# 🍋‍🟩💦 Teaquila Time: After Hours with Ninja Cat Live

**Host:** Mexi (@_queenmexi) with guest co-hosts Bubba (@BubbaGumpNCX) & Cody (Code.E, @CodeeNCX) of Ninja Cat Live · **Date:** Mon, 20 Jul 2026 · **Duration:** 2:35:33 · **~13 speakers**

## TL;DR
- A relaxed evening edition of Teaquila Time built almost entirely around the Ninja Cat Live team — Bubba and Cody talking through how they build community, protect their time, and stay consistent without burning out.
- The recurring theme: authenticity and consistency can't be faked, whereas charts, volume and viewer counts can. Bubba's rule is family / work / crypto — and he won't give up one to add another.
- A parade of friends dropped in to say hi (Crypto Cam, Suburban Crypto, YourFavWhiteMex, Alicia, Peanut, Slick Ric, Ace, Chicken Wizard), which quietly proved the whole point about community.
- Real talk on mental health: Cody spoke openly about four years of ongoing therapy and reconnecting with his inner child; Slick Ric and Ace turned the back half into a heartfelt (and very funny) sermon on boundaries and not conforming.
- Ninja Cat streams live on Twitch (and X) Wednesday and Friday nights; the Monday GG's space (hosted by Bubba, co-hosted by Cody) followed roughly an hour after this one wrapped.

## Highlights

**[0:34] The rookie mistake heard 'round no one.** Mexi opened, started her music… and discovered several minutes later she'd been on mute the whole time. "I was jamming by myself," she admitted [3:01], blaming an AirPod and a mistimed mute button, then made it up with a "Baby I'm Back" that turned out to be perfect since Bubba was returning from vacation.

**[11:30] Cody on pouring into everyone else.** Cody reflected on 22–23 months of building with Bubba and the team, and the bittersweet feeling that comes with giving so much: "when it comes your turn, you're like, where are they? That's okay, because we're here and that's what matters." Mexi said she could run a whole space on that sentence alone.

**[17:09] Cam turned 50 and jumped out of a plane.** Crypto Cam checked in "feeling amazing," fresh off a birthday skydive at 13,000 feet — "I fucking feel like I've been born again" [17:09] — and pledged to counteract space negativity with pure positivity. His advice for online drama: "put your phone down and walk the fuck away" [18:38].

**[23:03] Suburban Crypto, homestead correspondent.** "Burby" reported on Pacific Northwest wildfire smoke, freezing grapes and making ice-cube snacks for his chickens in a rare heat wave, plus milling 40 acres of walnut trees. He and Mexi bonded over trading DoorDash "war stories." His organizational takeaway [43:16]: if you're not organized in Web3, you're on "a one-way ticket on the burnout train."

**[33:07] Bubba on not faking it.** Bubba laid out the philosophy: charts, volume, liquidity and viewers can all be faked — consistency and organic growth can't. He'd rather have "10 people here engaged and having a good time" than 200 silent listeners, and he protects family time fiercely because burnout is what killed the old "pop up a space, pop up a space" approach.

**[46:06] YourFavWhiteMex, briefly, before Fortnite.** Max popped in to gas up the Ninja Cat crew but had a higher calling — his eight-year-old wanted to play Fortnite. A warm run about savoring the years before kids disappear into group chats gave way to the running bit of the night: his uncle is "his gardener," he'll put in a word with Ninja [52:33]… best case, "some tips on how to get some perfect rosebuds" [52:45].

**[1:08:29] Alicia geeks out on Avenged Sevenfold.** Teen speaker Alicia talked junior year, a play-to-earn game called Ultra Kingdoms, and gothic homecoming plans — then discovered Cody used M Shadows' playable character in Black Ops and listened to A7X while working in a maximum-security jail. Her fun fact that Synyster Gates and M Shadows are brothers-in-law "broke my own heart," Mexi said [1:11:05].

**[1:18:15] Cody reveals what Bubba won't.** With Bubba too humble to say it, Cody spelled out the load: a full-time job started in January, a homestead and farm, three kids at home — all balanced against Web3. Bubba then described telling his family about the vacation and having them instantly clear the streaming dates for him [1:16:41].

**[1:32:56] Cody on therapy and the inner child.** Asked why vulnerability matters, Cody kept it short and real: four years in therapy, "still in it, still doing it. And that's okay." He talked about working to bring his inner child back out, and about the DMs after a heavy space — "thank you for that space, I needed that" — being what keeps him going.

**[1:47:44] Slick Ric and Ace take the wheel.** The energy spiked when Slick Ric arrived mid-work ("I was taking money right now"), preaching never to change for people who don't want better for you [1:47:44]. Cody credited Ric with helping him find his voice on one of Ric's spaces [1:50:42]. Ace showed up to give Mexi her flowers — "you've been growing through what you've been going through" [1:56:27] — and the two traded so many one-liners Mexi joked it was like watching two AI bots talk to each other [1:59:12].

