Kristine Joy, Writer

To Whom It May Concern and FWIW,**

• I need for my AI image requests to not repeatedly get “flagged by the moderator”:
  • Image of a woman that looks like she is cheap, a pessimist, crazy, judgmental and indifferent to life. 🚩
    • I think cheap may have been the trigger there?
  • Image of a measuring tape with 6 inches sticking straight out. 🚩
  • Image of a To Do list on a notepad with the paper having a design of sperm swimming around. 🚩
  • Image of a woman in a bikini on the sidelines of a football field with her butt completely covered by the swimsuit. 🚩
    • Tough crowd! Good think I didn’t ask for partial coverage.

• When filming clips of my lift, I needed to not be one-off such that I recorded ALL of my movements between lifts and NONE of my lifts.

• I needed for my elementary school best boy friend, who I hadn’t seen in 25+ years, to randomly show up for a tee time while I was working my Summer job. And for both of our faces to light up in recognition (of our long lost friendship and of each other (neither of us looks all that different to be honest)).
  • I needed to have more than 48 seconds to catch up with him on that Memorial Day weekend in which we had a revolving door of golfers and requests for Bloody Mary’s faster than I could make them (mostly because I had just learned to make them).

• I need to pat myself on the back for keeping this an inside thought while working:

Golf Pro: Trying out a new club today?

Golfer: Yes, it has a heavier and stiffer shaft.

Me (personal thought bubble):
I’ve got to believe that a stiffer shaft will definitely UP your “game”.

• I needed to be on an evening dog walk when my neighbor came home to her AC sounding like a tsunami swarm of cicadas and/or as if the unit were a helicopter about to take off (you could hear it 6 houses away).
  • Neighbor (near tears): I just came from the hospital. Bill’s Dad had a stroke so he’s still there and I don’t even know where to start with this. Who do you call after hours?
  • Me: Actually, I have an HVAC guy at my house (also 6 houses away) RIGHT NOW who happens to be the husband of my best friend that may be willing to pop over.
    • #lifesaver (the doctors that saved Bill’s Dad’s life and Ryan for resuscitating the AC; not me)

• When on an evening dog walk in a campground, I needed to not come face-to-face, and I mean inches, with a moose standing in the ditch but completely hidden by the brush. My tail slowly backed up and then high-tailed it out of there at a pace that luckily did not scare the moose into a high speed chase.

How long does it take a moose running 35 mph to catch a human running 20 mph if they are running in the same direction and the human has a 10 foot lead to start?

ChatGPT (work copied below*): 0.45 Seconds

• We needed to not have 3 dogs in a tent in Teddy Roosevelt National Park when the bison herd passed through at night. I had our dog most prone to bark in a straight jacket and snout hold. The bison literally brushed against the tent.

• I needed to be reminded that hurt people hurt people.
  • With this top of mind again, I need to let go of some of my own hurt that others have “caused” me.
    • And thank you to my twenty something friend of wisdom for the reminder. I would be honored to claim this friend as a younger clone of me, but cannot justifiably do so given the fact that she is significantly taller than me, a Russian beauty and of intellect over my head (this is general and true seeing that she is an aerospace engineer and future astronaut).

I appreciate your readership. I need the validation as writer; if there is a like or heart icon for you to depress, I’d most appreciate the support!

Sincerely,

K.J. Sculling

* To solve this, we need to calculate the time it takes for the moose to close the 10-foot gap between itself and the human.

Step 1: Find the relative speed

Since both are running in the same direction:

• Moose speed = 35 mph
• Human speed = 20 mph
• Relative speed = 35 mph − 20 mph = 15 mph

Step 2: Convert relative speed to feet per second

1 mile = 5280 feet
1 hour = 3600 seconds15 mph=15×52803600=22 feet per second15 mph=15×36005280​=22 feet per second

Step 3: Use the formula:

Time=DistanceSpeed=10 feet22 feet/second≈0.4545 secondsTime=SpeedDistance​=22 feet/second10 feet​≈0.4545 seconds

✅ Final Answer:

It takes approximately 0.45 seconds for the moose to catch the human.

** The content is presented as “needs”, and some of them may front a harsh reality that evoke strong emotions. Others are expressed in pure jest to entertain myself (and maybe you?!?). Ultimately, the notion that we all live in a more idyllic world is at the core and not actual need. Life can be tough; regardless of your own circumstances, please keep up the fight because life can also be grand! The idea of ‘I Need…’ stemmed from my thought process while sitting at a red light listening to the song, Alright by Darius Rucker, on the radio (you can read the original ‘Idealist’ post here and all ‘Idealist’ posts here). If you’re inspired to submit your own ‘Idealist’ “needs” for future reader write-in posts, I’d love to hear from you via this form.