x marks the spot

I had been struggling for hours figuring out the likes of bezier curves and messing with RGB filters and raster and vector layers yesterday.  Climbing mountains of frustration as I plodded thru unfamiliar software built with an English based vocabulary, that still could have been better understood by Martians.

"Really? You can't just use the word Menu instead of Palette?  How bout say smooth lines instead of anti-aliasing?  Why isn't there a simple slider control for zoom, especially since I don't have a Num button on my keyboard? Why caN'T I PUT TEXT ON MY OBJECT INSTEAD OF AROUND IT?  WHERE Is the thingy to...Why can't I ...how do I....I don't even know how to ask!!" Yeah, it was that kind of day, stumbling in the dark despite the sunlight all around me, gaining an inch for every mile I slid back, trying to unlock the powers of what I knew would be graphic design nirvana if only I stuck with it long enough.  Nobody bug me, please,  I'm pushing electrons.

By the time evening had rolled around yesterday, poor little tiny chumley had had enough of being ignored all day.  With the sun setting, and speckled with tiny bits of floor flotsam that he had picked up from rolling all over the carpet in hopes of tearing me away from my white whale, Baxter trundled up in the waning daylight and stared at me.

mom, if there is anything i can help u with, please let me know okay?

I moved my cursor over the X on the upper right hand of my "palette" and clicked.  Well baby dog, I think you just did.   :)