Pokémons

    The world is out of control right now.

It almost feels like... someone showed up to the Battle Royale island with a massive balloon full of confetti and popped it. 

Clearly, I haven't through through that analogy far enough to what happens after the balloon pops, but for the moment... lol, that's kinda what it's like right now. And I don't hate it.

So, after AX, Ponies was like, lets get food. And I was like, okay.

Setting :  Macaroni Grill

Like a squirrely child that ate too much candy, I immediately grabbed a crayon and started drawing what was on my mind:

Shut up. Don't judge me.

 

Our waitress walks by and she's like IS THAT SNORLAX?

And I was like yes!! And I thought she was the coolest waitress ever, as she grated the parmesan over my entree.

 His shirt is so ironic because he comes off as such an intimidating person.

His shirt really speaks for him. I envy his ability to have such an open heart the way he does- when he loves something he is really passionate about it, and loyal and protective of it. He loves a lot.
See, I can't do that. Love pisses me off, lol

FUCKING SCORPIOS, MAN

He's actually more like Charlotte than Miranda. I think I'm Miranda. #SexandtheCity #hashtag 

I hate him. jk I love him. He keeps me grounded. Ugh.

I need to remember to buy balsamic vinegar and olive oil and just a shit ton of bread

also, I made our table....

THE VEEEHRY BEST.

LIKE NO ONE EVER WUUUUHHZZ 

(oh just wait. this is only the beginning)

 Omg look at my bangs.

I'd been trying to grow them out again this summer.

I think I mentioned this before-- this happens every summer. Idk why.

Yeah. Didn't last long.

 

OKAY SO, LIKE

lets not even pretend like we don't know what's coming, ok?

because it's EVERYWHERE, and my headmeat word toilet that is my blog is no exception

So, Pokémon Go launched on.... like a week ago or something.

And I remember thinking... omg. I can finally catch GHOST POKEMON. Like REAL ONES.

I CAN HAVE GHOST POKEMON right? 

And... in my logical mind (yeah) I'm thinking; okay... this is brilliant.. because.. in the real world... haunted areas... supposedly have ghosts, right? Right.

So like, what if... haunted areas... ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? 

WHAT IF THOSE AREAS HAVE GHOST POKEMONS

-DRIVES 34 MILES NORTH TO FACT CHECK DELUSIONAL CANON THEORY- 

Remember Oppa? 

He joined me. It was only like, almost midnight. This is totally normal and 100% fine.

Location: Colorado Street Bridge | A.K.A. "The Suicide Bridge"

        - Supposedly haunted by a dude and some sad mom lady

Ideally, our hunt would've looked something like this:

We got there so pumped and ready to catch some dead Pokémon

Or maybe just cool ones?

By this time, I think the app had been out like 2 days?

Oppa is a great contributor to my craptacular shots. Note the subtle accent of his 2nd distal phalange probably pointing at something that probably is there, but isn't. 

 We found basically nothing, lol.

But any night visit to the Suicide Bridge is always a treat for me. It's so beautiful, and quiet.

 There was a Rhydon here. I forgot to screencap it but we caught it.

 80's walking away shot

 uh..... 

yes.

 We walked around forever.

There's a little staircase at the ends of the bridge that lead to the neighboring roads going up into the insanely nice houses/mansion looking things.

So naturally, we walked around the neighborhood, not at all looking creepy outside of peoples' houses, and caught some Pokemon. 

There was this mansion that had a huge gate, but there was a Growlithe there. 

Obviously, we have to get it.

As soon as we got close to it the dogs started barking and came out. It made sense, I mean maybe they have more Growlithes inside and this one got out?

We caught it and made our way back, lol.

My theory was crushed by the very real reality that someone on the development team wasn't as brilliant or as thoughtful as I, and did not port the correct spawning of the correct Pokemon at the right locations. BUT THAT'S FINE.

Oppa then was like, "wanna go to a haunted forest?"

See, this is how people die. 

He knew I wouldn't say no. Or maybe he didn't, and just yolo'd it, but I didn't say no.

Who would say no? At 2 something in the morning? SURE WHY NOT. HOW COULD YOU NOT

 I thought he was kidding. Or being hyperbolic. 

