Wow... My brother got back from the hospital last night. He's doing decent...

The truck is totalled. It looks like it got hit by a train. It was one of the early 80's tank-ish F-150's. There was a cave-in in the front - a u-shape that reached to the cab, totally decimating the engine. The only glass damaged was in the front passenger side where my brother smashed his head through the windshield. I got to see it up close - there was still some of his hair lodged in the glass. He wasn't wearing his seatbelt, and the patrols said that if they were driving anything else other that and 80's F-150 (or something else tank-like) he would have been dead. No ifs, ands or buts, either. Straight dead.

He's doing ok, though. I got him a smoothie (apparently it hurts to chew) and rented him a movie. When I got there, he wasn't home though. He went to his GED class to explain his future absences and to show the horrors of not wearing a seat belt. This is a lesson to all of you, too. My dad was nice enough to take pics from the hospital...

For those who read these (there's like 3 of you- thanks, by the way), STRONG PARENTAL DISCRETION. THESE ARE SOME FAIRLY GRITTY PICS! LOOK AT YOUR OWN RISK! Ok, they're not that bad, but still. Squeamish be warned...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/Jericho34/reasontouseseatbelt12005pictures002small.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/Jericho34/reasontouseseatbelt12005pictures001small.jpg

Also, I was tooling around with PaintShopPro effects, found one that looks cool with that gradient, slapped a boarder and pic of my favorite actor on, and voila, my new journal banner. Well, that's all for now. Adios.

*Edit* I got the pics of the truck. I'll put em here, since they're not that graphic.