..with one word or sentence!

2000- Optimistic
2001- George Bush
2002- Anthrax attacks
2003- Crunk
2004- Election
2005- Greenday
2006- Social Media
2007- Youtube addict
2008- Politics
2009- Dark

2000 - Teenage woes
2001-  Job
2002 - Realization
2003 - Adult
2004 - Coming home
2005 - Emotional abuse
2006 - Freedom
2007 - Nearly lost my life
2008 - Great year
2009 - Revelations

2000 - Super Smash Bros.
2001 -  Pokémon Gold + Yugioh
2002 - Avril Lavigne + Gamecube
2003 - Broadband
2004 - George Bush
2005 - iPod
2006 - emo / DS Lite
2007 - Wii
2008 - Obama
2009 - Recession + iPhone 3GS

edit: I guess I should do a more personal one as well

2000 - Mario Party 2 parties
2001 - Pokémania / Pokémon Gold
2002 - Riding my bike
2003 - Discovering the Internet
2004 - moved to new neighbourhood aka no friends
2005 - loving my iPod / push-of-a-button-media
2006 - Emo / entered high school
2007 - Settling into high school
2008 - Depression
2009 - Discovery

2000 - Teenage woes
2001-  Job
2002 - Realization
2003 - Adult
2004 - Coming home
2005 - Emotional abuse
2006 - Freedom
2007 - Nearly lost my life
2008 - Great year
2009 - Revelations


I like that you put your personal life in it.

I like that you put your personal life in it.

Thanks  8)

Gonna split this list between real-world and personal life, since these lists so far seem to be divided between both themes.

Real World:
2000 - Florida
2001 - True beginning of 21st century
2002 - Yu-Gi-Oh!
2003 - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire
2004 - Peak of 2000s culture
2005 - Year of music comebacks
2006 - Wikipedia
2007 - YouTube
2008 - Obama
2009 - Lady Gaga

Personal Life:
2000 - Roller Coaster Tycoon & Pokémon Stadium
2001 - Game Boy Advance & Dragon Ball Z (I didn't watch this show, but pretty much every single person I knew in 3rd grade was a fan of it)
2002 - Yu-Gi-Oh! and Now That's What I Call Music!
2003 - Age of Empires II and wildfires
2004 - Codename:  Kids Next Door
2005 - Dance Dance Revolution
2006 - In the Groove & DDR OSC 5 (my first StepMania original simfile contest)
2007 - Eurobeat & La Jolla
2008 - Angry Video Game Nerd & Wahoo's Fish Taco
2009 - Facebook drama

Gonna split this list between real-world and personal life, since these lists so far seem to be divided between both themes.

Real World:
2000 - Florida
2001 - True beginning of 21st century
2002 - Yu-Gi-Oh!
2003 - Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire
2004 - Peak of 2000s culture
2005 - Year of music comebacks
2006 - Wikipedia
2007 - YouTube
2008 - Obama
2009 - Lady Gaga

Personal Life:
2000 - Roller Coaster Tycoon & Pokémon Stadium
2001 - Game Boy Advance & Dragon Ball Z (I didn't watch this show, but pretty much every single person I knew in 3rd grade was a fan of it)
2002 - Yu-Gi-Oh! and Now That's What I Call Music!
2003 - Age of Empires II and wildfires
2004 - Codename:  Kids Next Door
2005 - Dance Dance Revolution
2006 - In the Groove & DDR OSC 5 (my first StepMania original simfile contest)
2007 - Eurobeat & La Jolla
2008 - Angry Video Game Nerd & Wahoo's Fish Taco
2009 - Facebook drama


I did notice there were a few comebacks back in 2005. Greenday, Madonna's Confessions album, Mariah.

I'm doing it for my personal life

2000- Who Let The Dog's Out; Arthur; Cheese Curls
2001- Chuck E. Cheese's; Elementary School; 9/11
2002- Cartoon Network; Sarasota, Florida; Michael Vick
2003- Finding Nemo; Boy Scouts; Planet Hot Wheels
2004- Jamaica; Jetix; XBOX
2005- Mario Kart DS; Martial Arts America; 50 Cent
2006- Disney World; Georgia Aquarium; YMCA Camp
2007- Washington DC; We Takin' Over; Middle School
2008- Yes We Can; Black Belt; Iron Man
2009- The Blind Side; Track & Field; BOOM BOOM POW!

I did notice there were a few comebacks back in 2005. Greenday, Madonna's Confessions album, Mariah.


