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@InfiniteSpawn:
If you still feel like you're not completely comfortable with programming, I will suggest you to learn Python. It's easy to use, has a great syntax, powerful, and it's interpreted, which can be a good thing for the learning process. If you do feel comfortable with programming, and need something more challenging than Visual Basic, I will suggest you to learn either C or C++. Those are probably the two most powerful languages around (this can be discussed in an eternity, but when it comes to performance, it IS better.) Yes, it's harder to learn than languages such as Python, or other languages alike, but honestly, it's not as hard as many people say it is. I think you should give it a try.
I would stay far away from the .NET-framework, so therefore I wouldn't suggest C# (or ASP.NET, or VB.NET, or any of the other .NET-languages), like Xav did. The reason: It's not cross-platform at all. It's possible to execute it on other platforms than Windows, like Linux with Mono, but it will never work well.

@Xav:
I disagree with you. I wouldn't say Python isn't mainstream. It may not be used as much as other languages, but it IS used a lot, has tons of libraries, resources and a huge user-database. Also, it's used by a long list of major companies, like Google, YouTube, NASA, and so on. I, personally, think it would be a great language to learn.