Updates

First things first, happy holidays! It's me, not_luna_lovegood, and I'm just going to do an update thing just so you can see what I've been up to.

First, an update about the state of the blog and who's on it. CHUCKLES, Banana_Elephant, Quidditch_Turtle, and not_luna_lovegood (aka me) are all still with the blog, even if we haven't posted in a while. We are getting a new member! His name on here is doglover, and I don't know exactly when he will start posting. As for Mr. Rainbow, I'm not sure if he is still with the Brick Wall. If he still is, he will be posting on weekends. 

Okay, now an update on my personal life (but I won't get too personal, because of the policy). I don't know about you, but  I celebrate Christmas, and I have gotten a lot of great presents. My favorite present is probably a TV for my room. I haven't used it as much as I'd like to, just because I don't watch much TV. My grandma said she wants to get me a DVD player for my birthday (in March) so then I will use my TV the most. 

Another one of my favorite presents I got is the new Just Dance game, Just Dance 2015. I love playing all of the Just Dance games, and I think this one is pretty awesome. I'm not sure what my favorite song to dance to on the game is yet. I highly recommend Just Dance 2015 as a game for a party or something like that.

I also received the entire Harry Potter series on DVD. I'm a pretty big Harry Potter fan (but you already knew that) and have read all the books, but I haven't seen all the movies. I can't wait to watch them all! Speaking of Harry Potter, I got the second book, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (which I already own but I don't really care) and the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Other than the stuff I mentioned, I got lots of clothes, a four-leaf clover necklace (my family is very Irish), a volleyball net, gift cards for Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and some money. I'm very thankful for everything I got.

Now, I will recap 2014 just because I can. When I think of 2014 in the future, I will remember it as the year I officially became addicted to the Internet. Far, far too much of my year has been spent with a screen in front of my face. From YouTube and Instagram (that counts, right?) to Pinterest and the Brick Wall, I spent much of 2014 on either my iPod touch, Kindle Fire, or computer. I have a problem, and my New Year's resolution should probably be to cut down on Internet usage. But why would I do that? The Internet is awesome!

I also joined my first organized sport in 2014, which is volleyball! During the month of September and about half of October, I spent my days on the volleyball court. I made lots of memories and some new friends. I already know I want to do volleyball again next year.

Lastly, one of my favorite memories of 2014 was joining the Brick Wall! I've had such a fun time writing on here and I will continue to do so in 2015! I'd like to thank Banana_Elephant, Quidditch_Turtle, CHUCKLES, Mr. Rainbow, and doglover (I really think you guys are going to like him) for being awesome friends, as well as my Brick Wall co-hosts. I would also like to thank my readers for supporting us and just being awesome in general. THANK YOU!

I'm not_luna_lovegood signing out for 2014! I promise that 2015 will be full of awesome posts from all of us, though I don't know what they will be about yet. Goodbye, 2014. I will miss you!

not_luna_lovegood

No Need to Fear, Banana_elephant is Here!

I know it's Sunday, but due to the fact that I will have little to no time for this tomorrow and I'm feeling inspired, today is this post's day. It's been awhile since I've posted, since any of us have posted for that matter, but we're still here. Miss us?
As most people know, Mockingjay Part 1 came out a few weeks ago in America, as well as its soundtrack. Jennifer Lawrence sang Hanging Tree, and let me tell you, it is THE most powerful song I have ever heard. It's just so amazing and symbolizes such strong unity and willpower that the districts had in the books. This truly is something that will ring out throughout the years in movie soundtracks.
There was another movie that came out at the beginning of November, Big Hero 6, and not only was it an amazing animated film (GAHHHHH it's my new favorite movie, sorry National Treasure), but it has an awesome soundtrack. Fall Out Boy sang a song for the film, and it's my new jam. It's name is Immortals, and it's powerful like Hanging Tree, just in a different way. It really makes you want to get up and dance, beat up some super-villains, save the world, stuff like that.
Let's not forget the song from the Big Hero 6 soundtrack that.... more or less broke my heart into three million pieces. It wasn't really the song itself that broke me, more like the title. I Am Satisfied With My Care is the title of the song. Yeah. I am not okay with that. Literally, when I saw the title, I yelled out loud, "COULD YOU NOT?!?!?!?!" After seeing that movie and nearly being brought to tears over that scene, I will never be emotionally okay will them calling it that on any such level. Whenever I'm listening to my movie soundtrack radio on iTunes and this song comes on, I always go "Seriously??????" under my breath. You could say I have a little grudge against Disney at the moment. Just for that little thing. Yeah. Besides that though, it's a fantastic song. Just that one tiny problem.
....
Eh, I can never have a grudge against anything for very long anymore. All my grudge-energy (what.... is that even a thing?) is always being used up on a certain author who has terrible sentence fluency. I will never get over that, and reading a certain someone's books makes me want to take a pen to the book. I'd never do that though, it's a book (come on).
Well, I'll be back sometime in the future (as well as the rest of the Brick Wall Bloggers, hopefully), but for the time being, Banana_elephant out.

