Hi KC,
Appreciate your comments, thank you very much for your kind words and really glad to hear you are having so much fun with Graphene based chains (Steem and Bitshares). It is true that their is a lot to take in and learn depending on the level of understanding you wish to obtain.. Graphene is an incredible technology!
If you are looking to play around may i suggest checking out the Bitshares Testnet (https://testnet.bitshares.eu/). This will allow you to dig deep into the technical side (Asset issuance, prediction markets, margin trading, account permissions etc etc) without any risk to your main accounts or bitshares balance
If needed let me know an i can send you some testnet tokens to play around with.