Band t-shirts, cryptic AIM profile lyrics, being front row at the punk show (and first into the mosh pit), and so, so much angst — those are the things that describe the core of my being in the early 2000s, when I became a teenager and started loving music. The '00s were so good to me musically, and though I have expanded my tastes since then, there are a number of pop-punk hits that are still constantly on rotation in my music library. Old habits die hard . . .

To join me on a journey back into the 2000s — aka the best music decade ever — check out this ultimate pop-punk playlist. You're going to feel nostalgic as hell and maybe even a little angsty.

"Grand Theft Autumn/Where Is Your Boy" by Fall Out Boy

"Dear Maria, Count Me In" by All Time Low

"1985" by Bowling For Soup

"Heels Over Head" by Boys Like Girls

"The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows" by Brand New

"Say Anything (Else)" by Cartel

"Hands Down" by Dashboard Confessional

"Paralyzer" by Finger Eleven

"Holiday/Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day

"In the End" by Linkin Park

"Alive With the Glory of Love" by Say Anything

"Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)" by Taking Back Sunday

"Only One" by Yellowcard

"I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" by My Chemical Romance

"Misery Business" by Paramore

"Until the Day I Die" by Story of the Year

"Memory" by Sugarcult

"I Write Sins Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco

"The Best of Me" by The Starting Line

"All Hail the Heartbreaker" by The Spill Canvas

"Can't Be Saved" by Senses Fail

"Face Down" by The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

"Saying Sorry" by Hawthorne Heights

"The Taste of Ink" by The Used

"The Hell Song" by Sum 41

"I'd Do Anything" by Simple Plan

"Sweetness" by Jimmy Eat World

"Inside Out" by Eve 6

"My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit

"All Downhill From Here" by New Found Glory

"Flavor of the Weak" by American Hi-Fi

"Miss Murder" by AFI

"Gives You Hell" by All-American Rejects

"When Your Heart Stops Beating" by +44

"So Long, Astoria" by The Ataris

"Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus

"Mercy Me" by Alkaline Trio

"The Rock Show" by Blink-182

"Who I Am Hates Who I've Been" by Relient K

"At Your Funeral" by Saves the Day

"So Contagious" by Acceptance

"Body Bag" by Hits the Lights

"Party Hard" by Andrew W.K.

"The Future Freaks Me Out" by Motion City Soundtrack

"The Science of Selling Yourself Short" by Less Than Jake

"Like a Movie" by Midtown

"You're Not Alone" by Home Grown

"Suspension" by Mae

"Somebody Told Me" by The Killers

"The Anthem" by Good Charlotte