New on the Brick Wall: Dream Journal Page!

Hello everyone! This is Quidditch_Turtle with some breaking news (breaking news meaning about-mmm, lets just say- 4 hours ago)! The Brick Wall hosts would like to introduce you to the Dream Journal page! This page is where we post about all of those crazy, wacko dreams that we have. You know, the ones that are so unrealistic that you can't even... you know... you just can't even! (haha Banana_elephant :P) So, without further ado, I'd like to introduce you to the new Dream Journal! *whisper screams*

Quidditch_Turtle :)

Travel Tuesday with Quidditch_Turtle #1 (and probably the last)

Hey everyone!

Sorry I haven't posted for months, I was going to post last week, but was too busy with birthday stuff. Anyway, I'm going to write about our family vacation to Arizona over Christmas break last year.

We found out that we were going on Christmas Day, and had three days to pack. We left on December 28th, and boarded a train. It took us two days to get to Flagstaff, AZ. We stayed there for two days, and traveled two days back to our home town. We spent New Year's in a hotel sleeping because we had to get up early to board the train in the morning! Here are some photos:

Here is our seats on the train!

 I'm pretty sure these were taken from my seat of the train in Colorado.

These two were taken from the train when we were in New Mexico.

This one was in Albequerque later that day.

First day in Arizona!

Subway, pueblo style :)

It was fun driving on Route 66 because we were comparing what we actually saw with what was in the movie Cars. We all laughed when we passed a tire shop (AKA Guido and Luigi's)

Another mountainous view from the rental car

This was in a state park that we went to.

Some lava rock formations in the state park

An icy lava rock formation

I just thought this was so cool.

A view of the Painted Desert from a big pebble-hill-thing.

Another view of the Painted Desert from the road

Some Native American ruins that we explored

Another lot of ruins

Day two of our Arizona adventure!

The Grand Canyon

*sigh* 

Another amazing view

I cannot believe that these people would put their trust in an animal... a donkey, to be more specific.

Funny-looking rock face

Just another view of the canyon

A little surprise we came across while hiking; gives it character, don't you think?

This is where we hiked down to; we went back up from here.

This  is a little blue bird that kept flying around Ooh Aah Point.

Met this guy at Ooh Aah Point... he stole our pretzels.

Took this picture at a rest stop on the side of the road a few miles from Grand Canyon National Park, which is where we were hiking

This picture, and the next few, were taken at the same rest stop. I had a setting on my camera where it enhances the color of the photo.

You can see the Colorado river in this one

Another rest stop photo

A pretty sunset taken from the train on the way back. I don't remember where this was.

Well, that's what we did in Arizona! I had A TON of fun! Hope you liked the pictures!

Quidditch_Turtle   ^  ^

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Fandom Friday with not_luna_lovegood #1

Hello, it's me, not_luna_lovegood, and I am so sorry that I haven't posted in a while! It's just that I'm busy with school and volleyball and I just can't find the time to post. I haven't left the blog, I'm just busy. So without further ado, I've decided that for my triumphant return, I am going to do a Book Bucket List like Quidditch_Turtle did, because there are a lot of books that I want to read.

1. The Selection series by Kiera Cass



I've heard a lot of good things about this series from both Banana_Elephant and one of my other friends who isn't on the blog. I hear that it's a cross between Cinderella and The Hunger Games, and I think it sounds pretty interesting!

2. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare



This is another series I have heard a lot about, but haven't gotten the chance to read yet. A lot of people I know from other sites have recommended this for me because I love books like Divergent and The Hunger Games. Banana_Elephant said I should never read this, but what can I say? I'm a bit of a rebel, so I think I'm going to read it soon.

3. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins



I recently read the other two books in this series, Anna and the French Kiss (aka the book where Banana_Elephant got her nickname from!) and Lola and the Boy Next Door, and I loved them. I really want to read the next book to see how the series ends.

4. Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell



I really want to read this book since I'm a fangirl at heart. I recently finished Eleanor & Park, which is also by Rainbow Rowell, and I thought it was AMAZING. I'm probably going to read Fangirl after I'm done reading The Giver by Lois Lowry.

5. If I Stay by Gayle Forman



One thing you should know is that I am a sucker for a tearjerker (The Fault In Our Stars is one of my favorites) and this one looks really good. Though if I do end up reading it, I'm likely going to need some tissues...

6. Paper Towns by John Green




The main reason why I want to read this book is because it's by John Green. Despite the fact that I have only read one of his books (The Fault In Our Stars), he is still one of my favorite authors because I love the way he writes and I think he's hilarious. I think this book looks like a pretty good one!

7. Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card



My dad read this book when he was younger and he liked it a lot. He recommended it for me since he knows I love dystopian fiction. I might read this sometime in the future.

8. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke



I saw the movie based off of this book and I thought it was really good. I almost always prefer the book to the movie, and since I liked the movie so much, I think I'm going to read the book.

9. The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black




See what I said about Inkheart. I would write about why I want to read this series, but I would pretty much be repeating myself, so just look above.

10. Matched by Ally Condie



I read a little bit of the first book and it was good. I didn't stop because I didn't like it, I stopped because I had gotten Divergent and I wanted to read that more. I still really liked the book, though, and I want to finish it.

So those are 10 books I want to read! There are probably a lot more, I just couldn't think of any more. I'm not_luna_lovegood, and I will write again soon!

not_luna_lovegood

Update 11/3/14:  I finished Fangirl recently and it's now one of my all-time favorites. I think I relate to Cath, the main character, a lot and it's just a great read overall. Right now, I am reading City of Bones, the first book in the Mortal Instruments series. I haven't really been able to get into it yet, but Chuckles said it was a pretty hard book to get into. I'm not giving up on it yet.

I THINK IT'S TIME TO FREAK OUT

Banana_elephant here, and right now the Percy Jackson fandom is FREAKING OUT. Why? Well, it is most certainly time. We should have been freaking out like this weeks ago.
Silly me, some of you guys probably have no idea what I'm talking about. For those of you who don't know, the last Percy Jackson book, The Blood of Olympus is coming out on October 7th. That's less than two weeks from now. In less than two weeks, we will never go on an official Percy Jackson adventure ever again. Sure, there will be the Percy Jackson/Kane Chronicles crossovers, but it's just not the same.
Okay, enough with the crying and fangirling (lol just kidding, we must never stop the fangirling). Uncle Rick has announced the title of his new series, set to launch in Fall of 2015. It's going to be called Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard. Personally I'm excited because I love Norse Myths. I spent an entire summer researching the culture, learning Old Norse (which I have mostly forgotten), and reading a few of the myths that I could find online. My personal favorite website for info and some good reading is here. It's kind of a long story of how I got into the mythology and culture, so I'll save it for another day.
There's a new Big Hero 6 trailer coming out this Friday and I cannot wait! I'm so excited for this movie, it looks AWESOME. Everything about it looks great. Here's a link to the first trailer (here) and a hilarious clip.
Speaking of trailers, the new Mockinjay Part 1 first official trailer launched a little while ago. Let me just say that I am so excited for this movie. These books were the first ever to make me cry, and they're very special to me. Jen obviously did amazing in this movie from what I've seen, but I wouldn't really expect anything else. Watch the trailer here.
There's so much I want to talk about, but I've got a report to start. I just really wanted to make a post (and it also started up my writing brain). I'll see you guys whenever I post next, but I'll be back!

Banana_elephant here with some new....

