Assembly Programming

I'm convinced I've made a lot of enemies and/or people who detest my presence on these forums. Perhaps the DragonTear forums (BOF related) would be a better place for me to be,

If you must know the reasoning behind my asinine behavior, I'll go ahead and explain it. So I've been searching high and low on places like Romhacking.net and many random places using google on how I can better understand binary/bases, hex editing and navigation for offsets, bytes and what have you. But, in the end, it feels like I'm making no progress whatsoever when it comes to actually learning the material; granted, I really want to have a better understanding of these concepts, I really do, but even after locating and downloading many beginner-level documents (mostly NES ROM hacking), I haven't the slightest idea where, much less how to begin all this; I'm overwhelmed to the point of wanting to pull my hair out. That's why I'm acting like an idiot right now.