UV Mapping = AHHHHH!!!

For the past few days I have been stressing out about the whole UV Mapping thing. No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't do it, despite asking classmates for help and looking through many tutorials. So I asked Keaton to help out me after class today and he managed to make it look so easy! Afterwards I tried to do it myself and it's like Maya hates me cause it didn't work again... But after several hours, I finally managed to get something happening! The process is getting easier which is good. Here is a screen cap of my slow and steady progress...