Hey everyone, it's Banana_elephant here with some semi-bad, semi-good news. You're all probably wondering why none of us posted this past week, and that's what this post is about. Together as a group we decided to only post twice a month due to the loss of time in our schedule. As you may know, we started our blog at the end of the school year, which for some reason lead us to believe we could get everything done and do our posts, but we just weren't exactly right. Hang in there everyone, we're all still here and will still be posting. Sometimes we may post more than twice a month, but who knows. Banana_elephant, out.

Throwback Thursday with not_luna_lovegood #2

I have noticed that a lot of books, movies, and TV shows have rebellions in them. A few I can name off the top of my head are The Hunger Games, Divergent, Harry Potter (somewhat), and I'm sure there are more, I just can't think of them at the moment. Well, I have been a part of a little rebellion myself. Granted, it's not as extravagant as planning to overthrow the government or the Dark Lord or anything like that, but it's a rebellion nonetheless. This rebellion happened when I was in 5th grade (which explains why I am doing it for Throwback Thursday) back when we had a couple of recess supervisors who were very anti-manners if I do say so myself. So without further ado, I, not_luna_lovegood, present to you, THE THANK YOU REBELLION.

Back when I was in 5th grade and on my final year of elementary school, I had recess, like most elementary school kids do. And when we would go inside, Banana_Elephant, being nice, polite Banana_Elephant, would hold the door open for our class. The polite thing to do when someone holds the door open for you is to say "Thank you". Common sense, right? So we said "Thank you" while Banana_Elephant held the door for us. Well, you are never going to believe what happened!

At our school, if you do something bad, the recess supervisors put you on the wall for five minutes. And saying "Thank you" when someone holds the door open for you is not, and never will be, something bad. So here's what may be the greatest plot twist in history, the holy grail of shocking things: THE SUPERVISORS STARTED PUTTING US ON THE WALL FOR SAYING "THANK YOU", FOR USING OUR FREAKING MANNERS, FOR DOING WHAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO DO AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN. Un-freaking-believable!

They said it was because we were supposedly being loud. When in reality, we were being quiet. I can remember somebody saying "Thank you" somewhat loudly only once, and even then, it was as a joke and it was still using good manners. They said that we were supposed to just walk inside without saying anything, which strikes me as 1. COMPLETELY and TOTALLY rude, and 2. Making no sense whatsoever! Isn't using your manners supposed to be a good thing? 

So my fifth grade class banded together to begin The "Thank You" rebellion. As a person who almost always plays by the rules, I must admit that showing off my rebellious side was pretty fun! We rebelled by doing the most edgy and daring thing ever known to man (maybe): SAYING "THANK YOU". We didn't care if we got put on the wall, as long as we kept on doing what we knew was the right thing. It may not seem like much, but my 5th grade self thought it was the coolest thing ever. 

Banana_Elephant and I played a part in the rebellion by telling kids in other classes about our rebellion and inviting them to join us by saying "Thank you" and telling their friends about it. To this day, I'm still shocked by how unfair it was. I cannot comprehend how using our manners, which our parents and teachers have told us to do for our entire lives, could be a bad thing. It was dumb.

So we told our teacher, who was just as shocked as we were. We asked her if she could talk to the supervisors and make things right. Our teacher talked to them and we had won the rebellion! Years later, we can say "Thank you" to the people who hold the door open for us as much as we want. Hooray for good manners! 

That was the story of the "Thank You" Rebellion. Okay, maybe I exaggerated a little at some parts, but I couldn't help myself! I hope you enjoyed this little story! I'm not_luna_lovegood, and I'll be back next week for another Throwback Thursday!

not_luna_lovegood

Throwback Thursday with not_luna_lovegood #1

Hey, hey, hey! It's me, not_luna_lovegood, and welcome to Throwback Thursday! One thing you should know before I get started, school for all of us Brick Wall-ers started on September 2nd. All of us are involved in extracurricular activities as well, so some of our posts will be coming a little later in the day. We apologize in advance for these inconveniences and hope that you still enjoy the blog nonetheless! So with that being said, for my first Throwback Thursday topic, I am going to be talking about the #1 song of the summer over the past 10 years The reason I'm talking about this because Billboard has recently announced that the song of the summer is...(drumroll please) "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea! Whether you like it or not, you can't deny that no song better represents Summer 2014 (Except for maybe "Rude" by Magic! or "Problem" by Ariana Grande, which are at #2 and #3 on the Summer Songs chart, respectively.) I found this information on the following link, where you can see the rest of the chart and listen to and buy the songs:

Songs of the Summer 2014

So here are the Songs of the Summer of the last 10 years (2004-2014), and where I found this information and you can also listen to the songs there:

Summer Songs 2004-2014

-2004's top summer hit was "Confessions Pt. 2", by Usher.

