Root [rom] simply stunning v0.2 beta 8/16/11!!!

[digdug1]

what would your recommendation for a good aosp rom with sense 3.0 elements be? im looking for a good ROM to try out (just rooted), something that I can use to do a little better on this sh!++y battery life on the tbolt.

Well aosp and sense are two different animals. There are good aosp roms out such as liquid thunderbread 2.6 or burnth3ory. I would recommend both.
Then there are good sense roms such as gingeritis 3d beta 8 or uber bamf pr3. I recommend them as well.
If you are newly rooted remember to update your radios in bootloader or you will end up without a signal.

The above roms can be found here. Read up on them and see what suits you.