Welcome, Kenn.
Hopefully you've seen the tutorials here on CiC as well as the forum. Between both there is a wealth of information available to you as you start to get to grips with photography and the equipment needed to practice it.
You've maybe seen that most of us tend to use our real names on here. It makes communication more friendly and CiC is that sort of site. Did you know you can go to Edit Profile and enter your proper name under 'Real Name'. Then it will appear underneath your Username in all your posts.