**[2:13:06] Chicken Wizard teases "the tangle."** Broadcasting from Romania, Chicken gave the room a builder's pep talk (never abandon an idea, just set it aside until it clicks) and hinted at a new tool he's building — "the tangle" — to instantly connect new NFT users to their community, designed for his platform first and later as an add-on for X. His style: show, don't tell.

**[2:23:30] Closing legacy question.** Bubba's hope for how Ninja Cat is remembered: "I want to give more than I take." Cody, refusing to just echo him: that they "remained who we are since day one, and never changed or altered for the worse for approval from others."

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
| [0:34]–[8:49] | Muted-mic mishap, music, GM |
| [8:49]–[13:38] | Bubba back from vacation; Cody on giving without return |
| [13:38]–[27:01] | Room intros: young fab, Crypto Cam (skydiving), Suburban Crypto (homestead) |
| [27:01]–[36:30] | What Ninja Cat is building; streams, SideQuest, Stream Hub |
| [36:30]–[45:21] | Burnout, boundaries, consistency vs. faking it |
| [45:21]–[54:24] | YourFavWhiteMex, family time, the gardener bit |
| [54:24]–[1:12:13] | Being "seen," core values, hospitality; Alicia's A7X tangent |
| [1:12:13]–[1:20:03] | Peanut; Bubba's family/work/crypto balance |
| [1:20:03]–[1:44:01] | GG's origins, vulnerability & mental health, collaboration |
| [1:44:01]–[2:04:23] | Slick Ric & Ace on boundaries, mental health, big-brother energy |
| [2:04:23]–[2:15:20] | Chicken Wizard: microdosing, building, "the tangle" |
| [2:15:20]–[2:35:33] | This-or-that, legacy question, Twitch plug, close |

## Notable quotes

- "You can fake charts, you can fake volume, you can fake liquidity, you can fake numbers, you can fake viewers… Everything that we've done, we've done naturally, we've done organically." — Bubba [33:07]
- "I fucking feel like I've been born again." — Crypto Cam, on landing from a skydive [17:09]
- "If you're not organized, you're on a one-way ticket on the burnout train." — Suburban Crypto [43:16]
- "If I'm building something and they don't want any part of it, I'm doing something wrong." — Bubba, on his family [1:16:41]
- "Four years been doing therapy, still in it, still doing it. And that's okay." — Cody [1:32:56]
- "I want to give more than I take. At the end of all this, I want to allow people to realize that we've given more than we've taken." — Bubba [2:23:30]

## Who said what

- **Mexi (host, @_queenmexi):** Ran a warm, question-driven show; drew out the guests' stories, wove in her own reflections on burnout, faith and family, and clipped it all for content.
- **Bubba (@BubbaGumpNCX):** The disciplined half of Ninja Cat — family/work/crypto balance, organic growth, and the GG's space where he learned to enjoy leading real conversations he once dreaded.
- **Cody (Code.E, @CodeeNCX):** The openly vulnerable co-founder — core values, hospitality, mental health, and quietly bragging on Bubba's workload since Bubba wouldn't.
- **Crypto Cam (@its_Crypto_Cam):** Dropped in at 50, freshly skydived and on a mission to out-positive the negativity.
- **Suburban Crypto ("Burby," @suburbancrypto):** Homestead-and-chickens correspondent; organization as burnout insurance.
- **YourFavWhiteMex (@YourFavWhiteMex):** Left mid-space to play Fortnite with his son; supplied the night's gardener running gag.
- **Alicia (@AliciaA208537):** Youngest voice; Avenged Sevenfold superfan, gaming and homecoming plans.
- **Peanut (@peanutt):** Beloved regular; famously fumbled "happy Wednesday" on a Monday and roasted himself for it.
- **Slick Ric (@richj530):** High-energy, faith-forward truth-teller on boundaries and not conforming; credited with helping Cody find his voice.
- **Ace (@the1440club):** Poetic counterpart to Ric — "communication, compassion, and cooperation" — and giver of flowers.
- **Chicken Wizard (@ChickenWizardX):** Romania-based builder teasing "the tangle," with a builder's philosophy of patience and show-don't-tell.

## Worth a full listen

- **[1:47:44]–[2:04:23] — The Slick Ric & Ace stretch.** The recap can't capture the rhythm of these two bouncing off each other while landing genuinely moving points about mental health, boundaries and self-worth. Mexi laughing helplessly through their "isms" is half the fun.
- **[1:16:41]–[1:20:03] — Bubba, Cody and the cost of showing up.** A quietly honest passage where Cody itemizes everything Bubba juggles and both wrestle with the guilt of not being able to be everywhere for everyone.
- **[2:11:39]–[2:15:20] — Chicken Wizard's builder monologue.** If you're building anything, his riff on sitting with an idea until it "clicks" — and refusing to hype before you deliver — is the most practical few minutes of the space.