DaveP is right C will drive you nuts if you've never touched it before.
If you have a PC I would recommend you have a crack at learning Java, get one of the Sams Learn Java in 31 days books or something. Although java isn't very powerfull it will get you used to programming techniques (although some say it encourages bad programming practices) and then once you have the grips of it, get a book on C, an IDE and have a crack at C.