-The song of the summer for 2005 was Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together".

-"Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland was the dominant song of Summer 2006.

-In 2007, the top song of the summer was "Umbrella" by Rihanna ft. Jay-Z.

-Katy Perry's "I Kissed A Girl" was the #1 song of the summer for 2008.

-Summer 2009 was dominated by "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas.

-The biggest song of Summer 2010 was "California Gurls" by Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dogg.

-2011's summer anthem was LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem.

-Carly Rae Jepsen had the top song of Summer 2012 with "Call Me Maybe"

-The song that dominated Summer 2013 was "Blurred Lines" by Robin Thicke.

-Finally, as I said before, Iggy Azalea's "Fancy" was the hit for Summer 2014.

I'm sorry that this is kind of short and also a little late, but I hope that doesn't stop you from enjoying the post! I'm not_luna_lovegood (aka Looney) and I will be back next Thursday for another throwback!

not_luna_lovegood

Doctor Who Series 8 with Banana_elephant!

As you probably all know, I love Doctor Who. It's one of my favorite things in the world, and it recently had it's eighth season premier. Today I will talk about some of my favorite parts about Peter Capaldi and his role as the Doctor!
Okay, so far the first two episodes had something to do with breathing. First "Deep Breath", with Clara not being able to breath or otherwise she'd be detected. Then, with the thing in "Into the Dalek" where everyone had to make sure to breath while they were shrunk down. Oh, and don't be lasagne.
I was honestly nervous and a little bit scared of how Peter would do, but so far he's been absolutely fantastic. He obviously knows his part well, and this new Doctor is obviously genuine. He's very serious in some situations, but he always says something clever. Let's be honest, some things he says are just hilarious!
Clara and Twelve have awesome chemistry, and I've enjoyed every second of it. I loved when Clara went into the supply closet (I think that's what it was) and suddenly, there was the TARDIS. When the Doctor asked Clara if he was a good man, her honesty and her answer really made my heart ache. Just like us, she's not quite sure if he's a good man. Yes, I love the Doctor, but even I'm not sure. How honest she was really did symbolize she'd accepted his new face and how he is now. By "Into the Dalek", I'd accepted the fact that this was the Doctor, and I'm pretty sure Clara had accepted it too.
I'm really excited for this Saturday, it's so exciting to meet Robin Hood in Doctor Who, I'd just never expected that. To be honest, I'm just as excited as Clara is to meet him! Jenna looked so pretty in that dress she was wearing too, I think she would look fantastic in that era's clothing.
Sorry the post is so short, there's just two episodes out, and I'm having trouble putting my thoughts together about them. Basically I just know that I love Capaldi's Doctor, he's been great. I also like this new character, Mr. Pink (can't remember his first name) and I'm going to like him even more once we see a bit more of him. Jenna's been doing really well too with all of this new stuff. Anyways, I'll see you guys next week for another Whatever Wednesday.

Hey, hey, hey! CHUCKLES here! And this is my first Travel Tuesday! My topic is traveling to school today (the first day). Of course I cant tell you what my school is because that is personal info and you know our policy here! I will in fact be doing this post in a very different way than other times... I will be writing it in first person in almost like a book format. So lets get started!

I woke to a ringing bell that I soon realized was my alarm clock. I pulled my pink blanket off me and walked into the kitchen. After my mother had woken up I got ready for the day and ate a delicious breakfast of peanut butter and Nutella on waffles.

Soon a long, yellow vehicle pulled up to the driveway and I hopped on. What surrounded me were loud noises, windows, brown seats, and lots of people. Plunking down on a seat I attempted to read a book, it was called The Thief Lord, Banana_Elephant borrowed it to me. The noise in the vehicle had distracted me from reading.

