To New Beginnings! (+ Go Habs Go!)

I accepted an offer with a new employer this afternoon! Let's go !

​It'd been a long time since I'd been out of work, over 15 years, and things sure have changed since then. Back in the day, it was most common to have everything decided from a single (and long) interview in person. Now it's routine for there to be multiple interviews with several different team leads and managers; in my case there were three.

But I performed very well for each, projected confidence, and demonstrated higher-level knowledge of the kind of work I'll be doing, which led to my receiving a generous offer this afternoon. I'm excited to start this new chapter of my working life and I believe I'll find plenty of opportunities for advancement with this company. I'll just have to work on getting back to a normal sleep schedule before I start on June 1.

For writing stuff, I expanded a short after workshopping it a bit, going from 1200 words to over 2200. I think I've got a better chance at selling it now. I also got 1000 words into a new fantasy story that I'm writing for the second anthology from Fellowship of the Indie Author. This is a community of writers on Twitter, but since they're getting rid of communities soon, we've moved over to Discord.

I'm also up to 44 rejections for the year now, and The Souled is still out on the full request. It's been about 2.5 months now, and they said it'll take 4-6 months to get back to me. Still hoping for the best on that one.

Okay, it's playoffs hockey time !

I'll post this short clip first to represent how I feel about landing a great new job and how the Habs (and their fans) feel about their winning game 7 in overtime against the Buffalo Sabres:

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It was a great series, and hats off to the Sabres for making it this far after a staggering 14-season playoff drought. The game-winning goal was a little weak, but hey, Montreal fans will happily take it, especially after that wacky dump-in goal against them that went off a stanchion.

I'm very happy for this young, talented team (youngest in the league!), but I fear they may get steamrolled by the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Final. Montreal advanced by beating Tampa Bay in 7, and now Buffalo in 7, which has got to result in some bumps and bruises, injuries, and significant fatigue. Carolina on the other hand, they swept both Ottawa and Philly, and will have rested for 12 days before the ECF begins. 14 tough games versus 8 relatively easy ones. It'll be an uphill battle, but I wish them luck.

​Lastly, I gotta post this clip of Mitch Marner scoring what might prove to be the goal of the 2026 playoffs. Never knew he had these kinda moves in him when he was still with the Maple Leafs. Amazing stuff.