Xav's Place

May 14

lunchbagart:

Again with the Pikachu

lunchbagart:

Again with the Pikachu

Apr 27

today in class

My teacher was so impressed with an answer to a question he asked the class, that he wanted to give the student that answered it some money:

Teacher:

“I usually throw whatever money is in my wallet to students when they impress me like that. But I spent the only dollar I had to ride the bus here, and I only have a bunch of receipts!  I would throw some coins, but last time I did that, I hit a student in the head. [looks down] He wasn’t happy about that.”

Courtesy of my teacher :D 

Apr 18

thedailywhat:

Pay Gap Acknowledgment of the Day: Hey girl, it’s been nearly 50 years since JFK signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and women STILL earn 77 cents for each dollar earned annually by men.
[ncpe]

thedailywhat:

Pay Gap Acknowledgment of the Day: Hey girl, it’s been nearly 50 years since JFK signed the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and women STILL earn 77 cents for each dollar earned annually by men.

[ncpe]

Mar 16

thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Calls for the reform of Morocco’s penal code were sparked over the weekend as news spread of a teenage girl who had committed suicide after being compelled to marry her rapist.
In Morocco, a rapist can “opt out” of a prison term by marrying his victim, so long as the victim and their family agree. Despite this clause, many say victims are often strong-armed into marriages they want no part of.
16-year-old Amina Filali’s father, Lahcen, blamed the marriage on pressure from the courts. “The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry,” he told the online news site goud.ma. “He said: ‘Go and make the marriage contract’.”
According to Amina’s mother, the girl complained on more than one occasion that her husband/rapist was beating her, but was advised to be patient. On Saturday, Amina could no longer take the abuse, and made the decision to end her own life by swallowing rat poison.
Moroccan woman, galvanized by Amina’s tragic death, have taken to the streets and launched petitions to demand that criminal law be changed to make it explicit that rapists cannot be allowed to marry their victims.
Moroccan law is known for being relatively female-friendly, compared with the rest of North Africa. Despite this, nearly two-third of all Moroccan women experience violence in their lifetimes, and many attorneys are ignorant of recent pro-women reforms, such as the raising of the marriage age from 15 to 18.
[latimes / blogpost / photo: aljazeera.]

thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Calls for the reform of Morocco’s penal code were sparked over the weekend as news spread of a teenage girl who had committed suicide after being compelled to marry her rapist.

In Morocco, a rapist can “opt out” of a prison term by marrying his victim, so long as the victim and their family agree. Despite this clause, many say victims are often strong-armed into marriages they want no part of.

16-year-old Amina Filali’s father, Lahcen, blamed the marriage on pressure from the courts. “The prosecutor advised my daughter to marry,” he told the online news site goud.ma. “He said: ‘Go and make the marriage contract’.”

According to Amina’s mother, the girl complained on more than one occasion that her husband/rapist was beating her, but was advised to be patient. On Saturday, Amina could no longer take the abuse, and made the decision to end her own life by swallowing rat poison.

Moroccan woman, galvanized by Amina’s tragic death, have taken to the streets and launched petitions to demand that criminal law be changed to make it explicit that rapists cannot be allowed to marry their victims.

Moroccan law is known for being relatively female-friendly, compared with the rest of North Africa. Despite this, nearly two-third of all Moroccan women experience violence in their lifetimes, and many attorneys are ignorant of recent pro-women reforms, such as the raising of the marriage age from 15 to 18.

[latimes / blogpost / photo: aljazeera.]

Feb 06

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!! This is exactly how I feel right now.

ITS MY BIRTHDAY!!! This is exactly how I feel right now.

Dec 02

[video]

Oct 31

SERIOUSLY!!!!

The most epic night is about to commence….its goin down :) FRIENDS!!!!

Oct 30

Sep 12

[video]

[video]

[video]

This will motivate my entire stay at my job!! This is the only baby that really knows me!

This will motivate my entire stay at my job!! This is the only baby that really knows me!

This about sums up the past few minutes at the front desk of my job

This about sums up the past few minutes at the front desk of my job

Morning meeting with yourself

Mar 28

[video]