Later we stopped at a plain, brick building and several people got off. We then drove a few minutes to yet another brick building labeled SCHOOL. The rest of the noisy people shuffled off and so did I. Walking into a long boring hallway inside the building I spotted my locker right next to Banana_Elephant we then headed off to our first class, Science, where we then found Quidditch_Turtle.

After that I traveled to Band then Social Studies, Math, Study Hall, Lunch, Language, Literature, and Art. I enjoyed each and every class. Between all of them I learned lots about my teachers and other people in my class. At lunch I made a new friend.

And there is a funny story to this too, Banana_Elephant and I accidentally went to Gym instead of Band and ended up walking shamefully into the Band room with our gym teacher.

So guys that was my first day of school this year I hope this was interesting to read. See ya!

Music Monday featuring Quidditch_Turtle

Hello, everyone! You are tuning in to Music Music Mondays with me, Quidditch_Turtle! This week, I will be doing something similar to CHUCKLES' Music Monday post from last week, except I will do my top 15 favorite songs of the summer. I just want to start off, though, by saying that the first, like, five songs are almost equal in terms of likeness.

1. Amnesia- 5 Seconds of Summer

I don't know why I love this song, but in the course of like a day, it became one of my all time favorite songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCCJCILiX3o

2. American Dream- MKTO

I love MKTO, and the first time I heard this song, I fell in love with it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPLeuBXoPXI

3. All About that Bass- Meghan Trainor

Like CHUCKLES said last week, it has a really fun beat and it has a fairly good message.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PCkvCPvDXk

4. Chandelier- Sia

I guess I just like the rhythm of this song, although when I try to sing along, my voice squeaks because she sings in really high notes :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vjPBrBU-TM

5. Really Don't Care- Demi Lovato ft. Cher Lloyd

I like the beat in this song, and the lyric video is kinda funny. It's a bunch of Demi's fans from Brazil who sing along to the song, and she comes up and surprises them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOEeN9NmyU8

6. Rude- Magic!

When I first heard this song, I found it pretty annoying, but then I learned the words and here it is on my top 15 list!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh2xe4jnpk

7. Shower- Becki G

This song makes absolutely no sense, but it's really catchy, so that's why I like it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50-_oTkmF5I

8. Secrets- Mary Lambert ft. B.O.B

This song is about a girl with a bunch of problems or something; the first line in the song is "I've got bipolar disorder." It's catchy, though!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqqqV50zaAc

9. Rather Be- Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne

I like Jess Glynne's voice in this song, but I don't really know how to describe it.The music video's a little strange, too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-M1AtrxztU

10. I'm Ready- AJR

No, I do not like this song because there is Spongebob in it, I like it because it's really upbeat and catchy. I heard on a radio station that AJR is three brothers and they recorded this song in their house. I just thought that was a neat little factoid :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2dJxFIV28Y

11. First Flight Home- Jake Miller

I had never heard of Jake Miller until I heard this song, and I am really running out of reasons why I like these songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FgqY_x56fE

12. Boom Clap- Charli XCX

I have never read this book, but as you know from reading my previous Fandom Friday posts, I will in the near future. I had no idea this was on that soundtrack until I listened to it on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOPMlIIg_38

13. Problem- Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea

I actually think this song is kind of annoying now, but I used to love it. I'm just running out of favorite songs to put on this list.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS1g8G_njx8

14. I Won't Ever Let You Down- Rita Ora

This song is getting kinda old as well, but I guess it's sort of catchy. Btw, Rita Ora looks exactly like Rihanna. Just thought I'd throw that out there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50GQjUZ4P3M

15. Hung Up- Hot Chelle Rae

Now, I know this song is, like, a year old, but it's still one of my favorites! It's really upbeat, like the other Hot Chelle Rae songs I like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9pWgjSLLag

I'm sorry if the reasons I liked these songs sounded a little repetitive, but hey, I gave it my best shot! It's hard to think of 15 different reasons to like a song...
Anyway, I'll see everyone next week for my second Music Monday post! Oh yeah, I almost forgot!
I just want to say good luck to everyone who goes back to school, whether it's tomorrow or was two weeks ago; Have fun and learn lots! And if there's any new kids on the block, you'll survive. Trust me, I would know! -Quidditch_Turtle ;)

Fandom Friday Featuring Quidditch_Turtle

Hey guys, Quidditch_Turtle here. Right now, my mind is absolutely blank. *after a couple of days thinking time* Okay nevermind, I take that back! I shall write about... Gahhhh! I have no idea. Fandom Friday is really not my best friend right now. Hang on a second, I just came up with a really good idea!

