Hiya puremad,
How are you doing? You are one of many on here who have lurked for awhile before registering as a member.
It's really ace that you have joined, so welcome to Bluelight (BL)
You may be interested in the
New Members Introductions (NMI) Social Thread where you could kill two birds with one stone; get to know other Bluelighters and Greenlighters - and get your post count up at the same time to help you get to Bluelighter status more quicker.
There also an
Adoption Programme which is basically a programme where current members (Bluelighters) befriend new members (Greenlighters) and help them settle into the site. If you decided that you'd like to become "adopted," feel welcome to post a reply to the adoption thread, expressing your interest which a bit about you (if you wish). The thread is also one of the sticky threads at the top of New Members Introductions (NMI) sub-forum.
I would also advise you to read the
Greenlighter's Guide and the rules known as
BLUA (Bluelight User Agreement) because they protect us members as well as the site. For instance; one of the rules is no sourcing, if a member had not read the rules and discusses sourcing, then they may receive a warning or whatever, and if they had have read the rules, they would have avoided receiving, eg a warning.
Emotion spree away, 'tis all good - haha!
Please feel free to ask any questions re; the site such as site-navigation, how to edit your profile, avatar etc. We would be more than happy to give you some links here to any threads / sub-forums that may be of interest to you. Some people don't need this help, of course, so it's kewl either way.
Hope you get out of Bluelight what you want or need and enjoy!
Evey