the last name had changed, but people get married. two friends in common: yup, okay, that's her.
one of the queens of our old scene, she owned the domain that was — something like aspirational? if you were hosted there, you were fucking cool. you'd made it.
i never made it, obviously. i mean, look at this site: the extent of my powers, then and now. i wonder how often someone from that era gets my picture in their feed via one of our three shared friends, though i doubt they recognize me. maybe the name triggers some sort of recollection. or maybe not, quickly brushed aside, my profile picture very different from that time.