There were several others, as well.  Among them:

+ The Rolling Stones - A Bigger Bang
+ Kate Bush - Aerial
+ Bon Jovi - Have a Nice Day
+ Stevie Wonder - A Time to Love
+ Gorillaz - Demon Days (their first album in four years, with another blur album in-between)
+ System of a Down - Mezmerize
+ Fiona Apple - Extraordinary Machine
+ Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
+ Foo Fighters - In Your Honor
+ Paul McCartney - Chaos and Creation in the Backyard
+ Weezer - Make Believe
+ Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
+ Kraftwerk - Minimum-Maximum
+ Neil Diamond - 12 Songs
+ John Hiatt - Master of Disaster
+ Judas Priest - Angel of Retribution
+ Will Smith - Lost and Found
+ Garbage - Bleed Like Me
+ INXS - Switch
+ Common - Be
+ Backstreet Boys - Never Gone

There was also a song by Baby Bash that year called "Baby I'm Back," which isn't explicitly about the rapper making a musical comeback like Mase's Welcome Back from the previous year, but the fact that it was the lead-off single to his sophomore album causes it to feel like a comeback song, regardless.

Culture
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2000: Millennium
2001: 9/11
2002: Conservatism
2003: Iraq
2004: Gay marriage
2005: Crunk
2006: Emo
2007: Scene
2008: Recession
2009: Obama

Personal life
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2000: Optimistic
2001: Severe depression
2002: Went to Colorado
2003: Went to Florida
2004: Graduated high school
2005: Peak PC gaming year
2006: Last year of adolescence, techno/trance
2007: Trip to Houston, severe depression
2008: Graduated college, moved out
2009: Self-discovery, huge mistakes

Culture-wise

2000: Backstreet Boys, NSYNC, Dot com bubble, Cartoon Cartoon Fridays, Rise of Spongebob, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Gore vs. Bush, Y2K Subway Series, Clifford, Between The Lions
2001: 9/11, Bush inaugural, Six Feet Under, End of Simpsons golden age (according to popular belief), Start of GTA's 3D Universe era, Shrek
2002: The Wire, Stuart Little 2, post-9/11 paranoia, end of most classic Nick Jr. shows (e.g. Little Bear, Blue's Clues' Steve era), NSYNC's hiatus, Codename: KND, Spirit (the horse)
2003: Carnivale, Billy and Mandy, My Life as a Teenage Robot
2004: Peak of core '00s culture, end of 90s influences, start of CN City (on CN) and post-Klasky Csupo eras (on Nick), Shrek 2
2005: Tickle U (honestly, I remember it a bit fondly), Summer of that said year, My Gym Partner's A Monkey, Camp Lazlo, Boondocks, Bush's second inaugural
2006: Start of Yes era, Class of 3000
2007: Shrek the Third, Summer and Fall of '07 eras on CN, end of The Sopranos, The Grim Adventures of the KND, Chowder
2008: end of The Wire, True Blood, Making Fiends, The Mr. Men Show, Flapjack
2009: downfall of Nickelodeon, CN Real, Obama's inaugural, mini 90s throwback

Here's my personal life's 'feelings' for these years.

2000- Read Harry Potter like crazy!
2001- Was still interested in Top 40 music, but didn't really like it, at the same time. I know, contradictory, huh?
2002- Catholic Church controversies, anthrax attacks, George Bush, a really political year. Had I been in a better place mentally, I would have read politics more.
2003- A really happy, optimistic year, for me.
2004- Another bouncy, happy year. I lost weight, but gained due to well...bad habits. Got interested in Family Guy for the first time. Early high school years. Went to Vietnam for a second time.
2005- Rap, rap, and more rap. That's all i remember.
2006- Myspace baby! I actually liked it at the time.
2007- A fun year. Don't exactly know why. Just liked the energy of the year!
2008- Another fun year. I think the news was fun to watch that year, due to the election. I loved watching both sides (Democrats and Republicans) tear each other up. LOL.
2009- Worse year of my whole life.....so far. Let's let it stay that way.

2000: Millennium
2001: 9/11
2002: First year that felt more 00s than 90s
2003: Iraq
2004: iPod Mini
2005: Wristbands
2006: Emo
2007: Bebo (rival to Myspace)
2008: Financial crisis
2009: Lady Gaga

Personal life.

