currently listening to: Sparklehorse-Good Morning Spider 
for probably the only time in the next few years i won’t be working on Christmas. this was somewhat a surprise because i was originally scheduled to work it but the RR scaled back most of their jobs so people could enjoy the holidays. I didnt know they did such a thing, lol, they try to scare you so much in the hiring sessions that you’ll never see your family ever again on a holiday.
For the rest of the week starting on tuesday i’ll be on a “local” train that goes from kc to topeka. i stay the night then come back the next day. should be interesting, i will finally get to see what conductors really do.
in other news a girl (jakes wife jessica) won my fantasy league. this is somewhat disheartening only because last week i lost in the worst way possible to her in the first round. i had a 30 pt lead with vinatieri to play heading into monday’s indy-cincy game and she had harrison/wayne left. with vinatieri’s 11 pts i essentially had a 40+ pt lead and of course harrison/wayne combine for 4 td’s and about 180 yards to beat me by a point. all of harrison’s tds were really short, like 3 yards which is especially annoying. oh well. at least ryan didn’t win haha.
speaking of ryan, if anyone didnt know, i’m a groomsman in his wedding on jan. 13th next month. its down in new orleans which is where he’ll be living permanently starting next week. his band, the pomonas, played their last show for a long time last night. it was a badass show.
k well have a good Christmas. i’ll be back with my typical end of year lists like best movies and cd’s here shortly.
What was the physical abilities test? What kind of stuff did they have you do?
Also, what kind of questions did they ask in the interview.
I might want to try for this job too.
Comment by sam — Friday, December 29, 2006 @ 2:25 am
Oh, the usual. Stand in front of this, open that, pull down this, bend over, spread apart that, turn your head that way, cough.
haha ok thats from the simpsons. basically they tested your strength and endurance as it related to railroad type activities. really though, so long as you dont drop dead during the test you’ll do fine.
as for questions during the interview…they asked if i’d ever worked outside and on call and really anything related to railroading. all of which i said no to. but i went through that NARS program so they asked about that too. thats what got me the job.
Good luck Sam!!
Comment by Andy — Saturday, December 30, 2006 @ 1:30 am