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On the date

Sunday, September 8, 2002

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

Low-slung velour tracksuits and tinted aviators blur past my lens as the humidity of early September clings to the concrete. A teenager nearby is frantically spinning a metal Beyblade on the sidewalk, oblivious to the grim headlines about intelligence failures and secret wars splashed across the newsstand. That high-pitched "no matter what I do" hook from Nelly and Kelly Rowland’s *Dilemma* blares from a passing SUV, drowning out the city’s grit with its smooth, inescapable radio gloss. I adjust my shutter speed to catch a girl oversharing on her brick-sized Nokia—honestly, it was total tmi—before she vanishes into the shadow of a *Swimfan* movie poster.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Dilemma

Nelly featuring Kelly Rowland

The must-have

Beyblades

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2002

  • My precious

Tech Check

Camera Phones, Roomba & Friendster.

Cost of Living (2000)

Loaf of Bread

$1.03

Gallon of Gas

$1.51

Average Home

$165,300

New Car

$21,850

Time Elapsed

8,671 days ago

(23 years, 276 days)