2000 - Thong Song, Toonami, Spyro 3, Pokémon cards, interest of the opposite gender, bug catching addiction, antagonistic.
2001 - Super Mario 64, Pokémon Stadium 2 obsessed, discovery of digital cable, Hip Hop, awareness of Aaliyah, Disney Channel, awareness of 9/11, somewhat happy for school cancellation.
2002 - DBZ collectables, imagination, Ashanti, Super Smash Bros. Melee, Mario Party 3, sneaking outside late at night.
2003 - Yu-Gi-Oh, True Crime Streets of LA, R&B, amazement of Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, golden age Nintendo Hype, braids, incredibly carefree, class cut for the first time.
2004 - Pokémon Silver obsessed, noticed by the opposite gender, Pokémon Fire Red, Ruby, Sapphire, Usher, teacher crush, still bad hygiene though, 
2005 - Mind blown by the changes, Naruto, Acceptance of the opposite gender, stupid, summer school, Destiny's Child, Mariah Carey.
2006 - Developed mindset, hair cut, good hygiene, new state, 2md peak of imagination, new trustworthy friends, return of downfall of mindset/lost of self, YouTube awareness, Super Smash Bros. Brawl hype.
2007 - School hype, awareness of T Pain, Plies, Pokémon Diamond, obsessed with Smash speculation, Omarion, Spider Man 3 hype.
2008 - Still ignorant with developing intelligence, final peak of real life socializing, awareness of Obama, YouTube addicted, Brawl disappointments.
2009 - Intelligence, nervousness of opposite gender, last summer, Snoop Dogg hairstyle to temporary earning the nick name, temporary Obama hype.

Personal life and favorite shows describing that year, because why not?

2000: Only a baby.

2001: Baby Einstein, Elmo, Teletubbies (although I couldn't really remember that year)

2002: My dad's friend's house, Oswald, Little Bear

2003: Internet, Sesame Street, Visit to Canada, Brooklyn museum, Spirit horse

2004: Miss Sunny's Patch Friends, SpongeBob, Fairy oddParents, Shrek 1 and 2, PBS Kids, start of school

2005: Scholastic, HBO family, Cartoon Network (along with CN city), Tom and Jerry, George Shrinks, Madagascar, Visit to Virginia (my grandfather's funeral), Shockwave, Lilo and Stitch the Series, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Tickle U

2006: Class of 3000, Robot Chicken, South Park (yes, I watched those shows when I was a kid), Pokemon

2007: YouTube, Pucca, Yin Yang Yo

2008: Chowder, Flapjack, Mr. men show, Making Fiends, Newgrounds

2009: Decline of Nickelodeon and Toon Disney, Lady Gaga, Powerpuff girls 10th anniversary, Mario plush videos, Sonic Sprite videos, Chuggaconroy, AVGN

My personal life

2000: Moving to new house, Pokemon, Watching Disney Movies, Disney World, Universal Studios, Gameboy Color, played Ocarina of Time for the first time

2001: PlayStation 1, Georgia, Myrtle Beach, Kids WB, Got cable, entered elementary, Arthur on Channel 13

2002: Kids WB, YuGiOh & Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Summer Camp, Encyclopedia Britanica, AOL Keywords and CDs, First year on Little League, first played Final Fantasy 7

2003: My cousin's college graduation, Atlantic City, Peak in interest of Toonami, CN, Nick, & Toon Disney, Gameboy Advanced & PS2, Boys & Girls Club, Riding my bike to the park, taking Karate lessons

2004: Disney World, Universal, Nickelodeon Studios, Seaworld, Passion of the Christ, Mean Girls, got a Discman, Played football with my friends

2005: Puerto Rico, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, moved to NJ, got an GameCube, Super Smash Bros, learned to swim, Wind Waker

2006: The Caribbean Islands, The south, Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS, Little League in NJ, Naruto, One Piece, & Zatch Bell on Toonami

2007: Adult Swim, Family Guy, Robot Chicken, Summer Canp, Boston, Started Middle School, Twilight Princess

2008: Obamania, Wiimania, Super Mario Galaxy, Smash Bros Brawl, & Mario Kart Wii

2009: Obssessed with Eminem and Drake, first iPod, PS3, HD TV in our house, went to first house party  ;D, high school orientation at the very end of the year

Culturally:

2000 - More teen pop
2001 - 9/11
2002 - Paranoia
2003 - Iraq War
2004 - Bush vs. Kerry
2005 - MySpace/emo
2006 - James Blunt's "You're Beautiful"
2007 - Economic collapse
2008 - Obamamania
2009 - R.I.P. Michael Jackson

Personally:

