"But veneration of Mary is different in that in her we see the human before the Fall, who acts like Eve should have acted, -- rather than someone we'd like to directly imitate."
Now you see, Alex, the first part of your statement is pure Orthodoxy; cut the "rather than" in the second part and the whole thing would be Orthodox. :)
Seeing Mary as human before the Fall is accepting her Immaculate Conception. Hug, hug.