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Alright so I'm sitting here typing this update as I reside at my dad's house, drinking some much needed wine. The reason I'm here is this is the only ride I had from the hospital, where I wound up after rolling my Blazer 4 times down the side of the highway when I wrecked on 315 earlier this afternoon. I caught some ice on the way downtown to pick up some prints of my artwork to give to my family, started to slide sideways and then caught the snow build-up to the right side of the road, flipped, then rolled continuosly while I watched my truck collapse around me. The driver's side window shattered on the second revolution and my arm went out briefly, but I was able to pull it back in before the truck crushed down on that side, which would have certainly severed it from my body. The truck came to stop right side up after the momentum slowed and I sat there wondering if I was mangled or fucked up in any way....People that witnessed the crash stopped and came up to my vehicle shortly to see how I was doing and were amazed that I was coherent and even talking to them. I realized that I had just completely totalled my ride but wasn't hurt in any way other than a cut on my hand from the broken glass that was bleeding all over the snow that had gotten into my car. I looked up to see the roof just an inch from the top of my head...luckily I had slunk down in my seat when I realized I wasn't just going to skid on the driver's side and was gonna roll all the way over. The ambulance arrived and took me off the scene even before the cops showed up. I spent hours in the emergency room being x-rayed to make sure nothing was fractured or out of place and was released earlier this evening. In short, I walked away from a wreck that would have killed most people. I haven't even gotten to see the extent of the damage to my truck, but when I asked one of the guys that stopped to help, he explained that my ride was thrashed...the whole roof caved in, the hood all fucked up, windows shattered, I'm pretty shure an axle was broken....So much for my new truck. I only had just over 1 year. My only concern, though, is the fact that I'm able to sit here right now and type this up. The fact that I'm not spending the holidays in a body cast or without my left arm attached to my body is the only gift I need this year. Give me some love the next time you see me, I think I might need it. I plan on spending the weekend highly medicated on vicadin and alcohol as the strain of the accident actually kicks in.....I know I'll be feeling like I got beat the fuck down once the adrenalin wears off. To everyone who reads this, Happy Holidays. I'm just glad to be alive.