Wellness Resources Books

http://www.wellnessresources.com/wrbooks/

Soon to be wellnessresourcesbooks.com, this is my new release.
I'm making a few changes to the side ads, but everything is shaping up to be good to go.

This weekend was pretty fun because I redesigned my portfolio page. finally!
http://relanderdesign.herobo.com/

compared to:
http://relanderdesign.herobo.com/old

yeah.... I'm glad I did that.

Otherwise I was quite sad to know that King Buffet in St Paul doesn't have dumplings sunday evenings. This made my dinner plans expensive and depressing. But now we know.

~*SarahR

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.... and stuff....

Yesterday was awesome because I got to stop in Cloquet whilst on the way home from my grandmas! Thus, I got to visit with Serge for a bit while my parents took him out for lunch.

When I got home, I called up Emily and Ben and went to see Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.
Best. Movie. Ever.
There needs to be more movies with that kind of back animation and geeky humor.
As much fun as the movie was, I didn't have the best time... I kinda wish Ben would just move already, it hasn't been the same since he proposed to his now fiancee, and nor do I think it will ever do so. It's been kinda like a ticking clock till he move to the east coast now and it kinda puts a damper on things. The frustrating part is that I keep getting more time, when in the end I wish he'd just get it over with already.

Today was pretty low maintenance. I have several brochures to get out for work, but they are stuck in limbo. I got the starts to some point of sales pieces out and made some mockups for other parts of the site. So I'm being all caught up. go me.

What I've been working on:
http://www2.wellnessresources.com/tiw_test/
That is the testing URL of what is to become the new Truth in Wellness website!

3 months later... three!

so yeah, haven't updated for a long tiem. Left you all in suspense I'm sure. ???
I got the job :) I've been happily employed for the past three months upon my return from Altanta. I'm doing a lot more printed material than I originally expected, but I seem to be blending into team environment okay. A job with more coding and less printy graphicy goodness would be ideal, but it pays the student loans. Cant complain too much, I do have it pretty good.

A few weeks ago, I also receive my diploma in the mail! I'm a certified computer scientist :)

Right now, I'm sitting in my grandparents basement, leeching on the internets. I feel like I should probably go socialize... or something.... To have something fun to end with, here's my latest creation!



Gotta dance with em all :)
Cheers

Wellness Resources

I have an interview at Wellness resources this afternoon! The more I look into their website, the more I actually want to work for them. They just seem very connected and the environment appears to be amazing. I'm leaving at noon for the lightrail :)

Anyways, above are some things I made for my interview, I wish I had a better portfolio...

Bitstream Vera

Compilation of posters using bitstream vera. Now that I'm done with my typography project, I can focus on better things :)

UDP with Python

I'm coding up a chat client! So far it's going ok. I have messages going to the server, but i dont know how it goes about sending information back yet... not a very effective chat module.
It will be ready in time. More like next week, since that's the due date!

Solidarity Weekend

This past weekend has been amazing :D I taught drag blues at Solidarity Weekend with Serge. It was a lot of fun, and although the lesson turn out wasn't so great, LOTS of people made it to the night dance. I love dancing. Being able to dance into fantasy worlds with those closest to you is a feeling you cant express otherwise.

The Friday night dance wasn't as fun because i spent it on a slow internet connection getting the code ready for my job interview tomorrow. I think it looks kinda cool... cyoot anyways...

Job Hunting

After fixing my online image late into the night, I think it's about time I got working on the sample code for my interview at CHRobinson. Actually I need to learn how to use ASP.Net and THEN work on the code for my interview at CHRobinson.... ... Good regardless, I need to learn it. I have it installed on my computer now, so that's the first step :)

I also teach at a swing dancing even this weekend, so hopefully I can find enough time to work on it. ^_^

~*Sarah Relander

... Well this is Interesting...

Apparently, "RelanderDesign" is already a thing... who knew? You would think with an odd last name and putting design at the end would make it original... it's not like my last name is Johnson or something.... I need yet another new identity... le sighe....

EDIT: ok... so for now, I'm going with "relanDesign" ... and I'll try to edit my accounts as much as possible, but all will be solved when I get a purchased domain name :)

Greetings

Well, I figured that like any other aspiring freelancer, it's about time i got a real blog. Not one i need for class and what not, but a blog I will actually update this think I am working on or just what I find interesting.
It's also good to document how things change over the year. Journals are fun, but who would want to keep your writings, feelings, and ideas all to yourself? I know I'd get bored of that real quick.

Anyways. I'm Sarah Relander. I'm going to be graduating from the University of Minnesota in May. I've had several Interviews for life after college and am currently waiting to hear back from them. Otherwise, I need to boost my self image if I'm going to be a successful freelancer.

So, if you know anyone wanting a website done for less than a professional, yet similar quality... send them to my website at http://relanderdesign.herobo.com/
.... My site isn't done yet however, so you may want to wait until Mayish... ... cheers!