Hmm.... apparently there are separate permissions for moderating and administrating, and you didn't have the Moderator checkbox checked.

I just checked all the boxes for you now, so your entries won't have to go through the moderation queue at all, and you can moderate other people's entries, too.

I usually give everyone I know, i.e. the makers who regularly participate here, permission to post unmoderated once they make a post. We're a nice bunch and I don't feel like hobbling conversation. (But I have had a few posts from random people asking random stuff, so I never removed the moderation, either.)