First mac. Update issue.

Hello.
Just bought my first imac, 21.5".
First thin I did was update iTunes along with other things that I found in the section Update in the mac app store. It said that the competer needed to be restarted for the changes to applied, so I hit in restart. It's been almost 6 hours and it is restarting constantly, I see a white screen with the cursor, then it ask me for my password and then I see the mac app store open but all in white, then again the white screen. It is a process that happens every 2-3 minutes and it is driving me crazy.
Is it normal? Should I be worried?

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
It looks like the updates damaged OS X.
I recommend you to hold the Shift key while your Mac is starting up to start in safe mode and see if you can log in. If you can log in, visit these websites and download and install OS X 10.8.4 and the security update again:
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1659
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1667
As you will have to restart after reinstalling 10.8.4, first try to start up in normal mode to see if the Mac works properly, and if not, start up in safe mode and reinstall the security update.
If it doesn't work, hold Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up and reinstall Mountain Lion

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