Well, I'm clearly new here...
If anyone can offer tips, I would be glad to take them.

Thank you so much!

Gold earning guide
Newbie starter guide
Rules

Those are the best tips i can offer, WELCOME TO MENEWSHA!! :D
I'm Artie

Thank you so much for the help!
I hope I can learn how to get this website working for me.

Artie gave the best tips there are. By the way, Welcome to Menewsha, hope you like it here

I hope I do end up liking it here!
I suppose I need to say a little bit of the things I like in hopes to get a few friends, though, don't I?

That would be a good idea, but you don't have to. It's a good way for you to express your interests though :D

Well, let's see...
I'm a big fan of anime and manga, and a casual reader of the Harry Potter series books.

A few of my favorite manga and anime are Bleach, Death Note, Black Cat, GetBackers, Rurouni Kenshin and many others. An introduction isn't the place to list every last one of them.

I'm also interested in role playing, and writing short stories or poems.

I enjoy listening to music, and will give most any song or genre a try before I dismiss it as something that I'm not really interested in.

The only other thing I can think of right off to mention is my love for my pets.. My family has 4 cats and a dog.

You'll fit here perfectly!
- There is a very active roleplaying forum
- a forum for posting your stories and poetry
- And a lot people here love manga/anime

My personal favorites are Ouran HSHC and FMA

Ouran and FMA are also two of my favorites.
I suppose before long I'll search through the other forums and see if I can find any discussions to join in on.

Right now I'm just trying to figure out what I'd like to dress my little avatar in before I go about trying to earn money.

I saw something about a downloadable 'dream avatar' thing, didn't I? I can't quite remember if I did or not, I'm surfing more than one internet page at once. I tend to multi-task and get lost in one thing forgetting about another.