My Facebook identity was stolen

Most of you have probably received a "check this out" email from my Facebook account.

DO NOT OPEN IT!

I've received emails from some of you who have opened it (and a concerned phone call) wanting to know why I was sending out links to porn. Let me assure you now that my taste in entertainment has not taken a turn for the worst.

IT WAS NOT ME.

I was dumb enough to open the same thing from someone I knew and it spammed everyone in my friend's list. Warning....if you click on the link it will send emails out to everyone on your friend list. DO NOT CLICK ON IT...DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY.

For future reference, keep in mind that I never send out links from Facebook....if I find something I think you will like then I'll send it to you personally from my email or if its cool enough to share with everyone then odds are I will blog about it. If you ever receive an invitation to follow a link in Facebook from me DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY as I did not send it.

I just want to say I am sorry to anyone who may have opened this. I really do feel bad about it.

The Weekend Thus Far....

In a word: relaxing

It turns out that Kinkos was able to get around the broken links on some of my InDesign files. I don't know if all of the files are salvageable, but I only felt 3 of the files were good enough for my portfolio anyway, and (hooray!) I have them printed up and ready to go.

All I can say is thank goodness for that.

Yesterday I worked on my portfolio, cutting things down to the proper size, etc etc and I am actually pretty happy with how it is turning out. I still have a few pieces to print on my home computer (some logo designs and stationary sets) and my cover page to design and print, but I am confident that everything will be done tomorrow and it will be ready for presentation.

Frankly I was surprised at the body of work I have created so far....some of it looks pretty good too. I still have a lot to learn but I see an inkling of the graphic artist that is hiding in here.

I could just cry....

I went to Kinkos last night after work to print up all of my portfolio pieces....only to find that every piece created in InDesign will have to be re-worked.

The reason?

The program doesn't save images the same way as other programs. If you move the image around on your computer (or Heaven Forbid delete them...as I have done) the program file is immediately useless unless you re-link it to the original image.

Sounds easy, right?

Nope...some of those files were created nearly a year ago and finding some of them again on the internet will be a real challenge. I'd be easier off just finding new images and building on the old files. Chalk it up to a lesson learned while there wasn't an upset client waiting upon my results.

Guess I know what I am doing this weekend.

Damn.