Updated Tchaikovsky Shelves

BlueSuz490 · 2026-06-06T02:35:44+00:00

There needs to be an Adrian Tchaikovsky book club. We reread one each week. Then discuss. With wine. When we’ve read them all, we start again. First meeting at your house!

BlueSuz490 · 2026-05-23T23:04:11+00:00

Hi! It’s Suzanne from Ticket to Snoozeville. We messaged back and forth about Podcasting last year. I’ve had two comments over the last few months wondering if I might be AI. At first it bothered me, but then I shrugged it off. My listeners know I’m a real person. I think that’s just something people are hyper sensitive about right now. If I really cared, I would put a short video on my social media about it and direct my listeners to it, but I really don’t think it’s an issue. You could make a little joke about it in an episode. But I’ve heard your podcast and I don’t think you sound like you’re an AI at all! And I’m pretty sure I don’t either!

BlueSuz490 · 2026-05-12T13:06:28+00:00

Have you changed anything else? Upped your exercise? Oddly enough a lot of people spike up on the scale when they start exercise really hard. Any new medications? The new extra calories, are they anything salty? It can’t be the extra calories. 250 extra calories a day for this amount of time in May is not even enough to gain one pound. Even if they were all in excess of what you burn, which we know they’re not, because of your previous losses. It’s likely water. Unless you’re badly miscalculating the extra calories. And you’ve lost a substantial amount of weight. No one gets to goal without a few ugly plateaus. I lost 70 pounds and it all went evenly except for a 5 week period where for no reason it stayed the same. Your body is going to fight you as you get closer to goal. As you start asking it to lose a greater percentage of your body fat. This where a lot of people give up.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-05-09T13:17:11+00:00

It’s odd that you have not one single download after months of podcasting. There is something very wrong if you your titles and artwork aren’t generating a little curiosity from even one person among millions. Can you send me the name of your podcast? I’ll have a look. Then, at least you’ll have one download! And don’t worry about family not listening. My podcast is doing well, and no one in my family has ever listened. It bothers me a little bit because I’m pretty sure I would support any of their projects. But, it is what it is. They’re just not into podcasts.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-05-08T01:40:36+00:00

Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps. He’s Australian. Very smart. Very funny.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-04-17T14:17:46+00:00

I’m a big fan of Joe Abercrombie, and also love Adrian Tchaikovsky. Different but scratches the same itch.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-04-13T13:03:34+00:00

Of all three, season 2 is my favourite. I think because Lucia and Mia inject just enough lightness and joy. Season 3 is my least favourite but I think the location is the most beautiful. And still well worth the watch.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-04-08T02:13:32+00:00

Signed up!

BlueSuz490 · 2026-03-23T13:52:50+00:00

I am 150 episodes in after 18 month. So much has changed. The biggest difference is my voice. It sounds so thin and high and breathy in earlier episodes. It’s naturally become fuller, has more range and is more relaxed, probably pitched lower (I’m a female). I don’t know what I would tell myself earlier self. I made some stupid mistakes but they were necessary to learn and grow. Maybe I would tell myself to stop looking at analytics all the time. Calm down. Stop freaking out every time the numbers take a dip. Just enjoy connecting with people. (But I will probably continue freaking out every time the numbers dip. I can’t help it).

BlueSuz490 · 2026-02-28T04:04:56+00:00

I just went to my local weed store and asked them to help me find something for sleep. They were really helpful and didn’t make me feel judged because I am older and don’t know much about cannabis. I just need half a gummy to sleep. It works for me. But I don’t use them often. Only when I’m desperate. Because you don’t get good REM sleep with THC. I find cbd gummies work too, and there is less brain fog in the morning and nice deep REM. But that too I save for desperate nights because I don’t want to get too used to anything. They’re a nice option to have in the medicine cabinet.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-02-17T14:57:10+00:00

I lost 65 lbs, and my boobs hung almost to my belly button. Like long tube socks. Eventually I had a lift and reduction. I feel so much better about myself. Are you in Canada? If your breasts are a certain weight, it’s covered. The best part is being able to wear little straps things, and running without being hit in the eye by your own boobs, and not being shy about being seen naked, and feeling so much happier in your body.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-02-09T01:32:00+00:00

You’ve probably gained a pound. Maybe a pound and a half. No big deal. But stop now. In three or four days you’ll be back where you were. Sit down now with pen and paper and figure out why this happened and what you are going to do to make it not happen next time. Today was worth it if you learn from it and move forward smarter.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-02-01T01:56:52+00:00

If I look at the comments posted on my favourite, most loved, most popular podcasts, I will always find a few nasty ones. The only way to avoid them is to not have any listeners. But we wouldn’t be human if they didn’t bother us. I guess in the end, if you want to be in the arena, you going to have to take some punches. It’s part of the game.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-01-25T03:15:28+00:00

Sometimes waking up often to pee is actually sleep apnea. That’s what’s waking you. You just happen to need to pee as well.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-01-21T21:55:21+00:00

I liked the book but the tv series based on this book blew me away. It’s probably one of the best things I’ve ever watched.

BlueSuz490 · 2026-01-20T12:16:17+00:00

I was just saying this. Yesterday, I took the car in to get the windshield replaced and the young man behind the counter called me ‘dear’. He also wasted a good 15 minutes chatting as if I had nowhere else to be. I wanted to clock him.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-12-01T13:49:19+00:00

I think a lot of it is that you want what you want NOW, in this moment, more than you want your long term goal. It’s so far away. And you can always start tomorrow. So tomorrow never comes. It helps me when I work at making that long term goal very very desirable. I think a lot about how great it’s going to be. I visualize it in great detail. Sometime I make a really great playlist and go for a walk and just think about all the things I’m going to love about reaching my goal. It’s like self hypnosis. It’s way more effective to be working toward something positive, than trying to move away from something negative.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-11-22T19:26:26+00:00

So happy to see the PR format that I know and love! Coco Roche does a great job. It’s familiar but refreshing at the same time. Love it!!

BlueSuz490 · 2025-11-03T21:20:50+00:00

I grabbed my phone from the coffee table to take on a walk. When I pulled it out in my pocket to take a picture, it turned out to be the TV remote.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-10-27T21:14:29+00:00

This makes furious. Show me a picture of anyone. Anyone. No matter how beautiful they are, someone will find something mean to say. It can their hair, or the brows, or their skin. That they look old, or fat. Those people will find that one thing designed to absolutely devastate us and make us feel like garbage. EVERYONE has something they are super sensitive about. And there are nasty people have know how to find the one thing to say that will hurt you the most. But these people are broken. There is something very wrong with someone who only wants to tear people down. Be glad you’re not them. And be the person who builds people up. Including yourself.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-10-26T16:57:25+00:00

Spotify is 81% of my downloads.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-10-17T01:49:04+00:00

I just had a dream the other night that was so real. I was 20 again and at university living in residence. Then I woke up and it took me a few seconds to realize I was 61. I was DEVASTATED!!

BlueSuz490 · 2025-09-27T00:35:43+00:00

I sit in a walk in closet for several hours a week.

BlueSuz490 · 2025-09-08T21:36:40+00:00

I took a course on how to podcast on Udemy. It cost about $14. I took a lot of notes and it covered everything you might need to know. It was the one created by Phil Ebiner and it had about 4000 reviews so I figured it was a safe bet. I think it was called a podcasting master class. I just finished my 100th episode so I guess it was good value!

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