INTREPID IS OUR PEOPLE

Aaron, an Australian import, plays for the Boston Demons, an Australian Rules Football club.

Favorite sport: Hockey

Favorite movie: Moonrise Kingdom

Cat lover: Dad to black cats Mowgli and Zara

Aili’s dream gift is a swimming pool, which may be easy to make happen since she never specified what size….

Favorite snack: plum candy

Favorite book: Grimms' Fairy Tales

Dream trip: Mars

Xan’s family owns land in Germany, where the village gallows once stood.

Favorite movie: The Graduate

Favorite animal: Red Panda

First job: Writing tutor

Both of Drea's arms bend backwards. Significantly.

Local watering hole: Creek Oyster Bar

Favorite band: Avett Brothers

Favorite country to visit: Italy

Contrary to popular belief, Andrew is sadly not heir to the Dolce & Gabbana fashion empire.

Favorite book: The Little Engine the Could

Favorite sport: Snow skiing

Favorite Film: Forrest Gump

The first time Ann-Marie flew on a plane she was six months old. The second time she flew on a plane she was 30.

Favorite movie:The Holiday

Dream trip:The Maldives

Favorite book:Night by Ellie Wiesel

With an arm span of over 6 feet, our Dutch transplant Anton can give some pretty big hugs

Favorite sports team: AZ Alkmaar

Favorite movie: Sen to Chihio no Kamikakushi (Spirited Away)

Favorite hobby: Photography

Ben doesn’t put effort into teaching his cats new tricks.

Toast order: Currently working through the menu

Favorite movie: City of God

Most played musician: In these last 3 months, according to last.fm it's Robyn

If you need a dance partner, Benn is the one to ask– he’s a swing & blues dancer.

Favorite movie: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

Favorite animal: Liger

Favorite book: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

 

At one point, Brea played soccer for the Delhi state team.

Favorite snack: The many flavors of CHEEZ-ITS

Favorite movie: Zootopia  

Favorite Book: The Golden Compass by Phillip Pullman  

Bryan is another resident Phish fan and a recovering attorney

Hidden talent:Still hidden, even to me

Guilty pleasure:Twizzlers

Favorite restaurant:Myers and Chang

Cara’s hobby is the art of combining mango salsa and hint of lime tostitos chips. YUM.

Favorite season: Hands down, summer

Favorite restaurant: Cook & Brown, Providence RI

Dream trip: Hawaii

Favorite movie: Almost Famous

Chris is made of ~60% water. The other ~40% is mostly nachos.

Favorite hobby: All manner of sports or competitive activities

Favorite movie: The Princess Bride

Favorite Restaurant: Conrads in Norwood. Phenomenal Steak Tips.

As one of the first thousand people on Pinterest, you could say Christine is a trendsetter.

Favorite bar: The Liberty

Favorite game: Banjo Kazooie N64

Favorite restaurant: The Beehive

Claire has a hidden talent for mini golfing, and catching confetti sticks – she snagged the one Matt & Kim threw into the air at Boston Calling

Dream trip: Australia

Favorite sports team: Real Madrid

Favorite hobby: Boxing

Colden was the Captain of Hamilton College’s rugby team.

Toast order: Breakfast burrito, no cilantro spread or salsa, steamed broccoli instead of home fries

Favorite hobby: Gaming

Favorite book: Ender's Game

Colin’s other job is being a Dorm Parent at a local high school.

Toast order: Drunkard's French Toast

Favorite film: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Favorite app: Endless Alphabet

Colin is a local rockstar. He was apart of a band that went on tour in Japan!

Favorite concert: Radiohead in St. Louis.

Favorite video game: GoldenEye 007 for N64

Favorite movie: Bottle Rocket 

If you ever find yourself in need of a square dance partner, Danny’s your man.

Favorite game: Rummikub

Favorite concert: Radiohead in Mansfield, MA, Summer 2003

Favorite book: Paddle Your Own Canoe by Nick Offerman

 

 

David’s a master of change; he attended seven different schools between the 1st and 12th grades.

Hometown: Fuzhou, China

Toast order: Biscuits and Gravy

Favorite Band: Dream Theater

Eddy likes liquid dancing and listening to some death metal– just not both at the same time

Favorite app: Hype Machine

Favorite restaurant: Burgatory

Favorite book: Rant by Chuck Palahniuk

Eric is a collector of cheap, colorful Ray Ban knock-offs.

