El Jefe, Burger-flipping Heroin Addict

Real Name:

Jefe Blaize

Birthdate:

1970-09-11

Birthplace:

Anderson, IN

Education:

Duh?

Distinguishing Marks:

Mark of Cain

Pre-Existing Conditions:

OCD, Chronic Romanticism, still grieving the loss of my pet and bestest friend Sammy Jankis.

Prior Convictions:

Battery of a Peace Officer, a couple DUIs, a multitude of others. Once wrecked J's Subaru Outback.

Current Job(s), Length Held:

Unemployed, heroin addict.

Previous Job(s), Length Held:

Burger King: 1994-1997

Last Book Read (and opinion in 4 words or less):

Mahabarata (suggestion: draw a map)

Last Video Rented (and opinion in 4 words or less):

Matrix Reloaded (intellectualism for dummies - piss poor)

Political Orientation:

Who knows anymore.

Religious Affiliation:

Gawd who?

Musical Instrument(s):

None. I'm a singer sometimes.

Favorite Music/Band(s):

Everything but world music, country, and most flavorless electronica.

Favorite Techno-Fetish-Object:

Became a serious Apple advocate ever since they went BSD and decided to become innovators again.

Favorite Sport/Activity:

Like to surf, but don't get out enough. Love to snowboard, same as above.

Favorite Drug(s):

Oxycodone, Hydrocodone-bitartrate, Demoral, Valium, Xanax, Codeine (sometimes), Soma, and cocaine. Occasionally, if it's really smooth, I'll do a *little* speed, but methamphetamine is nasty shit. Oh yeah, heroin of course.

Favorite Mixed Drink(s):

Citron-tonic, with a splash of sour is my trademark drink. Took me all summer to figure out why most nights I had hangovers lasting the ENTIRE next day. I found drinking several Vodka-RedBull drinks causes this. One or none.

B: I first met Jeph, a.k.a. El Jefe, when we were shooting for ROX #85. He worked at InterSource, the ISP that hosted rox.com for its first years. We thought it would be interesting and demystifying to show the actual machine that was hosting our website, so Jeph gave Xy and me a tour of the facility. He showed us a bank of modems, or something, and explained that each green LED represented a customer who had dialed in and was connected to the Internet. Then, with the camera rolling, and for no discernible reason, Jeph disconnected one of the modems. Somewhere in Bloomington (or Bedford?) someone mysteriously lost their Internet connection.

I thought that was really weird.