i just read something a 'net-acquaintance' of mine posted on a forum:

"Anything under a 97% really bugs me; anything under a 90% and I get depressed. I just feel like if I'm not perfect I'm a failure. It's a horrible mindset that I wish I could get control of, but that little perfection monster in my brain doesn't want me to get control because then I'd lose my edge and fail."

although my standards have lowered considerably, it still describes me "to the tee."