Favorite movie: Wedding Crashers

Favorite concert: Grizzly Bear at the Orpheum

Favorite person: Bill Murray

Guilty pleasure: Disco

Glen was the Undersea Prince in the Barnum & Bailey circus for a night.

Favorite concert: Going to JazzFest in New Orleans

Favorite app: Glympse

Favorite person: My wife, Susan. :)

Glenn, 'Master of Much at Intrepid', including IT, counts San Francisco as his favorite city he's visited so far.

Favorite movie: Shawshank Redemption

Least Favorite Technology: Shockwave Flash

Favorite Video Game: Rogue

If you ever watched seasons 3 and 4 of The Office with the Portuguese subtitles, you were reading Guilherme’s translations.

Favorite app: Vine

Favorite hobby: Trying to reach the utopian 'article zero' on my Feedly

Hidden talent:I speak fluent emoji

It's unclear why he ever tried, but Guy can clap with one hand.

Favorite team: Boston College hockey

Favorite hobby: Recording and mixing music

Favorite film: Finding Nemo

In-house romantic JR met his wife in Kindergarten.

Worst ever job: Busboy at Pewter Pot

Favorite team: Boston Red Sox

Favorite film: Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back

Jackie has a knack for picture framing.

Favorite hobby: Skiing

Favorite book: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

Favorite city: Madrid

We heard Jeri’s planning a 3 week trip to backpack through Europe. Try to save room for us in your backpack!

Favorite app: the 'gram

Favorite bar: Lolita in Copley

Favorite city: Paris

Jim once jammed with world-famous cellist, Yo Yo Ma.

Favorite hobby: Music producing

First job: Paperboy

Favorite book: Kafka By The Shore by Haruki Murakami

Kathy harbors dreams of being a rockstar, so you might catch her practicing guitar.

Friday Night Dinner Location: Korean food in Allston

Favorite Band: The Airborne Toxic Event

Favorite Person: Stephen Colbert

One day, Kerry will be the proud owner of The War Rig from Mad Max: Fury Road. One day.

Favorite movie:Hunchback of Notre Dame

Favorite concert: Muse (just so many lasers)

Favorite animal:Anteater

Next time you hit up a Hard Rock Cafe, grab a glass for Kevin– he’s collecting glasses from every city that he’s visited.

Favorite hobby: Playing board/video games

Favorite bar: Backbar

Dream trip: Ireland

Rumor has it, Knar's second home is Saus.

Favorite city: Madrid

Favorite concert: Typhoon at Brighton Music Hall

Toast order: Good ol' original pancakes

Lalitha’s dream trip would include a stop at the Himalayas and a visit to the Egyptian pyramids. (Is there room for us in your suitcase, Lalitha?)

Favorite snack: Bhel puri

Favorite hobby: Singing

Favorite city: Zurich, Switzerland

Have you ever seen a person on a unicycle designing a mobile app? Neither have we. Maybe one day Lauren will show us how it’s done.

Favorite hobby: Oil painting

Favorite bar: DeLux Cafe

Favorite animal: Bernese Mountain dog

Lauren lived in Florence, Italy for four months!

Favorite band The XX

Favorite food: Chicken pot pie

Favorite book: My Sister's Keeper

Lindsay’s family is from an island called Åland.

Favorite movie: The Royal Tenenbaums

Favorite hobby: Photography

Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird

If you need a good laugh, stop by Madison’s desk. We suspect she has an extra funny bone.

Favorite concert:Lana Del Rey at Red Rocks, CO

Favorite movie:Zoolander

Favorite person:Kristin Wiig

Mae is our resident Dutch-speaking, baritone saxophone player.

Favorite book: Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

Favorite concert: David Francey in a barn in NH

Most prized possession: Cheese slicer from Holland

Had Mark not decided to study engineering, Mark would have gone to Art School.

Toast order: Waffle w/ bananas and a side of bacon

Favorite hobby: Anything that takes place outdoors

Favorite teams: Bruins/Patriots

Mark thoroughly enjoys the Wegmans brand boxed Mac ‘n’ Cheese, which costs $.33/box.

Local watering hole: Fuji

Favorite movie: The Dark Knight. The Joker makes that movie!

Favorite app: RunKeeper

In her spare time, Martha likes to knit for a company called “Sh*t That I Knit.”

Favorite book: Anna Karenina

Favorite animal: Ocelot. Obviously.

