Oh good, these are my favorite kinds of newbies...the ones just like me. It looks like some people tried to rip the Band-Aid off for you. It takes a lot of getting used to, this place. Hopefully you're not fictional; that takes even more
Hi, nice to meet you. I'm Darcy. Welcome to Lawrence. On the bright side, it looks like you know someone already, from the outside. That puts you a step ahead of a lot of us.