I’m done with this, I’m a model now.

About 10 minutes ago I experienced something very strange. I was downloading a free utility from the popular site “sourceforge”, when on the download page there was a picture of…well…me. This is not the type of site that you sign in to. It’s not like I looked up my own MySpace page. This is the type of site that thousands of technophiles hit up every day. This is either very scary… or actually pretty funny.

It all started on my first day of classes at Franklin University. Before I entered my class we were asked to hold a blank sheet of paper and smile at the camera. I thought that this was for our student ID’s. They gave us a release form and told us that they were from the marketing team, and if we signed it, we might be used in an advertisement. I thought, why not, maybe I’ll be in a picture in the newsletter or something (but probably not).

To shorten the story, they chose to use me in their new marketing materials and plastered my mug on posters, fliers, and table tents all over the campus. My own students started bringing me half page newspaper clippings that were a giant picture of me holding that mysterious white piece of paper (each time with something different printed on it). And now, today, I found myself on an online ad. I can only assume that this was a local ad, based off of my IP address. It was just kind of funny.

Here is the screenshot: