Well, I got my first recruitment test to be a firefighter under my belt.  I wrote for the city of Hamilton earlier today.  My god was it a long day.  The first test was over 2 hours long and had some math problems but was mostly situational stuff.  They would give you a scenario and you would have to list the order in which you would do things.  Then you would have to answer questions based on how confident you felt and whether you agreed with shit or not.  This test is only tough because you have no damn idea what they want to see.  It is pass/fail so if I fail I guess it will tell me that I am not human?  We then had a two hour break, which I used to go to a bar and get a nice beef dip sandwich.  Then it was back to writing another 2 hour test.  The second one was tough as well.  They read a passage for about 10 minutes and then you had to answer questions based on the specifics of the passage, but you couldn’t take notes or anything.  It was all memory.  Then we had a ton of math, geometry and mechanical type questions.  The cut off for that one is 85%.  I honestly felt pretty good about the test but I really can’t say whether I hit the cutoff or not.  I guess I will have to wait for a couple of weeks to find out.  One interesting thing was looking at the makeup of the people who are writing these tests.  Honestly, it is all a bunch of white guys!  There were about 500 people writing this test today (testing is over 3 days) and out of that I only saw 4 women and 3 visual minorities!  I wonder what it is about this career that keeps us darkies away?  If anyone has any opinions I would love to hear them.  Since my day was all about tests I thought I would give you some examples of answers I wish I could put down.  These are courtesy of Kontraband.  Enjoy!

Whew, get used to these late posts!  My life is crazy-busy.  Tomorrow I am writing a test for the city of Hamilton (west of Toronto) fire department.  This one is going to be tough, I need 85% to go on to the next round in the recruitment process.  One thing I have learned is that I suck at basic math skills after being spoiled with a calculator for the last 12 years or so.  I totally forgot how to do long division!  Anyways, with all my studying I almost forgot that Earth Hour is approaching us!  You need to shut your shit down at 8:30pm (est) on March 28th.  This is definitely something I strongly suggest everyone get involved in.  No, I couldn’t care less about the environment.  Personally, I think we have been coddling this planet and we need to show more tough love.  The reason to participate is that it is really cool.  Last year I met a buddy (I am talking about you Andrew) downtown and we got to enjoy some beers in a normal looking bar that was completely lit by candles.  If we were gay it would have been romantic as hell.  A date like that and he would have got lucky!  It will be a good chance to enjoy some of your favorite bars in a completely different light, or lack there of.  Here are some pics from last year.  Whatever I do this year I will make sure to grab some snaps and post them.  Wish me luck on my tests.  Seriously, I think I am on the outs with God and I need you people to step up to bat for me!