Itunes, safari bookmarks, iPhoto, mail, entourage are empty!!!

my email was acting strange..asking me for my password then rejecting it. I turned off and on my computer and then I all my itunes songs were gone, as were the photos in Safari, my email and entourage, all empty. My toolbar was different as well, and there was an icon next to the trash whch looked like a stamp and when I rolled over it said Leopard. I am really confused about what to do. There is only one account on the computer(me) someone on another board said I should check to see if I had set up another account in error and there are no others. I was moving things around earlier in the, organizing my files but did not trash anything. Can anyone help me?

Welcome To  Discussions scollu!
It appears that you changed the Short Name, of the user account.
The info in one or more of these articles, should help you correct it.
Return to Default Desktop, Apparent "Loss" of Home Directory
My home folder and desktop are different than before
Recover from renaming your Home folder, authored by Dr Smoke
If that is not the situation, then, "I was moving things around earlier in the, organizing my files...", post exactly what you moved around, where to, and what is in the Trash.
ali b

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