Dog's in Hawaii?

When I say "Bounty Hunter", who's the first person that comes to mind? If you said "Duane 'Dog' Chapman", you're thinking like me. For those of you who don't know, Dog the Bounty Hunter is a reality TV program filmed on location in Hawaii. The show is kind of like Cops except instead of chasing 'bad guy' criminals Dog is hunting down those who've skipped bail and Dog's personal intention is to collect the bounty. Basically, he's a national pop culture icon... Ultra hip. If you don't know who he is I suggest you check out Dog's website. Look at him-- he just screams 'cool', doesn't he?

Anyways, enough of this free advertising. As I already mentioned, Dog's show is based out of Hawaii and for those of you who don't know, I am heading to Hawaii at the end of April on a Thiele family trip. My parents asked me if there is any particular activity or outing that I would like to do while there. Personally, my exposure to Hawaiian activities is limited to knowledge of volcanoes, beaches, sun tanning, eating coconuts... you know, things like that. I wanted to be creative so I suggested we try and track down Dog and get an autograph.

Much to my shock and dismay mom had no idea who Dog was!!! I expressed to Gin that Dog is the man in Hawaii and EVERYONE knows who he is. He's famous! He's...well, he's THE DOG. Although my personal stock in Dog is minimal (we don't have cable so I don't even watch his show) I still recognized this opportunity as a great time to play a practical joke. So I started talking to mom's friends, requesting they follow-through with one simple request. When mom talks about Hawaii, they should innocently ask, "Oh, really? Hawaii, eh? Hey! You might get to see Dog! Lucky you!!". Not sure how this is going but feel free to jump on the Dog bandwagon and nudge my mom along in her pop culture knowledge. I feel it's okay to post this little joke publicly because heaven knows, mom doesn't often have time to frequently visit my blog.

Actually, once I asked her if she had checked out any of my posts and she told me, "Oh, I haven't been reading yours-- but Dan's is great, isn't it!?!". Okay, okay, I'll be fair... She checked it out and told me to stop posting so many things about her. Oops! I guess I get a little carried away :) Don't tell her...