Eeeeeeeeeee! That's my camera, too! You're doing great! RTFM, for sure. Take the camera in one hand, the manual on the other and play with buttons. It's not like it's going to break. :-) Every time you turn it off and back on, it's going to reset stuff anyway, so play with spot metering, play with manual focus, play with the autofocus settings, play with the white balance, EVERYTHING. Pixels are cheap! And I LOVE the macro setting on this camera. Did you get the longer lense, too?

And oh, my God, kitties! That lolcat is hilarious, too.