Went to the gun store today and tried out a few pistols...on the top of my list are the Sig 226 E2, the 229 (trumped by the E2 cuz of the bit of the barrel poking out), and the CZ Shadow. The grips on them felt pretty nice and the sights were pretty nice too.
I was thinking of maybe getting into IPSC, or something along those lines once I get more time after graduation. hahaha
Thanks for all the input guys, it's really helping out!