The whole time we were there, I didn't think he was serious. 

He wasn't kidding

We got there, and I was all excited to go on this hike thing into a forest somewhere and catch Pokemon, totally and utterly clueless that this place was legitly said to be haunted.

It was a pretty creepy hike, not gonna lie. It was pitch black, and after a little while, Oppa told me to just turn my light off so our eyes would adjust. 

Did that. They did. Was cool. I felt like a kitty.  

I wanted to take photos, but flash is obnoxious, so I avoided it. 

But man. It was cool, but at the same time it felt weird lol, like someone was following us or watching us the whole time. Mind you, I didn't know this place was supposedly haunted at the time. So we kept making jokes about the person who kept shining the light far off in the distance, and how he could see us, and is probably like, watching us, or whatever. Totally innocent, stupid, mocking. 

It obviously was a person, but it was just weird to see a single, bluish white light so far off into the forest out of nowhere, at 3AM. 

Anyway, we walked up the trail for what seemed like forever. 

There were forks, and I hoped so so so so much that Oppa knew where he was going, lol.

But we made it to the top of the trail, or at least a resting area, where it looks like a water tank thingie is, or used to be. How? No idea.

Creepy shit.

ALSO. No Pokemon!

Because we had no signal, lololol

But we kept going

We walked around the fenced area over to the ledge where there was a view of L.A. 

I love views.

So I took a photo, and Oppa took a seat closer to the edge.

I went in a little closer and hit the flash, when something whisped around in my face. I don't even know if that's a word, but it was whispy. Super quick.

But I brushed it off, thinking it was some stupid bug. Nothing there. Whatever.

So I took another snapshot. 

wtf.

There wasn't anything there.

I took another snapshot.

These are like 3-4 seconds apart. Not consistently one after the other, because I'd look down at my screen and check the shot, then open the camera again and aim.

 Last one:

It looked clear on my phone at the time, so I stopped taking photos at the point.

But... that whispy shit is still there.

No clue what it could've been.
Honestly I feel a weeeeeeeeensy teeny tiny bit uncomfortable even showing these photos, but it's kind of .. interesting? I guess? 

I didn't take any shots after that.

We sat there for a while and took in the view. But during that time, it felt like someone was watching us, lol. So weird. I can't explain what that feels like, but just like... idk, like when you know someone else is in a room w/ you, you can just feel their presence there, right? 

Like, that thing that moms do when their kids try to slowly sneak up on them from behind, but they somehow know the kid is behind them? THAT

We made jokes about it.
Was fun. 

And then around 3:30, as much as I didn't want to, I told him we should start heading down :(

Why?

Well, because I had work at 5:30, LOL

It took me almost an hour to drive up there, and it'd take a about 15 mins to walk back down maybe. 

I was planning everything in my head so I'd have time to get home, change, and drive to work on time. 

Walking back down was just as weird. I kept seeing weird shapes, and Oppa kept teasing and startling me. Like, there were some things I hadn't spotted before that looked like fucking cadavers just laying on the side of the trail. So WEIRD.

Again! I didn't take him seriously when he told me "haunted forest" I thought he was joking. 

So the whole time I'm thinking like... this is fucking weird, lol. But I still enjoyed it, a lot. 

We got back down the trail a little quicker than I anticipated, and just hung out in his car for a little bit again before I had to leave.

Easily one of the coolest nights I've had in a while. 

ALL BECAUSE OF POKEMON, GUYS. 

While we didn't catch many Pokemon that night, and I had work at 5:30 that morning (I wasn't late, btw) it was dope.

So, I guess... if you wanna look at it like this... if in fact that whispy thing was totally a ghost, at least I caught it? And while it's not a ghost type Pokemon, it's the latter, and that's like 50% of the kind of Pokemon I want. So, technically... I caught a real life Pokemon.

 RIGHT?

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When all else fails, make yourself a ghost type out of clay because you can't catch a real one T___T

and yes I know that's not the proper spelling but I'm spooky, and it suits him better!

ugh, what am I doing lol

yeah this isn't over. like not even a little bit