Updates:
Ranking: I am currently 75% through rank 10, and if I can PvP well this week I'll make it to 11 next week. I'm in luck, too...it's Arathi Basin weekend. Best place for honor (in my opinion, anyway). Then I can buy the mount and be done with forcing myself to PvP so much.
Darnassus: 74% through Revered...I need 99 more stacks of Runecloth to hit Exalted. I want that kitty! (I really wanted a Mechanostrider, but only Gnomes and Dwarves can ride those...)