Feeling stoopid and learning nu stuf

lol, got to school still yawning. Not a good sign when today is teach yourself Adobe CS3 day.
living in NZ and not affording adobe at Hataitai meant we learnt how to edit images using a rock and some spit (no really!) well maybe it wasnt that bad but it wasnt layers, filters, masking and rastarizing (hmmm does that mean Pete Tosh et al?)
So im sitting at my computer, the video file playing and some techie yank enthusing wildly about his vivid vortex of color (his spelling , not mine!) and im wondering how this is going to stick into my less than sharp medulla oblongata (and yes i know thats the bit which deals with basic functions smartie blog reader but still) you get the idea.
I will post my first childish photoshop attempts onto this page for your perusal.
Now im just going back to the tutorial.......i may be some time!