which made me feel like this
but now I feel like this
That was the Reader's Digest Abridged Version. Here's the full story...
This morning at work I logged into my email and saw a message from a high school friend. "Hey, did you know your photo is on this website?" was the brief and coy message.
What?? Gulp. Gasp. What?? I tried to access the site, and it was grey and shady. A small box in the center demanded my real name, my real email to access my photo. My sympathetic nervous system was roused from its usual slumber, my heart throbbing, beads of sweat forming on my upper lip. What if my little bloggy/Facebook photo was accessible, searchable, traceable?
I feverishly logged into everything, removing photos, changing passwords, all in ninety second intervals while casting furtive glances over my shoulder. After all, it was 9:20 on Monday morning, and probably for the first time in my pharmacy career, I felt grateful to be placed on hold. I still felt like this though
The thought of making Lipstick-land private had taken hold in my consciousness. I decided to make a quick post. For some reason, I felt a little better. Whew, now I could get some work done.
Fast forward a couple of hours...Thank you Yahoo! Answers. The website in question was just spam, a sly little ploy to impulse a panicked person into inputting their own personal info. No pictures there at all. Sigh of relief.
Oh, no...panic again. I remember that I have announced I'm going private. My inbox was brimming with requests and well wishes.
I feel grateful, humbled, and guilty all at the same time.
With each message, I felt an increasing sense of joy at YOU, my dear and wonderful readers. Thank you for reading my silly little thoughts and taking the time to let me know you would miss it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. I'm not going anywhere. :)
*******by the way, I am deleting the post to protect your email addresses. I have saved all your sweet replies though in my inboxes for all time. Cyberhugs to you all.*******
15 comments:
I'm confused. So, is everything going to remain as is?
BTW, some sneaky bastages did something similar with me. It was for some social network site (I forgot the name.) It came from a trusted friend, so I started it, but never completed it. Apparently, I did enough. Turned out to be worse than spam. Sent notices to everyone in my email lists for months. Those who start this stuff should punished.
Glad you are still here!! And thanks for deleting the post/emails. You know we couldn't live without Lipstick... :)
I'm so dumb - at first I read your little pictogram and thought to myself, "if you're so horrified, why did you buy that scary canned meat?!" Then, after reading on, I figured it out. Not so dumb after all!
Glad you're not going anywhere :)
Yay!!! I actually got an email today that I thought was from you with an invite. Come to find out it was a Nigerian scam email.
Phew!!
I hate when icky people make all of us innocent people creeped out like that. Sorry that happened to you and glad you're not going anywhere.
I thought you were just trying to ditch the liberal. ;-)
I'm glad to see that you aren't going private now. I've left you a little present over on my blog.
You cannot go private... we would be lost with out your wit! Stay out... ENJOY your day! Fifi
yay- i have a hard time with private blogs..i never remember to check them...glad you're still here and staying!
hhhhhhhhahahaha...
you should not be afraid of who you are.
YOU'RE AMAZING.
glad you're still public.
I just don't get HACKERS and SPAM--I mean, what's the purpsoe!?
Whoa, how wild! That sounds like a stressful day for you. I am glad it all worked out okay.
So glad you are not going private! I hate spam--what a pain!!
Oh no - I think I'm a little late catching up - are you going private?
that stuff is so insidiuous, and plays on our fears - i got one of those and immediately my many inappropriate, "misspent youth" photos flashed before my eyes!
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