I'm a newbie to the Drupal community. I have several programmer friends who love the community and work within. They all moved out of state and I never sat down with them when they were here to fully try to understand Drupal more. In fact I was just the designer not the programmer but now I want to be more the designer/programmer and I have questions about Drupal and would really like to pick a friend's brain. I need someone to talk to on phone or person to inspire and help me get into the Drupal world.
I really want to learn more. Don't get me wrong I do writing code for websites (HTML, CSS, and a little bit of JavaScript) and can understand a little bit of PHP, but I need help.
I went to school for design so I can offer some design skills feedback, and I'm a good cook. I really would like some help, some one on one in understanding and developing Drupal would be so helpful. Anyone who can help would be nice.