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i think you need to raise more preflop (t80-100).

why? dont I *want* action here?

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Because you don't want to give small pocket pairs good implied odds on hitting their set and busting you. I realize that it sucks to raise big in EP and get no callers with big hands, but you have to do it. The only alternative in EP is to limp, hope you get raised preflop, and if not then be able to lay it down postflop if someone else is aggressive.

I would raise to about 150 with KK. And yes, you do want action with this hand if you play it like this.

You don't want action if you play it like you did because then you can't really put your opponent on any hand...he could have suited connectors, a pocket pair, anything really.

Theres plenty of bad players in these tourneys. Hopefully you'll run into someone overplaying an average hand when you have KK. Or hopefully you'll get lucky and run into QQ or AK.

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so what types of raises am i making with JJ/TT and AQs in this spot?

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You may not always want to raise with those. I'll limp one of every five times or so. I'd say when you do raise, until you've gotten a little more experience, have a standard amount in relation to blinds + # of limpers. As you get more confidence in your post-flop play, you can get creative and find your preferred strategy for varying the sizes of your raises.