I'm Storm, I'm a 42 year old white guy from Florida who also happens to be an Independent Buddhist Priest. I found my way here because of shinybadges.com. I believe in the absolute right to determine your own destiny so long as that does not impinge on anyone else's right to the same. I would very much like to join the Church and be ordained, I'm not able to send a message on facebook because they are "punishing" me for being too social on the social network, Did you know you are not allowed to send friend requests to anyone that facebook doesn't believe you know?
I would very much like to move to the Shire, however I have been unemployed since 2007 and I suffered a major stroke in 2009 and I depend on disability benefits and thus cannot afford to move there from Florida. I went to college back in the day to study piano and music composition, but my stroke took the use of my left hand from me. Being the hopeless pragmatist I was, I also went to court reporting school so as to have a fall-back job during the lean years. I never imagined I would have a stroke and not be able to practice any profession for which I had trained. So nowadays I'm a computer geek who designs software and works with foreign languages, of which I speak 12. I am looking for work locally, but Florida has a real problem with Republican infestation and the economy is still very bad here.
Welcome. I am from Florida too - don't miss it. In order to be ordained in the Shire Free Church you must have signed the Shire Society declaration and also agree completely with the tenets at http://church.shiresociety.com. Does that describe you?