7 Days of Pokémon GO: Day Two – When They Won’t Come To You, Go To Them

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. A couple days after that “Train On” video hit me with a wave of nostalgia, I bought a Nintendo 3DS and ran through Pokémon Alpha Sapphire in what felt like 72 hours. So when I heard that I’d get to walk around the real world and put in that work with Pokémon GO, I was excited, to say the least. After displaying the patience of a saint for two days after server and iPhone issues, I was able to get the ball rolling. But there was a problem. I live in a barren wasteland where I can only hope to find trash-ass, grass-type and the occasional Pidgey. And I will not waste a lure just to be flooded with Kakunas. I’ll be damned! For those that are curious, I call Chicago’s Park Manor neighborhood home. It’s where I grew up, met most of my closest friends and always find myself coming back to. It’s a few blocks north of Cha…