I've got to second Gary's sentiments. After a HUGE fiasco I had when I decided "gee, wouldn't it be great if I reinstalled OS X and a mixup put it on the wrong drive," I'm back up and running and am now happy to say that I am getting my Aperture library rebuilt (luckily I recovered nearly 97% of my images and the rest should still be on my DVD disks.
Just working with Aperture is a dream compared to Adobe's "Bridge." Once I'm back up and running, I'll edit some cool screenshots in here. Once I buy that D200 (upgrading my S2 finally since its not Aperture supported), I feel that the other side of Aperture will be unleashed. Can't wait!