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boydsberry‌:

They were trying to finish decorating her tree, but had spent the last five minutes laughing over her printed out photo of her cat, Artemis, that she intended to put up on top. “Listen! In my defense, I couldn’t decide between a star and an angel!” she giggled, defending herself. “So I chose both! He’s going to look so handsome there!” she insisted, snatching the photo out of Sheppard’s hands.

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Sheppard’s sides hurt, but he couldn’t help laughing at the picture of Artemis, who looked like he did not want his picture taken at all.  The subject in question was currently curled up on the back of the couch, looking down at them like they were insane.  “He’s just so not amused,” he laughed, looking at the picture one more time as she pulled it away from him.  “What about it, Artie?” he asked, reaching behind him to pick the cat up.  “Are you excited about being the tree-topper this year?” he asked as the cat curled up in his lap and nudged his hand to be petted.  

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hodaya-shapiro-91‌:

“I’m pretty excited. It’s not a major holiday like Rosh Hashanah is, but the stores have so much stuff out for it, since Hanukkah is near Christmas. I remember getting my first non-college apartment place and throwing my first Hanukkah party. It was so exciting to be able to decorate my place. I felt like I was adulting when I was at Target, buying decorations for Hanukkah.”  

“I didn’t realize that Hanukkah wasn’t as big for you guys as Christmas is for us,” he said, shaking his head a little bit.  “But that’s cool.  I know the feeling,” he laughed, motioning to his stuff.  “I’ve lived with my brother a few years, so this is my first time really ‘adulting’ by myself, I guess.”

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boydsberry‌:

“Of course! I wouldn’t want to be crushing on any old actor, yknow. Might as well have someone I don’t mind looking at,” she teased, laughing. “You’re obviously doing something right, if you’re getting parts.”

“Can’t argue with that logic.  You’re pretty easy to look at too, you know,” he laughed softly, thinking that had sounded better in his head.  “I mean, it’s not that I bomb them or anything.  I’d say I’m pretty okay at what I do.  It’s just still so nerve-wracking.  I get just as nervous now as I did the first time I ever auditioned for anything.”

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boydsberry‌:

“That’s true. Nothing bad at all,” she agreed. “It does, but hopefully we can find a replacement soon. They’ll be holding auditions in the next couple days if you’re interested,” she said, shrugging. “I’d be happy to put in a good word for you with the director.”

Shepp nodded in agreement, a wide grin on his face.  “Yeah, I’ll definitely check it out.  Really?  That would be awesome,” he smiled.  “For some reason, auditioning never really gets easier for me.  You’d think after several years that it would be improving, but no such luck.”

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thomas on china’s instagram 18/10/2016

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wtfxsutton‌:

“Well I can’t say that I haven’t done it before. So I guess I understand.” A pleasant smile was on her face, contrasting her earlier behavior. “I’m sorry about before, you must think I’m a bitch…You would be right.” Sutton let out a light laugh. “I’m Sutton.” She introduced herself, holding out a hand for him.

“It’s surprisingly easy to do,” he smiled back at her before waving his hand dismissively at her next comment.  “I’m the one that just ran up and started asking you a billion questions all at once,” he shrugged.  Shepp looked at her hand before taking it.  “I’m Sheppard.  It’s nice to meet you, Sutton.”

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@sheppruss: me voting in 2016 vs me voting in 2018. #voted #stressed

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boydsberry‌:

“Is it bad that I want to join the Facebook page? I just want to watch sweet old ladies sharing all their cookie jars,” she said, her face lighting up. She laughed at his raisin comment, shaking her head. “Yeah! We’re about to finish up rehearsals but the guy playing Josh is most likely getting fired soon. He’s been a complete asshole since day one.”

“Nothing bad about wanting to experience that kind of joy,” he shook his head, grinning.  “That sucks.  I mean, that he’s been a jerk.  Rehearsals are already a big enough thing without people making it difficult,” he said, shrugging.  “But if you guys need somebody, my schedule’s about to get a lot more open,” he joked, knowing that things didn’t usually work like that.

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isla-taylor‌:

“Yeah, seriously,” she said with a grin, chuckling. When he came back, she shrugged. “You really don’t have to do anything,” she said. “It was the right thing to do and all that. I’m glad I could help.”

“Ah, come on.  You did a nice thing, which people are a lot less likely to do these days.  Let me buy you some coffee or something,” he offered with a small shrug. 

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dean-maxwell‌:

Dean looked over at his stuff and nodded before responding. “Yeah, go ahead,” he said with a light smile. “I’ll keep an eye on it.” He chuckled a little and ran a hand through his hair and shaking his head. “I’ve been in your position before so don’t worry about it, okay?”

