THE FLEA MARKET IN STOCKTON CA.

TODAY WAS SUCH A GREAT DAY! I TOOK SOME OF THE DONATIONS FOR THE FERAL RESCUE I DO AND SOLD THEM TO PEOPLE THAT WERE SEEMINGLY NOT YOUR AVERAGE BUYER...I HAVE PARTICIPATED OFF AND ON IN THE FLEA MARKET BUSINESS ALL THROUGH MY YEARS BEGINNING IN THE MID 50'S...YES, I AM ANCIENT...AND I REMEMBER HOW THE DICKERING HAD ALWAYS SENT ME HOME HATING THE VERY CORE OF FLEA MARKET NEGOTIATIONS..I ALWAYS TRIED TO BE FAIR AND SET MY PRICES LOW BUT NO MATTER HOW LOW, EVERYONE WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY SAY...'YOU TAKE QUARTER?'...ONE RIGHT AFTER THE OTHER..LIKE THEY WERE JUST PUSHING A BUTTON THAT PLAYED THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER...IT WAS UNNERVING. AND OF COURSE THE WORK BEHIND SETTING EVERYTHING UP, FREEZING AND HAVING TO STAND ON CARDBOARD JUST TO STAY WARM...WELL, TODAY WAS DIFFERENT..I HAVE NEVER MET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE BEFORE AND NOT ONE PERSON SAID, 'YOU TAKE QUARTER?'

SO, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH MC HAMMER? WELL, I DECIDED TO SEE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I PUT HIS FIRST POSTER, FIRST ALBUM AS MC HAMMER, AND A GLOSSY ON DISPLAY RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF MY SPACE..YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN THE FACES WHEN THEY GLANCED OVER AND SAW THE MC HAMMER STUFF..HUGE SMILES EVERYWHERE! THEY WOULD STOP AND JUST STARE AND IF THEY WERE IN A GROUP, THEY WOULD ALL GET EXCITED AND START TALKING ABOUT HAMMER..THEN I WOULD JOIN IN AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO MEET SO MANY NICE PEOPLE AND MC HAMMER FANS..THEY ALL LOVE HAMMER...IT WAS TRULY THE BEST DAY EVER! THANK YOU STOCKTON OPEN AIR MALL..I WILL DEFINITELY COME BACK! IN FACT, LETS DO IT AGAIN TOMORROW..SUNDAY...THIS TIME I WILL TAKE A PICTURE OF OUR BOOTH AND THE MC HAMMER TRIBUTE!