2000 - Just turned 21 and in the clubs
2001 - Left the ship after 9/11
2002 - Insomnia, dating woes
2003 - One thing going wrong after another
2004 - Road trip to Northern California/dating a crazy ex, lol
2005 - Eurotrip!
2006 - Annoying, also nothing going right
2007 - My first marriage
2008 - Living in Japan (first of 3 years and the best years of my life!)
2009 - Divorce

Mainly Personal life.....
2000:First Chicago trip, Pokemon Stadium 1, Zelda, Spiderman the game, WWF No Mercy,Cartoon Network, Emperors New Groove, Fantasia 2000,Smash Bros,Road to El Doarado, turned 5 :)
2001: turned 6, kindergarten, 9/11 tragedy, Dreamcast, Monsters Inc, Shrek, Doctor Dolittle 2, Gameboy Advanced, Batman Beyond, Toonami, Batman TAS reruns, WWF, Dragon BALL Z :D , The West Wing, A new president
2002: Sinbad, Lilo &Stitch, Spiderman, Justice League, Toon Disney, Gamecube, my Uncle's old Genesis, St. Louis Zoo, P.E., KND, main playground, Branson trip
2003: Iraq, Flintstones vitamins, PS2, moving to Florissant, Finding Nemo, WWE Smackdown, Disney Channel, Lord of the Rings, DVDs
2004: karate, first election that I cared about, olympics, first Cardinal world series in my lifetime, kids networks change a bit; WTF? ??? ;D , Shrek 2, Incredibles,
2005: hit double digits(turned 10), Boy Scout camping trips, Sky High, King Kong, Batman Begins, 4th of July Chicago trip, CN summer,summer camp, Mom tunred 40, Grandpa turned 60, final big birthday party at chucke E cheese, begun to watch more and more cable shows
2006: consistently watching MTV, joining baseball and soccer teams, go kart racing, school field trips, quit watching kid networks full time, some crappy movies, Wii
2007: Grandma turned 60, great grandmother suffered heart attack on Superbowl sunday, contacts, Bourne Ultimatum, youth groups, baseball, getting into 7th gen gaming
2008: entered my teen years, camping with my class, got my XBOX 360, hiking, The Dark Knight and Iron Man, Grandpa's death :\'( , Patriots and Giants Superbowl, economic crisis starts
2009: got my PS3, grade school ending, recession, Steelers and Cardinals superbowl, Avatar, District 9, UP, DEXTER, Obama becomes leader, Blu Rays, MJ's death

Culturally

2000 - Release of PS2, teen pop, X-Men, Nu-Metal, Britney Spears, NSYNC, Blink-182
2001 - 9/11, Nelly, Shrek, Harry Potter
2002 - Eminem, Avril Lavigne, Spider Man,
2003 - Black-Eyed Peas, Gameboy Advance SP, Iraq War, Evanescence, Nickelback, Outkast
2004 - Athens 2004, Kelly Clarkson, Lord of the Rings
2005 - Jay Z, hip-hop, Nintendo DS release, Panic at the Disco
2006 - PS3 release, Pluto, Pink
2007 - iPhone release, Kevin 07,
2008 - Beijing 2008 Olympics, Stolen Generation apology, Barack Obama elected, Beyonce, Iron Man film release, Katy Perry, MP3's, Facebook
2009 - Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rhianna,

Personally

2000 - A year old, first memory, Parents divorced at the end of the year.
2001 - Turned two in March, my first holiday trip, vaguely remember 9/11, started getting into Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder etc.
2002 - Started to draw a lot, first year I have clear memories of (albeit, not many), start of my childhood, can remember the Bali Bombings.
2003 - Started pre-school, received PS2 & Gameboy Advance SP for Christmas, first year I can vividly remember, first holiday inter-state,
2004 - Turned five, Really started to get into music, 2nd year of pre-school, started to go for an NRL team, 1st Olympics I can remember.
2005 - Started primary (elementary) school, collector cards, received 1st TV for my bedroom, bunk bed, chicken pox,
2006 - Developed a big interest in astronomy, went on my 1st holiday to Tasmania, watched Happy Feet in cinemas,
2007 - 1st proper concert (saw Linkin Park), bought our Labrador, fan of Jimmy Neutron, started to become interested in roads/maps, 1st camera.
2008 - Final year of watching Nickelodeon, received 1st proper camera (digital camera), began to dislike new music, 1st school camp, started to become interested in the media.
2009 - Media enthusiast, learned how to record onto VHS, Gold Coast trip, made up my own comic series (1st thought of in 2006), interested in weather.

