And now for Shmupsamurai's "You've Been Playing Too Many Shmups" 2011 Edition!
You know you've been playing way too many shmups when:
1) While skiing, you stick to only one side of the moutain and move slowly over to the opposite in hopes of herding the trees.
2) You develop a great fear of medium to large sphere-shaped objects within the surrounding environment.
3) When somebody starts tailing you on the freeway, you scream: "Damn, where's my Backshot?!"
4) During a visit to Japan, you try to desparately dodge every cherry blossom petal that floats in your direction.
5) You painfully and annoying resist against any atempt by your family to take you on vacation to Easter Island.
6) When it rains, you move in crazy motions while spinning to buzz the drops.
7) Light fixtures, street lights, and lamp posts start looking like gun emplacements.
8 ) While hiking in the moutains, you start humming the 1st stage theme from Gradius.
9) You eat your popcorn with every meal real fast to keep your combo going.
10) When you look at your salmon steak, you wonder what it would look like encased in metal and laser cannons.