I am pretty much new

Ok Well I'm a complete noob when it comes to computer prog. and I have a great desire to learn. I pretty much picked my language I want to start on (based on common goals) but I want your input.

I chose C for first language... Good Idea or no? O.o

How the hell is Haskell even related to object-oriented programming in the way C++ does it? It's just more close to ML and has pattern matching, lazy evaluation and a bunch of other nice stuff, but I don't see how it's comparable to C++'s OO. Haskell may be a better choice for a lot of problems than C++, but I just don't see how it compares at all...