“Thank you,” he said before going to grab a cart.  “I don’t know why I tend to underestimate myself when I go shopping.  But Christmas stuff is out now and I couldn’t help it,” he laughed.

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hodaya-shapiro-91‌:

“Absolutely! I was thrilled to see the Hanukkah decorations out right now, since there’s less than a month before Hanukkah starts this year. Hey, no problem .Hell, I still gotta get more stuff,” said Hodaya.  

“Nice!  Are you excited?  There’s still about two months until Christmas, but I didn’t want to wait to decorate this year.  It’s my first year actually being able to decorate my own place, so I figured I could go ahead and get festive whenever I wanted,” he shrugged. 

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pipxrhernandez‌:

“Ugh, I cannot stop crying,” Piper groaned as she wiped her eyes again. “Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely think it was time to bow out of Hamilton and move on but I’m going to miss it so much. It was the best job I’ve ever had and my castmates really became family. Plus I am so not looking forward to the auditioning process again.”

“I know how that goes,” he said, sitting down next to her and offering her a napkin that he’d picked up when he’d picked his cup of coffee up this morning.  “My contract’s up in a couple of weeks and then I don’t know what I’m going to do.  I’m already depressed about it.”  He crossed his legs and took a sip of his mocha before he sighed.  “You were great, though.  So I’m sure you won’t have any problem getting a new gig.”

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gus-amado‌:

He shrugged, pushing the cart. “Uh, fine. I ate two cinnamon sugar Eggos this morning, forgot to take my antidepressant and wound up napping for 6 hours on the sofa with Great British Bake-Off playing in the background. Missed at least half a season and have to go all the way back.” He looked down at the cart. “And.. I’m buying some lemons, to make my apartment look presentable.”

“I hate it when that happens,” he offered, shaking his head.  “I can’t say it’s ever happened because I forgot to take my meds, though.  Because if I forget to do that, there’s a really big chance that it’ll actually kill me.  Anti-rejection medication sucks,” he admitted.  “That’s a really good idea, actually.  I should get some, too.  Not that it’ll actually help, because my apartment looks like a disaster, but a guy can dream, right?”

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Thomas Doherty for Teen Vogue

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hodaya-shapiro-91‌:

“Yeah, I just did that, too. Meant to get some cleaning supplies, cake mix, a few odds and ends, but then I saw the Hanukkah stuff. I’ll watch your stuff while you grab a cart.”

“It’s so exciting when they finally put holiday stuff out, isn’t it?  You can be having the suckiest day and then boom, happiness.  Thank you,” he said, moving to go grab a cart.  

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boydsberry‌:

“Aw, how sweet! That sounds so precious. I wonder if they have conventions where they buy cookie jars and bake together and compare collections,” she wondered aloud. “Ew, I would never subject anyone to those. I like raisins, but they don’t belong in cookies,” she said, scrunching her nose as well in response. “Wait. You play Jack in Newsies, don’t you?”

Curiosity got the best of him and he pulled his phone out of his pocket so he could google ‘cookie jar collector convention.’  The closest thing he could find was a pottery convention and he turned the screen to show her.  “There’s that, but there’s also a cookie jar collector Facebook page.  I’m sure they share stuff there, right?  Either way, adorable,” he said, nodding.  “No, they do not.  Whoever thought so was severely mistaken.”  He wanted to like raisins, but couldn’t bring himself to.  “Yeah, for a couple more weeks at least,” he grinned.  “You’re about to be in Clueless, right?”

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“I never thought about that, but I’m sure there’s probably a whole community of little old ladies keeping the cookie jar people in business,” he laughed. “Me? I’m not one to turn many kinds of cookies down. The only ones I’d say that I’m not super fond of are the oatmeal raisin ones. Because raisins are gross,” he explained, scrunching up his nose a little. “It’s nice to meet you, Berry. I’m Sheppard.”

boydsberry‌:

Berry snorted in laughter, raising an eyebrow. “Everything was perfectly reasonable purchased until that. That ones just for you, isn’t it?” she asked, taking the cookie jar from him. “This is pretty cool, though. I’m not a big Star Trek fan myself, but I could see why someone would like this. The real question is, do you have cookies to put inside it? Or am I gonna have to make you some?”

“Maybe,” he shrugged.  “I don’t even have a regular cookie jar, but I figured that since Christmas was coming up, I might as well get a festive one.”  She took it from him and he resisted the urge to correct the name as she looked at the cookie jar.  “I guess you’re just gonna have to make me some,” he said, making a show of looking in the cart at everything else he’d picked up.  “Because I seem to have forgotten the cookies.”