back then, i could still pass for nine. back then, boris k. (!) looked so innocent, so childish, not the druggie he would become. (boris, if you're reading this, well, it's true. i need not apologize.) back then, oksana cherniavskaya was a girl, not a married woman. dora farkas, same basic thing. helen hong wasn't, as i'm sure she is now, some sort of actuary. alex khazanov hadn't blown up, but i'd be lying if i said i didn't think it would happen. (please do not arrest me for this offhand remark.) iris lan was president of nothing.
i don't recognize at least two-thirds of the people in this picture, which appears to be here because one of the honchos of this company was on the stuy math team; its predecessor is a general math team page. i am surprised to find no mention of the most famous stuy alum, mr. noam elkies; pleasing. i am even more surprised to find out how many people came before me. i am bemused to find an exception for the blown-up khazanov; the news of his demise has apparently not reached the folks in charge.
whoops, the elkies worship is there after all. i don't know how i missed it.
i wonder if it would be too narcissistic to write to these people and inform them of my whereabouts. perhaps so. it's interesting to look back on things like this, even if i know it has no real bearing on my life now.