I think I'm going to have to flip a coin or something on this one.

I mean, they all sound interesting in their own way. So far I'm torn between Python and C# to look into first...but PHP and its like sounds good too. Bleh. What a choice.
@Daffy: You, sir, are a king. Thanks for the great links! And they look downloadable, too-well, the assignments, at least. If I could find some PDFs explaining this stuff, I'd be set.