Ooh, very very creepy encounter! Lesson to not forget my cell phone (I'm still getting used to having one). Did you call and report the appearance of the van when you got home? I think I'd be pissed, too.
About the keys in the fingers thing... I used to think it was a good idea, until my martial arts instructor showed me how it would almost certainly be used against me. Do it again, only this time take your other hand and squeeze around those fingers holding the keys. Now imagine someone attacking you grabbing your hand and doing it really hard. It's better to just hold one key out with thumb and forefinger and use it to poke at the eyes, etc.
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Date: 2008-04-23 11:32 am (UTC)About the keys in the fingers thing... I used to think it was a good idea, until my martial arts instructor showed me how it would almost certainly be used against me. Do it again, only this time take your other hand and squeeze around those fingers holding the keys. Now imagine someone attacking you grabbing your hand and doing it really hard. It's better to just hold one key out with thumb and forefinger and use it to poke at the eyes, etc.