[Prozac]

I learned programming languages (some are very loosely qualified as languages) in this order:

line number Basic
DOS commands/batch files
gwBasic
Pascal
HTML/Javascript
DCL on a VAX/VMS system
Visual Basic
Perl
C++
gscript
asp
winbatch
php
gscript2

and probably some more that i haven't used in a while.

I would say, learn a procedural language first, then go for the object oriented ones. Gscript2 is a good way to learn procedural and oop and would even be a good first programming language, as it does lay down many fundamentals that are used in more advanced apps.
There is a learning curve of a significant difference between gs1 and gs2, just go gs2 all the way (even though you cannot yet use it offline ....)