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You want to know what’s great about today? There are so many little conveniences and technology upgrades. Everything just continues to shrink. I love this! How can you not appreciate your tiny cell phone, three pound laptop or pocket sized PDA? These are the tools that make our post modern world so simple to maneuver through. After having them for even a year, I don’t know how I’d manage without them. One of my favorites concern self-defense. There are so many tools and devices available for self-defense today. Now, I do realize that some folks are for this, some are against it, and the rest are probably on the fence. Personally I encourage such devices as the pepper pen and mace. These products could end up saving your life one day. It’s a simple safety measure.

No one is generally around to save you! I reinforce this notion with my wife and teenage daughter. I feel that we’re all on our own out there in the big, harsh world. Sure, there are law enforcement officers, security guards and other officials, but do you really expect them to be around every time you’re in danger. That’s not plausible! Although I respect our country’s law enforcement, I know that they cannot be everywhere at once. In turn, this calls for such measures as the pepper pen, tazer gun, knife or firearm. These tools are not to be used to hurt anyone, but only to defend one’s life or the life of their family. That’s the rule of the game.

A compact can of pepper spray is for a woman, who is strolling to her car after a late night at the office. She can walk with it clenched in her palm and ready to go. If she stays aware of her surroundings and walks with confidence, she should be fine. But, put the same woman in her place with no mace product or pepper pen. She may lack the feeling of security. Not to mention the same level of power to incapacitate her attacker. Of course this is based on the notion that she will be attacked. But, again it’s better to be safe than sorry. Keep that pepper pen in your hand just in case you need it.

We disguise our weapons these days. This is practical for the everyday civilian. Items such as the pepper pen go undetected, because they simply resemble a basic writing tool. This should be a warning to all you criminals out there. You never know what folks are packing.

Getting contact lenses was one of the best things that I have ever done for myself. Although I wasn’t keen on the idea of sticking my fingers in my eyes several times a day, I very quickly adapted and fell in love with having them. I had never liked wearing my glasses. I’d wear them for driving, simply because I needed them. But once I exited my car, I left them behind. The world was a bit blurry to me for many, many years. Suddenly, I had contacts and the world looked completely different. I was noticing things about the world that I’d never noticed before. I loved it.

After a year of wearing contacts, I wanted to see what life would be like with different colored eyes. I had always had dull green eyes. I wanted to know what it would be like to see the world with bright blue eyes. And so, with that desire in mind, I looked into getting colored contacts. Sure, they were a bit more expensive and my insurance would not pay for any form of colored contacts. I decided to try it, just for the heck of it. After ordering them, a week later, I was looking at a new person in the mirror. I was looking at the world from behind blue eyes now and I loved it. I had chosen a very bright pair of colored contacts, but they looked very real as well. It didn’t take people very long to notice my drastic change and everyone commented on how wonderful this new look was. My boyfriend though, said that he would miss staring into my green eyes, though he knew that this was not a permanent change.

Getting colored contacts was sort of a craze for a while. People were changing their eye colors daily for a while. Companies were making some very unique colored contacts as well that some people absolutely loved. I waited on a customer one time, who had red colored contacts in her eyes. It was entirely too creepy and I found myself not even wanting to look at her. I’ve seen some people get black colored contacts as well which is still very strange, in my opinion. But, what makes us all different is our choices and sense of self that we all have. If someone wants to wear colored contacts that make them look very different, then more power to them. Just don’t get offended when I refuse to make eye contact with you.