Jack Perez WRIT340 Blog

The Clean Ocean Corporation           Having lived in Orange County my whole life and within a close proximity to the beach, I have always somewhat taken the ocean for granted. Some of the fondest memories from my childhood are of walking down Balboa Island after a beach day, camping at San Onofre for the weekend, and even just going to the beach all summer with friends. The ocean, regardless of good times or bad times, has been there right beside me for as long as I can remember. But funny enough, it wasn't until I got to USC that I truly realized how much I missed at least seeing the water every day. It's a bit ironic that moving to Los Angeles made me notice this as there are many people who would say quite the opposite in that one of their main reasons for moving here are the Southern California beaches.      My greater understanding of this reality, after meeting many people from all over the place while at USC, combined with my passion...

 Making the World a Better Place I believe that my first step in making the world a better place would be to encourage people to listen better. I think that people in the world today love to talk and make their opinions heard but never bother to stop listen and think about what others have to say. With this in my mind, the first thing I plan to do is to force myself to listen better because I know that I am guilty of doing the same thing I just called out others for. This is how I believe regular people like you and I can truly make a difference in the world-- by acknowledging that we all have things to learn. In accepting this fact, our society can grow as a whole with better understanding that despite our different beliefs "all men are created equal" just as the excerpt says.  In my opinion, this phrase I just mentioned ("all men are created equal") is underrated by people today. Conflicting ideologies and political preferences have caused such a rift in our socie...

 The Super Bowl... and How I Got Paid to Watch it It all started when a link got sent into the group chat for a club I'm apart of here at USC called the Sports Business Association. The link was sent by the SBA president who told us it was a job opportunity to work the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium. The job was not actually directly with the NFL but with a third party company called On Location that was hired by the NFL. I thought I might as well apply if there's a chance I'd get to be at the Super Bowl with the added bonus that I'd have something cool to put on my resume. There were a couple positions open so I applied for all of them and was lucky enough to get selected for their gameday "Teammate" position. This essentially meant my job was showing people where to go and taking them to different pre-game parties and events that On Location was in charge of operating. Once I got selected, the paperwork process was much more intense than I imagined for such a si...

Road Out of Winter #2 This book is interesting to say the least. It begins in Appalachian Ohio with the main character Wylodine. She is stuck in an ongoing winter that began roughly two years ago and has been living alone for half that time after her mother and her mother's boyfriend, Lobo, left for California. When Wylodine and her mother moved in with Lobo a number of years before the story takes place, they joined his operation of illegally growing and selling weed at his farm on the outskirts of the town. As a result of this, Wylodine is constantly berated by people in the community with questions, comments, and requests about her family business which she dreads more than anything else. Another interesting part about the story's background is Wylodine's best friend, Lisbeth, who is part of a cult-like organization referred to as "The Church." One day The Church decides to just get up and leave town completely heading south and taking half the population in to...

 Road Out of Winter After looking at the list of books on the syllabus, I was left torn between two options: Road Out of Winter and The Intuitionist . Both descriptions intrigued me and I couldn't choose, so I decided to read the first couple pages of each and ended up liking Road Out of Winter better. The only reason that I liked it more than the other book was simply just because I got hooked by the introduction. It seemed sort of weird and had an ominous start that compelled me to find out more. I am excited to see where the story goes next and how the main character, Wylodine, will overcome the adversity she faces. That is what I am hoping to see at least-- a good tale of perseverance. I have always been a fan of stories where the antagonist beats the odds and I believe this book might be just that. I honestly have not read much of the book, but so far, I am happy with my choice. The concept of an everlasting winter is one of the things that drew me in as I read the summaries...

Memorandum To: Clark Hansen ~ CEO of Anima Mundi Development Partners From: Jack Perez ~ R&D Analyst at AMDP Date: 01 March 2022 Re: Black Rifle Coffee Company Investment Proposal After many hours of research and careful analysis, I am confident to present Black Rifle Coffee Company, as Anima Mundi Development Partners’ next investment opportunity. BRCC is a veteran founded, owned, and operated business with a passion for helping former and active military members as well as first responders and the great American outdoors. On top of their increasingly popular premium coffee selections, BRCC is also a lifestyle brand that has amassed a substantial public following. In this memo, I will illustrate the profitability of BRCC and how their long-term objectives align with AMDP’s own values.  AMDP’s Core Ideals At AMDP, we pride ourselves in investing in companies that are not only profitable but environmentally and socially conscious as well. I have made this the driving force behin...

