Tuesday, Sep 18 2007 | Author and
categories:
Lindsay Stril
| random sparkly
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When I heard Nick Lachey (singer, reality star and
Jessica Simpson's ex) was coming to Tacoma the other
weekend, I couldn't resist hatching a plan to get my
photos and experience posted on
perezhilton.com, a celebrity
gossip blog that gets more than a million hits
per day. My task was fairly simple: get good
photos, draft a compelling story and send to
Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton) in a timely
manner. With my mission laid out, I thought in
advance about potential subject lines,
strategized about what pictures would be most
valuable and prayed that it was going to be a
slow Hollywood news weekend.
Despite a busy weekend of celebrity gossip and
disaster, my story made it onto perezhilton.com in
less than 48 hours. To date, more than 170 comments
have been posted. While I somewhat expected to get my
story posted via Perez, I did not know that this
experience was going to go full circle. By that I
mean, I did not anticipate hearing about my blog
success on a local radio station twice -- once WHILE
Nick Lachey was a phone guest.
Below is a timeline of my incredibly exciting
blogging adventure:
Friday, August 24
8:00 PM: Charged camera batteries
Saturday, August 25
10:30 AM: Arrived at Richard Karn Celebrity Softball
game at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, WA
10:35 AM - 12:30 PM: Snapped photos of Nick Lachey
and surrounding celebrities, including his girlfriend
Vanessa Minnillo
12:45 PM: Met Nick Lachey, received autographed
picture
11:40 PM: Sent 3 color photos of Nick Lachey and
quick write-up of experience to famed gossip blogger
Perez Hilton
Sunday, August 26
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PT: Checked perezhilton.com
incessantly
7:55 PM PT: Received a "thank you" note from Perez
himself!
Monday, August 27
11:28 AM PT: Perez posts my three photos and an
excerpt from my email in his blog entitled, "
They're On the C-List Now"
11:29 AM PT: Started bragging about my success to
friends, family and co-workers
Tuesday, August 28
7:32 AM PT: Seattle radio hosts Jackie and Bender of
Kiss 106.1 discuss the celebrity softball game and
mention photos of the event made it to the infamous
perezhilton.com
8:37 AM PT: Jackie and Bender speak to Nick Lachey
via telephone about the charity softball game and
briefly chat about Perez' coverage of the event
-posted by Lindsay