cocky

conceited or arrogant, esp. in a bold or impudent way.

cranky

ill-tempered; irritable: he was bored and cranky after eight hours of working.

impudent

not showing due respect for another person; impertinent: he could have strangled this impudent upstart.

unprecedented

never done or known before: the government took the unprecedented step of releasing confidential correspondence.

capitalize

1 [ no obj. ] (capitalize on) take the chance to gain advantage from: an attempt by the opposition to capitalize on the government's embarrassment.

fanatic

a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause.

Idioms and Phrases

You know what handlers is , dont play innocent on me

 You use the fact of the matter is or the truth of the matter is to introduce a fact which supports what you are saying or which is not widely known, for example because it is a secret.  
♦ the fact of the matter/the truth of the matter             phrase   V inflects, PHR that  
The fact of the matter is that most people consume far more protein than they actually need...     

as a matter of fact

actually; in addition to what has been said; in reference to what has been said. As a matter of fact, John came into the room while you were talking about him. I'm not a poor worker. As a matter of fact, I'm very efficient.

If you lead an insular life and people dont come up to you and say...
Insular - ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience: a stubbornly insular farming people.

play (the) devil's advocate

Fig. to put forward arguments against or objections to a proposition-which one may actually agree with-purely to test the validity of the proposition. (The devil's advocate opposes the canonization of a saint in order to prove that the grounds for canonization are sound.) I agree with your plan. I'm just playing the devil's advocate so you'll know what the opposition will say. Mary offered to play devil's advocate and argue against our case so that we would find out any flaws in it.

It means more to me than anything else

New lessons do have lapel mics, but when you are doing it for free, even $50 is something!

Looks like my marker has run out

Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. You have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Steve Jobs

A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

How a programmer reads your resume

http://stevehanov.ca/blog/index.php?id=56

Some more thoughts

There is really just 2 things you can do with your future : survive or succeed

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing - Abraham Lincoln

Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeeded

Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall

 A goal without a plan is just a wish.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery