Awww, come on guys. Jay was kidding. Let's leave that and move to something constructive.
Brian, welcome to the fun stuff!
A few thoughts, which I hope are helpful for those who wish to explore....
Obviously it is possible to self-teach some of the basic aerobatic maneuvers. Thousands have done so. Others tried and died. I think the difference is mostly mental preparation, in advance, while still on the ground. You know the old axiom about never flying your airplane someplace your mind hasn't already gone? Buy books, study, think. Know how the maneuver is done and how it can go wrong. Have preset responses for all the things which might go wrong.
Just flying around and make a spur-of-the-moment decision to try something? Bad juju.
The chances of successful self-education improve with a more suitable airplane. The best acro trainers are probably the ones which always enter an accelerated stall before the wings come off.....they're hard to break. Likewise, slower and more draggy can be better. You must fly it smoothly with good energy management or it simply won't do the maneuver. Be aware an RV is neither of these things.
Spins are fundamental.....formerly a basic private pilot requirement. They're certainly not optional if you want to fly anything other than straight and level. Spins are probably not a good choice for self-education. Find an instructor with a qualified airplane and do them until you're confident. I'd suggest Greg Koontz, not far south of you here in Alabama. He has a strip at his house; you can fly in with your RV.
Rolls seem to be everybody's first RV acro. Returning to the "think ahead" theme, the common beginners screwup is to get upside down and panic pull into a split-S. The required preflight mental set is "I will hold the aileron in until upright, no matter what". And later, when you let somebody else do it, guard the controls no matter who they are. Seriously, the closest I ever got to dead in an RV was with an ex-USAF fighter pilot who screwed up and split out of a roll.