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"In case you haven&amp;#x27;t figured this out yet, it takes very little (cough, cough, cute animals, cough, cough, cute animals kissing) to amuse me. So when I saw the music video for Aqua&amp;#x27;s &amp;quot;Barbie Girl&amp;quot; posted on a friend&amp;#x27;s Facebook wall, I got excited. Like REALLY excited. Flashback to the summer of 1997: I was turning 14 and spending a couple weeks at a sleep-away camp in Israel. I was exploring the fine art of baring my midriff and kissing boys for the first time. And the soundtrack for all this coming into my own was &amp;quot;Barbie Girl.&amp;quot; On repeat. Seriously, I&amp;#x27;m fairly certain my second camp &amp;quot;boyfriend&amp;quot; (Side note: Can you really call someone you dated for approximately four days a boyfriend? I don&amp;#x27;t know, but we did...) serenaded me with the song on my birthday. When camp ended, I bought this Israeli Now That&amp;#x27;s What I Call Music-type CD called Hit Man and spent the entire 14-hour plane ride back to the U.S. bawling my eyes out (OMG, would I ever have another boyfriend?!) while listening &amp;quot;Barbie Girl.&amp;quot; Fifteen years (God, don&amp;#x27;t you hate it when you realize how old you are?) and many, many boyfriends later, I still smile from ear to ear when I hear the song. And just think, cropped tops are even making a comeback. How absurd is that music video? Anyone else have a good &amp;quot;Barbie Girl&amp;quot; memory? And how fun would a remake of this song by Katy Perry be? More Flashback Fun: * I&amp;#x27;m Having an &amp;#x27;80s Flashback About My Little Pony * Why Our Hearts Still Go On (and On) for Titanic * 10 Reasons I Miss the &amp;#x27;80s "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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