nightengalesknd

I'm not a member of thefridayfive, and it is not Friday, but these questions seemed kind of fun.

These questions were written by nondenomifan.

1. What decade did you attend/are you attending high school or college?

the one with Y2K in the middle of it

2. What clothing fashion from that time are you glad/do you wish went out of style?

ofearthandstars is totally correct about babydoll dresses, although gigantic white button-down shirts are a close second. I have an American Girl doll in a gigantic white button-down shirt, worn open with leggings.

3. Do you still listen to the music from your high school/college years on a regular basis?

I do not regularly listen to music of my own choosing, but if I remembered, I probably would. The best college music was the 80s music that was played at parties/dances.

4. What hairstyle/hair color did/do you wear during high school/college?

My long wavy hair either down, in a braid, or in a ponytail. No styling products except conditioner because I didn't really understand that those were allowed until I was working full-time. In college I experimented with dying a streak blue and then dying it black when that faded to uncomfortable blonde. I liked how shiny the black dye made my hair but otherwise I'm pretty attached to my natural hair.

5. What was/is "the cool thing to do" while in high school/college?

I learned at a high school reunion after we'd all finished college that the "cool thing to do" in high school had been wild parties at the apartment of the kid whose parents had moved back to Florida and left her all by herself. However, when I was in high school, I was completely oblivious to this and thought the cool things to do were stick paper googly eyes on the history teacher's faux marble pillars, write my younger sibling's silly short stories on all the blackboards in the school, and fold the glossy college flyers into unit origami that I returned to the college counselor. Fortunately he was enough of a math nerd to appreciate the transformation.