To be honest, I've always considered 2003 to be the start of my childhood. It was the first year I can remember things vividly, I started pre-school and I received a PS2 and Gameboy Advance SP for Christmas. 2002 could be the start of my childhood, but it's a bit iffy, in my opinion. What do you think? Would you consider 2002 or 2003 to be the start of a 99'er's childhood?

To be honest, I've always considered 2003 to be the start of my childhood. It was the first year I can remember things vividly, I started pre-school and I received a PS2 and Gameboy Advance SP for Christmas. 2002 could be the start of my childhood, but it's a bit iffy, in my opinion. What do you think? Would you consider 2002 or 2003 to be the start of a 99'er's childhood?


I think the start of any 1999 baby's childhood is between 2002-2003.

Culturally

2000 - Release of PS2, teen pop, X-Men, Nu-Metal, Britney Spears, NSYNC, Blink-182
2001 - 9/11, Nelly, Shrek, Harry Potter
2002 - Eminem, Avril Lavigne, Spider Man,
2003 - Black-Eyed Peas, Gameboy Advance SP, Iraq War, Evanescence, Nickelback, Outkast
2004 - Athens 2004, Kelly Clarkson, Lord of the Rings
2005 - Jay Z, hip-hop, Nintendo DS release, Panic at the Disco
2006 - PS3 release, Pluto, Pink
2007 - iPhone release, Kevin 07,
2008 - Beijing 2008 Olympics, Stolen Generation apology, Barack Obama elected, Beyonce, Iron Man film release, Katy Perry, MP3's, Facebook
2009 - Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, Rhianna,

Personally

2000 - A year old, first memory, Parents divorced at the end of the year.
2001 - Turned two in March, my first holiday trip, vaguely remember 9/11, started getting into Thomas the Tank Engine, Bob the Builder etc.
2002 - Started to draw a lot, first year I have clear memories of (albeit, not many), start of my childhood, can remember the Bali Bombings.
2003 - Started pre-school, received PS2 & Gameboy Advance SP for Christmas, first year I can vividly remember, first holiday inter-state,
2004 - Turned five, Really started to get into music, 2nd year of pre-school, started to go for an NRL team, 1st Olympics I can remember.
2005 - Started primary (elementary) school, collector cards, received 1st TV for my bedroom, bunk bed, chicken pox,
2006 - Developed a big interest in astronomy, went on my 1st holiday to Tasmania, watched Happy Feet in cinemas,
2007 - 1st proper concert (saw Linkin Park), bought our Labrador, fan of Jimmy Neutron, started to become interested in roads/maps, 1st camera.
2008 - Final year of watching Nickelodeon, received 1st proper camera (digital camera), began to dislike new music, 1st school camp, started to become interested in the media.
2009 - Media enthusiast, learned how to record onto VHS, Gold Coast trip, made up my own comic series (1st thought of in 2006), interested in weather.

To be honest, I've always considered 2003 to be the start of my childhood. It was the first year I can remember things vividly, I started pre-school and I received a PS2 and Gameboy Advance SP for Christmas. 2002 could be the start of my childhood, but it's a bit iffy, in my opinion. What do you think? Would you consider 2002 or 2003 to be the start of a 99'er's childhood?


It sounds like you had a varied childhood with diverse interests :D

I'd say whatever you can remember before the age of 13 is your childhood, who can say otherwise? ;D

2000- Innocence, very young. happy and starting school which was exciting
2001-Bullying starts. 9/11 happens but I wasnt really aware of it I was too young and sheltered
2002-Monsters Inc my favourite film of my childhood is released in Ireland. I seemed to feel cynicism in the world sinking in after 9/11
2003- Change to different school and I liked it much more 90s seems to diaappear in the late part of the year
2004- A friend becomes an ememy and I had the worst teacher i've ever had. World seems to become darker as the mid 2000's sets in
2005- Wallace and Gromit Curse of the were rabbit is released secound favorite film of my childhood learned how to animate making me want to become an animator
2006-One of the best years of my childhood made a bestfriend had a great teacher and fun times (days out, fieldtrips)
2007- continuation of 2006 in the early part except the late part had a horrible teacher which made for an awful experience
2008-Start of the best era of my life in early secondary school. Met the best friend I've ever had. electropop emerges which I love
2009- Second best year of my life, won a talent show with animation me and my friend made using clay and a pentax digital camera