 Bonsai Trees My introduction to these plants and some background about them The first time I remember really noticing a bonsai tree was when I was a child watching the original "Karate Kid." I was and still am a big fan of the film, but to my point, bonsai trees make several pretty noticeable cameos throughout the course of the movie. After seeing them there, I was somewhat intrigued by the plants but didn't really know much about them. I obviously knew that they were little trees in pots often kept inside but that was about the extent of my knowledge for many years. I would sometimes see them on social media and in other films but my interest was not truly peaked until I saw a particular post about a bonsai tree being one thousand years old. I looked further on social media jumping from account to account just going down the rabbit hole of Instagram's "for you" page, and next thing I knew I was hooked by these ancient, little plants. This happened about tw...

Now that the Rabbit is in the Hat  Summary The book starts off with Brian Cox as a young child in Dundee, Scotland where he grew up with his mother, father, and three sisters. His father was a grocer in town and was widely known for his many acts of generosity. His mother was a kind woman who in Brian's eyes was simply broken down by society until she was just a shell of her once former self. In other words, his mother suffered from mental illness for many years but persevered and managed to still be a positive influence on Cox's life. A large factor in the troubles his mother endured and the poverty his family faced came as a result of his father's death from pancreatic cancer when Brain was just eight years old. After this, a young Mr. Cox found his escape from the world at the movie theater. From there, he wandered his was way onto a real stage and eventually did his studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. In a matter of years, Brian's name became m...

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The NFL’s New Tie Breaker An in-depth analysis of the NFL’s over-time rules and solutions for the future By: Jack Perez It is pretty hard to disagree that the National Football League (NFL) has faced a fair amount of controversy when it comes to settling a game that has ended in a draw. People seem to think that it’s unfair that only one team may have the opportunity to touch the football on offense. I say we just get rid of over-time completely so there won’t be an issue. I mean a game of rock, paper, scissors is pretty fair—is it not? If people want fairness, then why not just make it as simple as that and then nobody will get upset, right? Forget about playing just end it with rock, paper, scissors and then we all go home The reality is that people really don’t want fairness. Let’s take a step back and look at what we’re talking about here.  The current O.T. (over-time) rule goes like this: the game ends in a tie after 60 minutes of play and then there is ...

 Putting the Rabbit in the Hat What Book and Why As the title above might give away, the book I chose to read is Putting the Rabbit in the Hat  by Brian Cox. I selected this book for a couple reasons, but the most basic of these being the fact that I liked the name of the book from the get-go and it still stood out to me the most even after I had looked at the other options. As for my second reason, Brian Cox's face and name were the only ones I recognized upon first glance at the list of books provided. Because I have never read a complete biography like this, I thought it would be best to chose a book about someone that I have at least heard of or have some sort of connection to (even if it is as simple as me being a fan of the "Jason Bourne" movies series that Mr. Cox has a role in). My final reason for choosing this book was that I had seen some reports on social media and other websites about the biography because of its gossipy and brutally honest remarks which seem...

Surf Shop Floor Staff Working at a surf shop really is as enjoyable as it sounds. For starters, the people you work with are some of the most down to earth and fun people you can imagine. Half of them surf like there’s no tomorrow, another quarter of them skate outside on their breaks, and then come snow season everybody runs for the mountains. To say the least, the people you will work with know how to have a good time. Being on the floor at a surf shop basically means doing any task that comes your way. The job has a lot of upsides, and you get to meet new people every day. Sometimes a brand “rep” (representative) comes in and hands out shirts to the whole shop, or maybe you’re lucky and the guy from Von Zipper hands you a brand-new pair of sunglasses just because he had an extra pair in the truck. You never know what the day might bring. The one thing you do know is that the day will probably not be a dull one. Especially with there always being at least one shop-dog around to brigh...

Intro Hello, my name is Jack, and I am from Orange County, specifically Newport Beach, California. I am going to work in the sports business industry one day... hopefully. For now, though, I am going to the mountains and making the best of online classes. I plan to get into sports business through an internship this summer; a couple of the top companies I have had my eye on are Fox Sports and the Los Angeles Dodgers largely because my dad was a previous employee of Fox Sports, and I have been a Dodger fan my entire life. As for getting to the mountains, I have already made plans for going up to Mammoth this weekend.  I believe I am like my parents in many ways, but one of the most noticeable, in my opinion, is my passion for baseball. Both my parents have been fans of the sport for years and it certainly made a large impact on the lives of me and my two brothers. I believe I am unlike my parents through my non-stop style of life. While my parents do enjoy their fun, they are defini...