Aww, it sounds like James was really cool at the banquet. I'm glad he seemed to enjoy himself. I think a lot of the stress about the banquet was because 1) the food sucked and 2) no one really knew what was happening. The line to get in was so disorganized, and there were various rumors about assigned seats and stuff like that, so I think the confusion led a lot of people to stress out. Oh well; hopefully they'll run it better in Tampa.

BTW, as I'm sure you know, you were so lucky to sit with James at dinner! I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)

It was really cool to talk to you on Sunday night/Monday morning. I'm sorry I wasn't very talkative; I'm shy anyway, and at that point I was so exhausted I was practically dead! But I really enjoyed hearing you guys chat.