What scared me was this underlying hint of wanting perfection. I'm not perfect, my body's not perfect, my self-esteem is not perfect, hell; my life isn't perfect [but then again, nobody's life is perfect]. If all my dominant wants is for me to make him look good then i'm afraid i can't do that. I can make him feel good because of who i am and how much i feel the need to please, but that's about it--i can't be shown off--at least not because of my body. I can be shown off because of being special little me, and if i'm not special to my dominant then i'm still special to myself.
i never wondered why i have not yet been collared by a dominant. long story short, this is not why i'm in the library--or the chat for that matter. i enjoy the information i get from this marvellous place and all the good people willing to share it; i've made virtual friends in the chat room with whom i discuss serious things and have chit-chats.
i don't follow protocol in the sense that i capitalise every 'sir' and 'dominant' and 'you', practically because i find it doesn't show more respect than usual- it ends up being mechanical; one uses it for everybody. I let my respect for the people i feel it show through what i say, not how i say it.
lastly, after reading the post, i went through the 'oh my god i'm a terrible sub' phase and got over it. i know i'm not a terrible submissive because it's who i am--and i'm not a terrible person. i'm a good person, thus a good submissive--and even though i am not perfect i'm sure that when the One comes, he'll help me become as perfect as he wants me to be.

by all means, please don't take this as an attack to what you said Master Godfather, i agree in the sense that of course the 'good' dominants have gone [and are going] for 'good' submissives, but the fact that one may clash with what you highlighted in your post does not necessarily make them less good.