"It's unspeakable, write it!"

"The way I figure it, everyone gets a miracle. Like, I will probably never be struck by lightning, or win a Nobel Prize, or become the dictator of a small nation in the Pacific Islands, or contract terminal ear cancer, or spontaneously combust. But if you consider all the unlikely things together, at least one of them will probably happen to each of us. I could have seen it rain frogs. I could have stepped foot on Mars. I could have been eaten by a whale. I could have married the queen of England or survived months at seas. But my miracle was different." -John Green

[thattallgirl]

For those of you who don’t know, Miss Representation is a documentary all about media’s portrayal of women. It got me thinking about how I felt when I was younger and how all of my opinions of myself were entirely derived from what I looked like in the mirror.

Growing up, I faced self esteem...

[mishegas-blog]

Thoughts on self image and self esteem from one of the most beautiful women (in more ways than one) I know. I'm so flattered to be mentioned as a positive influence.

[mishegas-blog]

I'd love to apologize for blowing up your dash with inauguration shenanigans, but I'm just not sorry.

That's just how I roll.

[iamlargeicontainmultitudes]

[aubiefan12]

Obama’s Inaugural Speech: American Metamorphoses - Amy Davidson, The New Yorker

Amy Davidson has become one of my new favorite political observers/comentators

[newsflick-blog]

Inauguration speeches in wordclouds via the Guardian

Obama’s inauguration speech 2013

George W Bush’s wordcloud from his second inaugural address on 20 January 2005, following 9/11 and the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan

John F Kennedy’s wordcloud from 20 January 1961, addressing themes of the cold war and a new generation’s responsibilities to America

Franklin D Roosevelt’s wordcloud from his second term, on 20 January 1937, after his new deal had fought the great depression of the past decade

Abraham Lincoln’s wordcloud for his speech after winning a second term, on 4 March 1865, in the waning days of the American civil war, as a Union victory and the end of slavery became certain

[barackobama]

Happy Inauguration Day, y’all. 

[breakingnews]

Obama calls for equality for women, gays in inaugural address

In his second inaugural address, U.S. President Barack Obama urged the nation to make sure that women were paid equally to men and that gay men and lesbians were treated equally under the law. “Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” he said. Obama also vowed to respond to the threat of climate change, to maintain economic vitality, to protect the poor and to defend the country’s people through “strength of arms and rule of law.” Read more from The New York Times.

Read the full text of Obama’s inaugural speech from NBC News.

More on today’s inaugural events on BreakingNews.com. Photo: President Barack Obama takes the oath of office during the 57th Presidential Inauguration ceremonial swearing-in at the Capitol on Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington, D.C. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images)

[politico]

More Photos from the historic weekend

[mishegas-blog]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: my love of this family has officially reached borderline unhealthy.

[motherjones]

Joe Biden seemed to really enjoy Beyoncé’s performance at today’s inauguration ceremony.

[buzzfeed]

Then and now.

[gov]

The First Family, growing up between inaugurals.

[mishegas-blog]

Oh man. It's emotional.

[ilovecharts]

How Stress Works

[mishegas-blog]

I'm not a big fan of the Golden Globes...

But I shrieked with glee when Anne Hathaway won.

[christylst]

[dannyarchers-blog]

The Great Gatsby (2013)

[mishegas-blog]

The Way We Were

Katie: Why can't I have you?

Hubbell: Because you push too hard every damn minute. There's no time to ever relax and enjoy living. Everything's too serious to be so serious.

Katie: If I push too hard it's because I want things to be better, I want us to be better, I want you to be better. Sure, I make waves. You have - I mean you have to. And I'll keep making them 'til you're everything you should be and will be. You'll never find anyone as good for you as I am, to believe in you as much as I do, or love you as much.

Hubbell: I know that.

Katie: Well then why?

Hubbell: Do you think if I come back it's going to be okay by magic? What's going to change? What's going to be different? We'll both be wrong. We'll both lose.

Katie: Couldn't we both win?

[nationalpost-blog]

Time names Barack Obama ‘Person of the Year’ for 2012  President Barack Obama has been named Time’s “Person of the Year” for 2012. The short list for the honour included Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager who was shot in the head for advocating for girls’ education. It also included Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Obama also received the honour in 2008, when he was President-elect. (AFP/Getty Images)

[mishegas-blog]

Holiday card from my aunt, uncle, and little cousin:

May 2013 bring you legendary Pokémon, big Legos, glazed donuts, basketball trading cards and an NBA Championship.

Sometimes my family is pretty damn cool.