Re: 1.1.3 or 1.2?
Basically I’m thinking ahead as much as possible and doing the design in photoshop for my project. Besides that I’m constantly looking for plugins and hacks to get everything running as soon as BP 1.2 is released and pray that the almighty BP gurus are able to get their awesome plugins compatible with 1.2.
In the meantime I network with some people who know their stuff, work on some other non BP projects and actually try to spend some time AWAY from the computer 
That’s basically what I’m doing, but I understand your frustration and right now you have to stay patient a little longer before you’ll get the payoff!