I'm a pretty big fan of the Harry Potter series, and I am reading the last book (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) right now, so I think I know enough about the series to write what I'm going to write about this week. This week, I will be listing some Harry Potter vocab and explaining it to everyone who may not be as big of a fan as we (meaning everyone here at the Brick Wall) are, sort of like a Harry Potter dictionary. Here goes nothing!

Apparate: A way of magical traveling in which a witch or wizard of age (17 or older) suddenly disappears and reappears somewhere else.

Azkaban: The Wizarding prison for the most notorious Dark Wizards. Azkaban is guarded by the lifeless, soul-sucking Dementors (see below).

Boggart: A shape-shifting creature that turns into your worst fear. To defeat a boggart, say "Riddikulus," and the boggart will turn into something silly.

The Burrow: The Weasley family household.

The Dark Mark: The symbol of dedication given to Death Eaters when they swear to follow Lord Voldemort. Death Eaters can cast the Dark Mark into the sky to gather all others to a certain place. The Dark Mark also glows and burns when this happens.

Death Eaters: Voldemort's closest followers, and minions, to say the least

Dementor: A bony, lifeless creature who sucks your soul out of you when you are attacked. Dementors are repelled by the Patronus curse. The best remedy for a Dementor attack is chocolate. The Ministry uses Dementors to guard Azkaban (see above).

Gryffindor: A house of Hogwarts founded by Godric Gryffindor. Students in this house possess courage and bravery. The official animal of Gryffindor is a lion.

Half-blood: Someone whose mother is a witch and their father is not, or the other way around.

Hogwarts: A school of Witchcraft and Wizardry located in Great Britain.

Horcrux: An object in which a wizard chooses to place a piece of his soul. Splitting your soul, even in half, is extremely painful, and in Voldemort's case, he split his into seven. This action makes it harder to kill the witch or wizard.

House Elf: A small, skinny creature who is owned by a wizard family. They are treated like slaves, but don't mind at all. The only way a house elf is granted freedom from working is when its master (the leader of the family household) presents the house elf with an article of clothing.

Hufflepuff: A house of Hogwarts founded by Helga Hufflepuff. Students in this house possess loyalty and are willing to work hard. The official animal of Hufflepuff is a badger.

Muggle: Someone who's mother and father are not wizards and do not possess any magical qualities.

The Ministry of Magic: It's pretty much the government of the Wizarding World.

The Mirror of Erised: An enchanted mirror that, when looked into, shows you your greatest desires in life. When Harry looked into the mirror, he saw his parents standing on either side of him.

Portkey: An object that someone touches and, at the scheduled time, brings them somewhere else.

Pure-Blood: Someone whose parents are both wizards

Quidditch: A magical sport that is played in the air on broomsticks. The object of the game is to get more points than the other team. A team scores 10 points when the Chaser (one of the four playing positions) throws the quaffle (one of the three balls used in the game) past the Keeper (another position) into one of three hoops of different heights. A team scores 150 points when the Seeker catches the Golden Snitch (a small, gold ball that flies around the arena) and the game ends. However, there are also Bludgers (heavy black balls that fly around) that can knock you off your broom in mid-air. But luckily there are two Beaters who hit the Bludgers away from their team with bats.













Ravenclaw: A house in Hogwarts founded by Rowena Ravenclaw. The students in this house possess intellegence and knowledge. The official animal of Ravenclaw is an eagle.

Slytherin: A house in Hogwarts founded by Salazar Slytherin. Students in this house are resourceful and clever. The official animal of Slytherin is a serpent.

Squib: A pure-blood who possesses no magical qualities

Well, I hope some of these answered any questions that anyone had. If not, READ THE BOOKS! You can never go wrong by reading the books. Movies, however... Ha! Don't even get me started with the movies! Most of them were just soo off from the books, it wasn't even funny. Anyone else want to add to that in the comments? Anyway, this was my last Fandom Friday for a while, but I'll see you next week at Music Monday! Woo Hoo!

~Quidditch_Turtle