My goal of becoming a Flash genius

I know what you're thinking. That the creator of such Flash cartoon classics as Mr. Skinny and Girlie Girl Gets a Futon must already be a Flash genius. Alas, it is not so, for although I have become quite proficient at drawing simple characters, moving them uselessly about the screen, and adding flair with the odd (and even more useless) shape tween, I do not know even the most basic ActionScript. ActionScript being the code that one uses to make flash things actually do stuff, like in a game, or a webpage with buttons...that sort of thing.

So I moseyed over to Actionscripts.org and went through some tutorials. I figured that if I did this all day then by the end of it I'd have the know-how to create an über-complicated Flashtravaganza, like a game or something. After a few hours of this I haven't yet reached my goal. However I did create this clock.