It says (and this is pretty much verbatim from what Rob [my teacher] was saying):

Middle 4 squares - best to control them.
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King pawn typically good 1st move
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Keep moving new pieces until forced to do elsewise.
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don't move the same piece until later so you have more shit going on.
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move yer shit OUT. Attack, don't defend so much.
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don't retreat unless there's a real good fuckin' reason.


Very dainty, no?

Anyway, I'm thoroughly enjoying myself with these lessons. I play a game of chess per day against my IPaq (which beats me mercilessly), but at least I'm learning more. My goal here is not necessarily to become a better chess player, but to become a better thinker. I find that my typical ways of thinking are either knee-jerk reactionary, or overthinking things to the point where I can't see the forest through the trees, as it were. I have never really been able to strategize well and think more than 1 step ahead, so I'm hoping this will stretch out those brain muscles a bit.

Come to think of it, my eyelid muscles could use a good stretch, too. I'm wiped out. Off to bed...

Oh, and if you're ever up for a game of chess on ichess.com, lemme know. Night!