Now that I've already purchased myself a ratchet shifter for my car, I have the stock shifter out and i'm working on developing it cheaply into a gate style shifter. This will let you row through the gears with the possibility of overshifting and accidentally going into 3, D, or Neutral.
It should be rather simple, and I'll be happy to put a little DIY up here once I'm done if anyone else is interested.