#alaska is cool

[filipinababygirlla]

i’m so fucking obsessed with alaska. i wanna be an alaskan grandma.

[vertigoartgore]

Cyclops (with his brand new look) by artist Tom Reilly (June 2024).

[dismas-n-dismay]

Watching Monèt’s slumber party and then remembering right at the end it was only 30 minutes and this was the first episode was like trying crack and immediately being sent to work in a corporate office building with blinding lights right after with no promise of ever trying that again

[tonichelleak]

Dallas Seavey at the Ceremonial Start and ReStart of Iditarod 52. Dallas. Seavey. The kid that believed he was on a trajectory for an Olympic career and not a dog mushing one. Oh, sure, he was like many others of his generation who not only grew up in the presence of many great mushers - all the while helping his dad build a successful racing kennel - but one who watched Iron Will and tried to recreate many of the scenes from the movie... but as he often told tourists - he had no desire to make it his life like his dad had.

Then injuries sidelined his Olympic wrestling dream (was on his way to making the 2008 USA team) so he came home and continued helping his dad build monster teams.

After a while running the puppy team just wasn't enough. Puppy teams are competitive and if you know Dallas even a little bit you know the dude is extremely competitive.

He studied like he was working on a Masters Degree. No one knows the science and stats of the race more than Dallas. Guarantee it.

He won his first title in 2012, then again in 2014, 2015, 2016... took a break after his second place finish in 2017 (we won't rehash the whys) and came back in 2021 to win it again (granted the shorter "Gold Loop Trail" - thanks Covid - but he battled the Rainy Pass Pony Mafia so it still is a huge accomplishment). His '21 race meant he tied for most wins, sharing that record with the legendary Rick Swenson. Swenson was one of Dallas's childhood heroes... and Dallas had broken or tied just about every record Rick had.

This year, Dallas won number six. He is the winningest Iditarod Champion.

It wasn't easy. In November he and two of his handlers took teams out on a training run. His handler running many of Dallas's top dogs was hit by a snow machine. Dogs were killed, some injured with career ending, life altering injuries. The mushers were physically all fine, but mentally... mentally it took a while to feel "normal" on the runners.

Dallas borrowed dogs from his dad to make a competitive Iditarod team, it wasn't ideal - but he'd done it before. The Ceremonial Start and ReStart seemed to go on without an issue. Crowds cheered the musher on and he quickly slipped into the routine.

Monday of race week rolls around. Dallas' birthday. Early that morning an aggressive moose plowed into Dallas' team, the only thing for the musher to do was dispatch the moose. If you've followed the race you know what happened next. Dallas did not properly gut out the moose, one of his dogs was injured but it wasn't noticeable right away (dog is fine now), he was penelized for the improper dressing out of the moose. Dallas was not going to win.

Then things changed in the second half of the race. Teams who decided to try to outrun Dallas who was already dealing with time penalties pushed too hard, too long, too soon. Dallas caught up. And then Dallas did what Dallas does.

And now Dallas Seavey is the only six time champion in the history of the race.

That's a wild ride. (see what I did there? no, oh, well.... you can find out what I mean here.)

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[kathyrealmstales]

May I kick frenkie off the roof now - Alaska

Go for it! I say it's close enough punishment for him for taking over my blog and trying to kill me for throwing me into a pit. Just let me get the camera so we can record it!

[herbalnature]

Step into the cool blue of an Alaskan box canyon, where the ice curves above like a frozen wave. The play of light creates an ethereal glow, capturing the silent majesty of nature's icy artistry.

[swinging-stars-from-satellites]

I think some part of me will always be that kid walking out of a huge movie theater into a grey overcast afternoon not realizing her world was about to be permanently changed but feeling changed already herself by the animated Disney film she'd just seen that she would spend a year acting like she was too cool to be affected by, even though she'd never cried at a movie before that and and the cries from the speakers were still ringing in her ears on that cold, overcast afternoon, right before her world changed

[deermouth]

Small marine things

[bookinit02]

conversations i had at the bar tonight:

nerding out over my favorite book, which also happened to be the guy next to me’s favorite book (that apparently he has been telling people about for YEARS and nobody else has ever read it)

gender politics and microlabels and whether it’s more important to be genuinely trying to be respectful of identity or to be using “correct” language and terms 100% of the time

the decline of young men into alt-right communities and how anger pushes them into isolation and violence

how the guy across from me is building a huge personal library and he has so many books that he can barely even fit them all in his apartment

how trauma and cultural uncertainty shapes writing & the importance of writing hopeful/happy stories

whether the american expectation of monogamy is harmful to relationships and whether it’s more important to be faithful to your long-term partner or to follow new passions

in summary. i fucking love grad school

[mochasucculent]

Grocery shopping

[vertigoartgore]

Actor John Corbett as the DJ Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure.

[hatari007]

Porsche 911 "Safari" and "Alaska" , "Yukon"...

[clanborn]

what was named first, Horizonshine or Event Horizon the comic?

Horizonshine’s name came before the comic name, which according to this old post i named on Feb 27th 2023

[staariblestars]

It’s a mess, you know This hopeless life of mine No friends to be with I’m really so jealous of all the beautiful colours of yours!

tfw ur a baby and someone knocks down ur stick tower and now its the end of the clan itself 🤧 BUT he's just a little guy,,, a fidgety lil guy who has a lot to say just waiting for you to say something first :DD

@the-sea-and-the-storm is STILL open for apps u should totally apply :3 be cool with us :333

[kwilooo]

I never get to see the Aurora Borealis where I’m from so this is pretty amazing

[dailymothanon]

Ehh I was feeling like doing some lazy drawings today, so I drew one of my hometowns again :> but as a nutcracker! Because North Pole and all that, I think they’re cool, idk maybe ask some things about them if u want cuz I’ll answer probably and I don’t really talk about them that much on here i think