Help? my passport for mac (western digital) does not show up on Lion desktop, shows up on older laptop

My new Passport for Mac portable hard drive does not show up on the desktop. when connected to another computer the icon shows up on the desktop.  When i first connected it it asked do you want to connect to time machine?  I said "later"or "no" because I wanted to research how to use it first.  NOw it doesnt show up at all... except in the disk utility section.  Please help.  I am going on a trip and need to have the storage for films.  THanks!

Do you see it in the sidebar of a Finder window, under "DEVICES"?

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