I was feeling daring and just jumped into a wormhole for no reason other than curiousity. Warped to the only thing I could see and got one-shotted :lol .
Turns out the wormhole was protected by a small fleet, who eventually helped me back out of the hole to hi-sec space and after chatting for a few minutes gave me the money to buy and outfit a battlecruiser. They turned out to be great guys. They've offered to show me the ropes around wormhole space the next time I'm on. I was definitely on the fence and probably wasn't going to continue playing until that happened, so that was a nice surprise.
Eve university is apparently a corp that will teach you the ropes, but they rejected my application, which was such a slap in the face and the reason why I quit the first time.
My main character is vermiscious, if you see me around hit me up. After talking to my new wormhole buddies it seems like PVP is the best way to go in the game (as opposed to running missions/just mining) if you're into that sort of thing.