{"id":85,"date":"2016-03-29T17:09:26","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/?p=85"},"modified":"2016-03-29T17:42:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:42:38","slug":"writer-sells-senators-jersey-on-the-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/2016\/03\/29\/writer-sells-senators-jersey-on-the-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Writer Sells Senators\u2019 Jersey on the Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_86\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-86\" src=\"http:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james-1024x707.jpg\" alt=\"James Patrik, 65, trying to sell a Sens jersey.\" width=\"1000\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james-1024x707.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james-768x530.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james-434x300.jpg 434w, https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/james.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Patrik, 65, trying to sell a Sens jersey.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>James Patrik stood in front of Rideau Center holding a jersey. When people who are in wheel chairs enter the mall, he helps them by pushing the button to open the door for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOttawa Senators is one of my favorite ice hockey team. I used to enjoy watching their games with my friends, but unfortunately, most of them have moved to another city. I still remember the time when I saved money for a week to buy this jersey but I never wore it. I hung it on the wall, in a place that I could notice everyday. Ottawa is such a dead city. I\u2019ve been standing here for over an hour but no one came and asked me \u201chey, how much is it?\u201d I guess people don\u2019t even know what I am doing right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch a cool jersey with a brilliant design!\u201d he said, raising the jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used to be a writer. My mother inspired me when I was nine. She sang the song <em>Crust Monster <\/em>to me \u2026\u201d He imitated the voice of his mom and sang the whole song, \u201cEver since then, I\u2019ve loved writing and I published some works.\u201d He then lowered his head and heaved a sigh. \u201cBut I am broke. Being a writer is a hard labor work, which sometimes requires you to devote 16 hours a day to write words. But it means nothing if only a few people know you and buy your work. I am starting to feel like a victim, trapped by social and economic pressure. It becomes hard when I have to make some difficult choices like stop writing, or selling my favorite jersey.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He still stood there and waited for someone who is also a fan of Senators to approach him and buy the jersey as soon as possible so he could go back early. His 92-year-old mom is waiting to have supper with him at home.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Author: Wang<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Patrik stood in front of Rideau Center holding a jersey. When people who are in wheel chairs enter the mall, he helps them by pushing the button to open the door for them. \u201cOttawa Senators is one of my favorite ice hockey team. I used to enjoy watching their games with my friends, but&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/2016\/03\/29\/writer-sells-senators-jersey-on-the-street\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":86,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3,7,2,4,5,6],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-profile","tag-canada","tag-culture","tag-ottawa","tag-people","tag-photography","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions\/101"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cusjc.ca\/hocc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}