7 Days of Pokémon Go: Day Three – Date Night, When The Night Time Is The Right Time

Look fam, last week was rough. You watched Black people gunned down by police every day in different cities across the country, 5 police officers were killed after what had been a peaceful protest, and you probably found yourself in more than one unsolicited “All Lives Matter” conversation. We’re there with you. While digesting all of this pain, we have found moments to steal some joy back for ourselves, following the lead of our colleague Lauren Bullock’s column about the Blackest Joy in the form of Pokémon Go. We’re bringing you 7 days of Pokémon Go, our testimonies and our spontaneous moments of delight that have helped us get by. Catch our week-long series here. [quote_simple]”We just set a goal talking matching Spearow…”-Petty Wap[/quote_simple] Let me start by being all the way real. Prior to Pokémon Go hitting the seen last week, I hadn’t watched an episode or involved myself in any Poke related activities since the year of Ash Ketchum 2001. That’s just being all the way honest. That being said, I jumped feet first into this game! Feet first like, I was laying around and talking to my S.O. and as soon as she started drifting to sleep I was like… “Yo, lemme get up and start hunting these Pokémon and incubating these eggs.” I mean, time is money people! I wasn’t sleepy, I can get these steps on my pedometer and catch the Pikachu that I had NO IDEA about as a starter?? Yeah, lemme do that.

Fast forward about 8 hours… S.O.: Babe, did you say you were chasing someth…