I use adwords almost exclusively. The reason you're campaign still isnt up is most likely because of your adult terms. Any time i make an adult campaign it takes google awhile to accept it while my non-adult ads are live within 2 minutes. They pay certain keywords for review.
And bidding $2.25 per click? Damn! I have NEVER placed a bid over 7 cents and I pull in 300+ clicks a day. I don't see how it's possible to pay so much for a click.