Favorite restaurant: Ribelle in Brookline

Matt has been to over 50 Phish concerts.

Favorite hobby: Playing guitar

Favorite film: Back to the Future

Favorite app: Tweetbot

マクシン は、日本研究を専攻しました  so if you want to know more about that just ask Maxine!

Favorite movie: The Princess Bride

Favorite book: A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Favorite city: Nagasaki, Japan

 

Don’t get on Maya’s bad side, she’s a black belt in training!

Favorite concert: Avenged Sevenfold in Bangor. There were many pyrotechnics.

Favorite game: Settlers of Catan

Favorite restaurant: Sweet Cheeks BBQ

Meghan beats the agents in solving the puzzles in Criminal Minds. Every time. 

Favorite bar: Sonsie

Favorite concert: Mumford & Sons in Hyde Park, London

Favorite game: Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone Trivia Game

Pat plays many instruments, including drums, ukulele, bass, and the harmonica.

Favorite band: The Beatles, John Lennon is the best!

Favorite app: 1Password

Favorite movie: Wayne's World(Party time! Excellent!)

Paul dreams of learning how to fly an airplane. One day, Paul. One day.

Hidden talent: Juggling

Favorite animal: Ring Tailed Lemur

Dream gift: A game of catch whenever I want

Hula Hoop contest? Challenge accepted. And we are confident Paula will do circles around you.

Favorite season: Summer

Favorite sports team: Boca Juniors Argentinian Soccer

Favorite hobby: Short story writing

Did you see that? Me neither. Peter is so fast you won't see him coming..or going..or wait..

Dream trip: Geneva

Favorite book: The Martian

Favorite movie: Office Space

Phil is our newest resident hockey nut, but he’s the only one who played semi-pro Super Smash Bros 64.

Favorite book: The Sun Also Rises

Favorite movie: Anchorman

Favorite City: Boston

Though not our only colorblind designer, Rads didn’t discover she was colorblind until 8th grade.

Favorite movie:The Dark Knight

Favorite bar:Barcelona

Favorite sports team:NY Giants

Rob geeks out over air shows and jets. High performance jets make awesome noises.

Favorite movie: The Fifth Element

Favorite sports team: Springfield Isotopes

Hobbies: Biking, reading, and crossword puzzles. But not all at once.

We wouldn’t be surprised if Russell forgot what a razor looks like. He hasn’t shaved since 2006.

Favorite movie: The Martian

Favorite restaurant: Friendly Toast

Favorite app: Spaceteam

You could say Ryan likes to be on the move: When you live in a sailboat, it’s hard not to be.

Favorite book: Accelerando by Charles Stross

Favorite city: Oslo, Norway

Favorite board game: Original Starcraft

Favorite movie: Primer

Stephen loves cats, and he has two: both are one-eyed cats.

Hidden talent:Dirtsurfing

Favorite bar:The Cellar

Favorite sports team:Springfield Isotopes

If you’re ever planning a getaway, Stephen’s your man. He hopes to one day visit the moon. Maybe you guys could head there?

Favorite hobby: bouldering

Favorite restaurant: Yume Wo Katare

Favorite book: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

If you’re ever in need of a killer 90’s R&B playlist, Tamara’s the one to ask.

Favorite band: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite person: Grumpy Cat

Favorite movie: Wet Hot American Summer

It makes sense that Tetyana’s favorite app is google maps because she enjoys traveling and getting lost along the way.

Favorite city: Washington, DC

Dream trip: Brazil

Favorite movie: Angel A

 

Tong didn’t know how to ride a bicycle until he was sixteen.

Favorite city: Changchun in China

Favorite team: Boston Celtics

Worst job: Working at a sushi shop named Wasabi

Veronica doesn't know how to drive a car, but she does know how to make marshmallows from scratch. 

Favorite restaurant: Au Pied du Cochon in Montreal  

Most prized possesion: A cookbook with handwritten recipes from my family, friends, and former chefs.  

Favorite movie: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Vincent is the proud owner of an original Optimus Prime Transformer: mint condition.

Favorite hobby: Jamming on the guitar as my wife plays classical music.

Favorite movie: The Blues Brothers

Favorite concert: Smashing Pumpkings Universal Amphitheater the night they announced they were breaking up.

Given that her favorite season is summer, it’s no wonder Xiaochen dreams of visiting sunny Santorini.

Favorite movie:Home Alone

Favorite app:Yelp

Favorite Hobby:Puzzles