Teen Defloration 2006 Fixed

The air in 2006 smelled like cucumber melon body spray and the faint plastic scent of a freshly burned CD-R. For seventeen-year-old

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• CDs: You saved $15 from your mall job at Hot Topic or Abercrombie & Fitch. You bought Hybrid Theory or FutureSex/LoveSounds. You listened to track #4 on repeat because you couldn't shuffle easily.
• The Mixtape 2.0: You sat by the radio with a blank cassette (yes, in 2006, some still had boomboxes) waiting to record your favorite song. Or, you used iTunes to burn a custom CD for your crush. The track order mattered.

Fashion:

• 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM: The school bell rings. You rush home because the landline is about to ring. Your mom calls to say, "Don't tie up the phone line; I need to call Grandma."
• 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM: The "Window of Physical Media." You ride your bike to a friend’s house to trade burned CDs. You go to Blockbuster to rent a PS2 game. You go to the mall’s Sam Goody or FYE to see if the new Fall Out Boy album is in stock.
• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: The family computer time. This is a fixed slot. You have 60 minutes to log onto AIM (AOL Instant Messenger), update your MySpace Top 8, and download three songs on LimeWire (praying it’s not a virus or a Bill Clinton speech).
• 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: The TV Grid. This was the hardest block. You didn't "watch what you wanted." You watched what was on. The O.C. (Fox), One Tree Hill (WB/CW), Drake & Josh (Nickelodeon), or Degrassi: The Next Generation (The N). If you missed it, you were exiled from lunch-table conversation for 24 hours.
• 9:00 PM: The cordless phone disappears into your bedroom. You text via T9 predictive text (30 texts per month limit). You listen to your iPod Video (30GB, white earbuds) until you fall asleep.

The iPod Era: The iPod Nano and iPod Video were the must-have gadgets. Curating a "perfect" digital library on iTunes was a ritual, as streaming services didn't exist. 🎬 Entertainment Highlights The air in 2006 smelled like cucumber melon

B. Communication: The Transition Phase

Communication was in a state of flux.