so I just bought a rebel XSI

its 12.2MP it had good reviews

anyone have any links to some sites for a COMPLETE n00b...

I had a really nice point and shoot for a while (kodak) the ones that looked like SLR's and i really liked the pics it took, but I replaced it with this one, because i lost the other one lol (really)

My goal is just to take some decent pics.. friends/ family, cars, etc... I've seen people take awesome pics with these cameras

I just took my first few pics with the camera and man do they suck.... This peice of shit has so many buttons and it wont even take pics sometimes its wierd.. I know i'm doing something wrong, when i put it on "full auto" mode, which I assume is the n00b mode... sometimes it wont take pics... i keep pressing the button and it only sometimes takes a pic i assume when the focus is perfect or something?