Clone stamp behaving oddly

i accidentally hit a wrong key when trying to get the clone stamp going and now it brings up a box with changing icons in it (see upper left of attached image). and it doesnt work. how can i get clone stamp back to normal?

got it--thanks!
what's weird is that the gray box in top left would not go away. i was gonna write you back, but then it just disappeared.
meanwhile, my cursor turned into a spattered pattern of slanted lines. but then that too resolved.
did i just go into some alternate photoshop universe?

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