I've been reading The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, a memoir by a Frenchman who develops locked-in syndrome, a condition where one has total brain function except in the brain stem. As a result, the victim can think clearly but can't communicate except, in the case of this author, by blinking a single eye. I've heard there's a film, which I'll watch eventually, but the prose is luminous - who'd want to adapt it into any other form?
I've thought while reading it about victims of child sex trafficking, of the kind of trauma that would make you emotionally locked-in, a prisoner of one's own crushed hopes and ever-expanding fear and shame. I can think of little else that so mars the glory of a human being. Tragic.
Yesterday I benched 4,255 pounds.
Pledges are starting to come in. Thanks.
Ran - 0 miles
Biked - 17 miles
Benched - 7295 pounds
Raised - $20
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