The ***OFFICIAL*** Weekend Singles' Thread -- "Alaska Singles Thread (January 05 - 07, 2007,)

various | 5th January 2007 | Proud_yank

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The 49th State - The Last Frontier
by proud_yank

Having recently moved here, I thought an Alaskan Singles Thread would be pretty fun.

Alaska is the largest state in America, roughly twice the size of Texas (sorry Texas!).

Putting Alaska into perspective. The Aleutian Islands over California, and South-eastern Alaska over Georgia.

An interesting fact I learned the other day is that in addition to being the Western and Northern-most state, Alaska is also the Eastern-most state too. The Western tip of the Aleutian Islands is just West of the International Dateline.

Alaska can be separated into five regions. The Far North (Also known as the 'North Slope') extends from the Brooks Range (the Northern-most extension of the Rocky Mountains) to the Arctic Ocean. Here are some photos of the Brooks Range, and the North Slope region. Barrow is the most Northern city in America. For fun, here is Barrow's weather.

Most people in Alaska live in Southcentral Alaska (Anchorage), and then the Interior (Fairbanks). Temperatures in the interior are sometimes colder than in the Arctic. Western Alaska is famous for the finish of the Iditarod dog-sled race in Nome. Southeastern, and the Interior, are famous for the Klondike gold rush.

Juneau, the state capitol is located in Southeastern Alaska. As a staunch conservative, it makes me smile that the govt. is located somewhere that can only be reached by boat or plane :-).

The Regions of Alaska

There are lots of moose here, and you really have to be careful driving. In the winter moose will come down from the mountains, and casually stroll through downtown Anchorage. We had one right outside the front door of our main office today! Other animals here include caribou, grizzly, polar, and black bears, muskoxen, beaver, otters, wolves, wolverines, tons of birds, and lots of delicious fish!

Some other interesting info about Alaska....

At 20,320 ft., Alaska has North America's highest peak, Denali.
State bird - Willow Ptarmigan.
State fish - King Salmon.
State tree - Sitka Spruce.
State spore - Dog mushing.
State animal - Moose.
State flower - Wild Native Forget-me-Not.
State song - 'Alaska's Flag'.

Eight stars of gold on a field of blue -
Alaska's flag. May it mean to you
The blue of the sea, the evening sky,
The mountain lakes, and the flow'rs nearby;
The gold of the early sourdough's dreams,
The precious gold of the hills and streams;
The brilliant stars in the northern sky,
The "Bear" - the "Dipper" - and, shining high,
The great North Star with its steady light,
Over land and sea a beacon bright.
Alaska's flag - to Alaskans dear,
The simple flag of a last frontier.

Here are some of my photos that I've put online so far

[DollyCali]

Hi.. saw a movie set in England in the future.. Children of Men w/Clive Owen.. Very different kind of movie for sure..what I would call a dark movie..

also saw Pursuit of Happyness..really neat movie (about a single dad)..based on true story.

[RockinRight]

Hey guys!

[krunkygirl]

'hi' back at 'cha ;)

[darkangel82]

Hey RR.

[krunkygirl]

dk82, how are you?

I need more info about this thread...

[darkangel82]

I'm doing ok, just watching TV and FReeping.

[krunkygirl]

Your answer made me smile: you are so direct and straightforward in your responses--

[darkangel82]

LOL, I always am.

[krunkygirl]

I'm fixing dinner and ta-da: listening to the radio (again!)

In 6 minutes I'm going to drop the oldies station for SAVAGE!

Yes, I'm a regular MS listener...

[RockinRight]

Do I know you, Krunkygirl?

[krunkygirl]

Noooooo, but if you did, I am confident that you would be glad!

~~~~~just a l'il full of myself, hehe... ;)

[RockinRight]

Heya, Dark.

Just hanging around. Hoodie's not here this weekend so I may stop at a friend's house tonight if he calls me back.

[krunkygirl]

And, RR, that's krunkygirl with a small 'k'--

I'm full of myself but NOT pretentious... ;)

[RockinRight]

I'll keep that in mind. ;)

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Hey all, sorry I couldn't make it back on New Years, me and my parents got to talking and the night ended well. I hope everyone had a great time.

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

The threadkiller still reigns.

[krunkygirl]

Hi Demi (I have just given you a short version of your name--if you don't like it let me know--I'll think about it...)

I don't know if you are referring to a family 'history' with your parents (good? could be better?) but it's good that you had a pleaseant evening together...
People, in general, don't really talk to eachother enough (and I'm not meaning the type of 'woman thing' talking [that men hate] where everything gets talked-to-death...

[redhead]

Hi, Elliot! Greetings, all, from the really frozen North (-12 F. last night...). For more Alaskan links, check my profile page.

[krunkygirl]

Oh noooo, it just took me a minute to compose my lofty response...

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Nah, my parents and I love each other very much and just enjoy sitting around talking about the past, present, and future. It was a good time, my parents are aging and I want to make sure they know how much they have meant to my development as a man.