So last night MTV hosted its finale for TRL. After 10 years the show is over. Although I haven’t really watched the show since sophomore year of college, I was still able to predict its top “most iconic” video. Seriously…nothing else says TRL like “Baby One More Time.”
Actually, nothing says pop culture since 1998 like Britney Spears. It’s actually really sad how many memories of my life have to do with this woman. A little sampling:
1. When I was stressfully studying for finals freshman year I took a break at 3 every day to watch TRL; by the end of the week I’d memorized the “Oops!…I Did It Again” dance as well as the *NSYNC “Bye Bye Bye.”
2. When I studied abroad the next year and discovered karaoke I won a $30 bar card my first go for my rendition of “Lucky.”
3. The next two years of school, I lived with some Britney-crazy girls. My first Halloween there, they somehow convinced me that we should all dress up like the “Baby One More Time” video. Then there was the fact that one of them owned Crossroads. Seriously one of the worst movies ever made. But one that we watched endlessly. Oh, and another had a poster of Brit in her closet as motivation to get kick-arse abs.
4. After that, Brit memories admittedly died off. Until I traveled again. Asians seriously love her.
i remember those days and you performing said dances.
Yeaaaah, I probably shouldn’t admit this but I knew those dances by heart too. And admittedly the time I was in the best shape of my life when when I was running ten miles a day listening to Toxic on repeat thinking about Britney’s insane body to motivate me.