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10/28/2002 |
| My progress in installing the modchip in the PS2 is
SLOWLY moving along. First I had to buy the thing, which oddly
enough (since they're illegal and hard to find usually) was the
easiest part of the whole process. The only reason I want one
installed is so I can play DBZ: Legends on it, since the ability to
play that game is the only advantage our PlayStation has over the
PlayStation 2. So I bought it and it came in the mail. It just plugs
into the front and it's supposed to skip the country code check
which only allows American games to play. Only problem is, the PS2
doesn't read the thing plugged into it, which is why it also came
with a wire that is supposed to connect 2 points INSIDE the PS2. So
I had to open it up, which wasn't too bad, except when I got to
these itty bitty screws. None of our screwdrivers would fit them,
and I tried various things, like knives, but nothing worked. I tried
every knife in the kitchen, and FINALLY the biggest one worked, go
figure. So I got all the tiny screws out but one. It wouldn't come
out. After a while, the + got stripped and looked more like a square
with round edges. So the next day we had to get this thing from the
hardware store that drills a tiny hole inside the screw and then
grips it inside and screws it out. So then I could get to the board
that the wire needed to be soldered to (for those of you who don't
know, soldering is like welding). So I looked on the internet and
found which points the wire is supposed to connect, and found the
wire to be about a half an inch too short. After we called Radio
Shack and other places to find they didn't have the same gauge wire,
we kinda put it off. When we got around to it, we tried the last
place that sells wire, and found one that was close enough. Now we
needed a soldering iron. We bought one at Wal-Mart. So today, my dad
and I tried to solder the thin wire to the really itty bitty points
on the board, and after many attempts, we got it to stay. Then I put
it back together and turned it on and it turned on okay. The light
on the modchip turned on and it didn't before we put the wire in, so
we did something right, but it won't read any games. So either the
wire's not connected all the way, I forgot to connect something when
I put it back together, or we ruined it. I'm hoping for the second
option, and then the first. I really hope it's not the third case.
But I had to go to work so I couldn't mess with it more.
I got Legaia 2: Duel Saga today! It's the sequel to Legend of
Legaia and that one was a really cool RPG in my opinion. I even
liked it better than The Legend of Dragoon which is contrary to the
popular opinion. But this game is supposed to have all the good
parts of the first one improved, so I'm really looking forward to
it, though I can only play it once the PS2 is working again.
And now about that one girl. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to say
who, since none of you know her. It's Carly. She's still not talking
to me. Somehow in my and Blake's conversation she came up and he
knew she was mad at me. Going on just what he said about her
opinion of me, I irritate her and I talk about the stupidest
things. Then he said he didn't want to burst my bubble unless I
wanted him to. I said to go ahead. He told me she doesn't like me
"that way". I'm like, "I already knew that. Is that all you were going
to burst my bubble with?" He said it was, so it wasn't anything bad
really. He said he feels sorry for me. He also said that the group
she hangs out with (Cree, Steven, Mike, and Mark) kinda make fun of me.
I know they make fun of my knee-high socks that I wore during summer
with shorts, but is that all? I asked if she hates me and he said I
just irritate her. He kept saying he knows how hard it is to like
someone and them not like you back. I said it's no big deal, I
certainly don't want to go out with someone that will be getting mad
at me and sometimes not even telling me what I did, and not talking
to me for weeks. I told him I want her as a friend, and right now I
fear I don't even have her as that. He said that they are kinda like
in a pack, and if the pack doesn't like someone, then no one in the
pack does. So if that's even true, I'm getting the cold shoulder
because of peer pressure. That's not cool, and I could do better
than to lose sleep over someone like that, assuming that's what's
happening, which for some reason I don't think it is. People say to
just give her time. Well, there's no reason to be flat out rude,
even if you are mad. So as of right now, I don't really care if she
talks to me or not. I did nothing mean to her intentionally, and I
told her that. And frankly I'm tired of someone being upset at me
for things I do with a good heart. |
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