I made a pair of socks!
in worsted, baby socks (nobody get excited, they are the "test" socks in Cat Bordhi's new book )

I made the little blue sky socks, and will upload a pic shortly. Whoops...one wound up with about 2 rows more...
Then, feeling triumphant, I attempted a toe-up Judy's magic cast-on.
Whoa. College graduate (with honors)? M.A.? Mostly PhD? Um, doesn't mean crap. You have been humbled by the magic cast-on.
I did, after about 5 million tries, sort of do it. With a couple mistakes. Thanks to a knittyhead who showed me this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhBIS0AhhQY