DEL, I did indeed enjoy my trip to Finland and, of course, meeting Ghegs there.
I'll take a look at Icarus's posts in the highscore thread. I'm still not quite satisfied with my progress in Original mode, as I keep on making stupid mistakes from, like, stage 3 on. I know I can finish it perfectly with no miss, but I seldom really manage to do it.
I normally don't play for score, but since I just need the extends (sucky as I play), I feel that I have to, so I started paying some more attention. And I still think that Original is not discussed enough. hopefully, some more people will chime in.
Anyway, if you saw me playing Mush right now, I think you'd still be a bit proud of me if you compare my playing with how I did at the London meet. I even use my bombs now. ...sometimes.
Any thoughts on bomb distribution? ATM, I bomb once for convenience when switching to the other side of the screen when killing the side tentacles of the 1up head and then again at the stage 3 boss on the first pattern of the second form. That one's still giving me nightmares. I just don't know how to dodge/lead the bullets properly.