var Asset = {

	image: function(source, properties){
		properties = $merge({
			onload: $empty,
			onabort: $empty,
			onerror: $empty
		}, properties);
		var image = new Image();
		var element = document.id(image) || new Element('img');
		['load', 'abort', 'error'].each(function(name){
			var type = 'on' + name;
			var event = properties[type];
			delete properties[type];
			image[type] = function(){
				if (!image) return;
				if (!element.parentNode){
					element.width = image.width;
					element.height = image.height;
				}
				image = image.onload = image.onabort = image.onerror = null;
				event.delay(1, element, element);
				element.fireEvent(name, element, 1);
			};
		});
		image.src = element.src = source;
		if (image && image.complete) image.onload.delay(1);
		return element.set(properties);
	}

};