and bad, but hey, there’sgoing to be a third one!
And honestly, can youbelieveShia LaBeouf cooperated at all?
A non-sequel with a subtitle!
Truly, what a time!
AUGUST
Welcome to the ‘03, bitch!
That’s right,The O.C.(Aug.
If only we’d known, then, that their love would go the way of Marissa Cooper!
Some of ourVanity Faircover girls hit the big screen as the summer went on.
as the dark “no bra, no panties” reality of contemporary teenage life.
But this was supposed to be a fun summer!
August drew to a close much as May beganwith Hilary Duff.
The album didn’t mark the very conclusion of the season, however.
The summer was over.
The real metamorphosis was complete.
Britney and Christina were no longer Mickey Mouse Club girls; theVanity Fairteens were destined for a similar fate.
Juicy would become tacky.
Matte lips would overtake glossy ones.
And one day, every single cell phone would have a freakin’ camera on it.
For one shining summer, though, our world was truly what dreams are made of.
