Yeh I love going from a G to Cm9 to D#m9 to Dm9.. I never bothered to know the name of the chords back then of course. Fingering the diminished chord like that has made it easier to hear the proper chord. Playing a C Major then a Bdim then going back to the C Major again does make sense but it has a very specific motion to it.. a lot of tension that needs to be resolved. Sounds good though, which is a first and muting that top-E string is a fun challenge. :)

Now that I have a decent fingering that I can imprint on my brain, I will have something to work with. I notice also that playing the Edim chord is the easiest with that fingering, since you can play ALL the strings.. :)