duh- I'm at the right place

I am Xom-ignorant. Looking to do my own adsence site. All I have seen look so generic. This gets my mind a buzzin'.
I don't have a google acct. yet, because I don't have a good site yet, unless my pesnut butter brownies counts, and I really don't think it will get me far :) I know I need a paid hosted site.
Actually I am just trying to learn how to get strarted