I'm going to give this project my best effort on the last day. So disregard my last project log. I think instead I'll (try to) finish this and make an improved version with the teensy 2.0 in the future. I'm also in the midwest so time is on my side and I cranked out the the code in a car ride today so I'm confident that I figure something out. My only setback is a botched pro-trinket with header and a missing pot for my screen.