Do you find XNA or Managed Game Development in general an interesting proposition? If you live in the Orlando, FL area, shoot me an email at joelmartinez@gmail.com. I would be interested in perhaps meeting up at some point to talk about our shared interest :-)
I've already contacted the Orlando Chapter of the International Game Developers Association to see when their next meeting is. I'm also wondering if anyone from FIEA or Full Sail would be interested in XNA as well.