View from across the way an inadvertent reality show

Matt Hooker's office is on the seventh floor of a Boston waterfront building. On his eponymous blog, he wonders why the woman who lives in the condo across the street doesn't realize why she might want to install some blinds:

"I'll walk in and first shift will say 'TV's been on since 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oh and earlier old guy walked around in his tighty whities after they disappeared for a while.' The other guys from second shift will announce whenever the TV goes off and start mimicking remote control channel changing out the windows.

"Last night I remarked on how sad we are after I started doing 'YMCA-style' motions with my arms spelling 'TV' at her when she shut it off. Fire trucks showed up in front of the hotel across the street and my boss said 'They're gonna send a guy on a ladder up to her window with a remote control to save the day by getting her TV back on.' "

Jennifer Jones of Jamaica Plain reports on her Jerkface Extraordinaire that she is nearing a breaking point:

"I'm fully irritated that at every single party I've been to recently the conversation has turned to myspace. Seriously people, this is not an interesting topic of conversation. Don't get me wrong, I'm as addicted to that dumb website as the rest of the world but I try not to advertise it, much less flaunt it as something that some random person at a party needs to hear about."

Evan Cale of the Fenway was at Park Street, waiting for an E trolley recently, when he noticed a homeless man digging through a trash can. On Life is Sweet in the Fenway, he writes: "He was obviously scrounging for something to eat, and did he hit gold! He pulled out a large muffin that appeared to be partially consumed, as well as a bottle half full of Gatorade. Then the unthinkable . . . he stuffed the entire muffin into his mouth and guzzled the bottle of Gatorade. However, he was kind enough to throw all of the trash he had thrown around his feet back into the receptacle."

When the temperatures started dipping into the 50s, Jennifer Garrett of Jamaica Plain couldn't believe the woman she spotted out running in shorts and a sports bra. On Being Jennifer Garrett , she writes:

"Maybe I'm just bitter because she was running faster than me. Or maybe she was a complete lunatic."

Charles Glassenberg reports on his The Real Charlie that he works near a speed trap near the VFW Parkway/West Roxbury Parkway rotary in West Roxbury:

"I creep up the road at exactly 25 mph, laugh at the people who pass me and then wave hi when I see them around the corner pulled over. I warned everyone at my office, but a few people have gotten nailed."

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