“I Got It!”

Wait, no I don’t.

Vegas. Some friends and I decided to go for the weekend naturally. This time the brilliant idea was to “suit up” and hit the clubs. Second club on the list was Tryst to be headlined by Skrillex.

We shelled out for a private table on the water walkway, which happens to be the only path up to the stage. Skrillex would need to walk past us to get to his MacBook Pro.

Before the main show began I overheard Jennifer, a girl in our group, begging my friend AJ to procure her a photo with the dubstep master. Always willing to impress, AJ decided to make this happen by shouting Skrillex’s real name (Sonny) as he walked by and asking for a photo with the two of them. I didn’t think this plan would work, but it was worth a shot.

As he walked by, sure enough, AJ starts to shout “Sonny! Sonny! Can we get a photo?” While being ushered by two large bodyguards, Sonny stops, turns around and agrees to one photo.

Unfortunately for my friends, they handed me the phone. By then, I probably was roughly 3-4 drinks in and feeling pretty good. The camera was in selfie (front-facing) mode. Among the chaos, I tried and failed to change the camera mode and snapped the photo. AJ quickly responded with “The flash was off, did you get it?” to which I famously replied in my finest Chicago accent “I got it!”

Nope. I didn’t. And as Skrillex ran off to take the stage and they reviewed the photo, the look of shock and disappointment that came over Jennifer’s face when she saw my awkward self-shot instead of her and Skrillex was something I will never forget.