First, you should notice some benefits to your health by junking the cigs...it may take some time, but you have to be better than when you were smoking..
Dripping is a term used for taking a bottle of eliquid, and dripping a couple or three drops directly on to the atomizer...(no cart, or carto attached at the time) great way to test new flavors without committing a whole carto full...some folks just drip all the time....period...you kinda need a drip tip, cuz you dont want to drag directly on the atomizer...and you want manual batteries, with a push button if you go dripping....personally, I don't like having to keep adding drips every 5 drags or so...I'd rather fill a carto with 20-25 drops and use it for a couple of hours....
And speaking of cartos, or cartomizers as they are called, filling them is easy, you don't need a syringe...they come with a little rubber cap on the mouth end that you remove, and expose the foam filler material...to refill, just add drops, like I said, 20-25, to the foam until it's soaked...replace the end cap, attach to the battery, and good to go...you really should check out the videos...a cartomizer is a single unit that has the filler foam and the atomizer built in....
An atomizer is just an atomizer...you need to use a cartridge with it or the drip method...
I know it sounds confusing....it really isn't once you see it...
Again, watch some vids or check the ECF library threads...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/ecf-library/
Don't stress, you will figure it all out soon...
Yeah I don't play out anymore, but I like to write and record still.