Yeah. I like what I am reading. I too am new to modeling. I had the first video toaster years ago and had to sell it to feed the kids. Now after all these years I have Maya 4.0, Which I just looked at for the first few months from fear of finding out how much I would suck at it.
When I found This forum, and then another, I was able to see that what everyone is saying really works... Progress not Perfection. I work all the tutorial I can and am slowing getting the hang of what I am trying to learn.
Just hang in and check out everything in the wips. This teaches me what I want to know, then I can go search for a tut or advice to learn it.