Well I got it apart, carnage pics...
Well Im gonna guess this lifter/lash adjuster/whatever is the root of all my problems and whatever started rattling towards the end of my 1/4 pass. Its the only one that comes apart like this.

Heres the headgasket, both sides, blown between 1 and 2.

Here mah pistuns, I think the pics are in order, 1 2 3 4.

Looks like theres still a cross hatch in this cyl...

I talked to my dad a little bit ago, he said he checked out the motor (Im not near it right now) and he said theres a groove on the deck of the block between 1 and 2, where the gasket blew. I dont know if thats just gasket material or if my block is screwed, but I guess we will find out. I guess Ill start by cleaning things up good and go from there, but if things turn out bad I guess I can just swap my recently aquired spare motor in... I kinda wanted to fix what Ive got in there and put my goodies on the spare.