DarqByte

Well, not really. However, in some cases, people do think I’m a bit arrogant! I don’t really think so myself. However, through various means (i.e. The Robert Zone being everywhere) I’ve become a bit more aware that some people do think I’m a little full of myself. A bit arrogant. A bit too self-confident. Well here I am to dispel that myth!

You might find me sometimes posting on Twitter or Facebook something along the lines of “I’m the man.” Heck, you might even hear me say it in person. Usually, I’m saying this in jest. As a semi-joke. A lot of times I’m just talking about something I’ve done that may or may not have been relatively difficult. And as a joke, I’ll just add in as a quip “I’m the man.” Now, am I really the man for having solved some strange programming issue or having hung a picture on the wall perfectly level? No… Not really. The man would have done all of that in his sleep while saving millions of orphans from thousands of simultaneously-burning orphanages across the entire globe. Without breaking a sweat. Oh, and while performing a few marriage ceremonies too.

Anyway, while I am confident in myself and sometimes am proud of the things I’ve done, I don’t truly think that I’m the man or that I’m God’s gift to women (although that’s entirely possible). Really, I’m just overplaying my hand a bit to make a joke. But I guess what’s really lacking is my delivery. Perhaps if I injected a bit more sarcasm or something of that nature into my jokes then people would get them more.

Some might say I joke like this because I lack self confidence. That I’m overplaying my hand because I’m insecure… Again, perhaps that’s true. But the fact remains that I only make jokes like that if they’re relatively relevant. Alright, I admit, sometimes I’ll say I’m the man after having done some mundane thing, but still. I know I’m a good software engineer, so when I say I’m awesome because I did something, what I’m really saying is that it took some skill to do whatever I did and I am proud of having done it.

I suppose if you really, really knew me, like Laura does, then you’d know I was only joking. Alas, not everybody knows me as well as my wonderful wife does, thus I decided to blog about this to help dispel the myth of the man, the legend, the center of the Robert Zone… Me.

But really, am I the man? God’s gift to women? Does every straight woman and gay man want me? Heck, even lesbian women and straight men, perhaps? Who knows! I mean, I am pretty awesome. You know that Dos Equis guy? The most interesting man in the world? Yeah, I’m only lending him that title until he dies… Lol.