# Re:Building Together EP 310 — Torta Tuesday

*Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) with co-host Baked (@Bakedmetax) · Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 50:32 · 5 speakers*

## TL;DR
- A loose, off-week hangout episode: CEELOS is on vacation, so the "meeting" more or less happened live on mic.
- ValerieKates gave the room her NFT NYC field report — the Quirkies event and the Good Company dinner, where she met Jed, Lynn and Liz.
- Running theme of the night: being camera-shy at IRL events, and a pitch for coded wristbands so photographers know who *not* to post.
- Green Visor Gang's Playful Primates reveal will have physical pendants attached to some NFTs.
- Housekeeping ideas floated for the show's upcoming one-year mark: rename to "RBT + episode #," put topics in the title, and add a Friday game day (Mad Libs, Among Us).
- SLICK RIC checked in from the mend — busted back, pain meds, and a night out ahead to see J. Cole.

## Highlights

**[5:31] Opening the 310th episode.** CEELOS kicks off Torta Tuesday and marks the day a jury finally convicted someone in the killing of "Machiavelli the goat" Tupac Shakur — "twenty-nine years, three hundred and fifty-two days" later.

**[6:11] The In-N-Out incident.** CEELOS reports arriving to the Space full — four burger patties deep — and delivers the night's first grievance: the bread was inexplicably tough. Tasty as ever, but not the burger he'd choose to represent his city. "That would be original Tommy's."

**[9:23] Val's NFT NYC recap.** Fresh back in Vegas, ValerieKates recounts a 24-hour New York run: the Quirkies event and the Good Company dinner at a downstairs art gallery, where she met Jed, Lynn and later Liz (a notably "dainty" handshake). She'd deliberately gotten her food first so she wouldn't be photographed eating.

**[10:00] Dox before you show up.** CEELOS makes his recurring case that people should reveal their faces well ahead of IRL events, because the brain builds a face from someone's voice, vibe and PFP — and it's "never" right. Val, meanwhile, spent the whole dinner dodging the photographer and still landed in the group shot.

**[13:00] Coffee labels and a fat Chihuahua.** CEELOS explains his thermal-printed coffee-bag labels featuring his NFTs — LT3, four versions of his regen — his regen being the fat Chihuahua meme he now dresses up (Rams jersey, One Piece outfit). The pending debts of the show also surface: Baked still owes Val trading cards; Val still owes CEELOS and Crystal their mail.

**[14:29] Playful Primates pendants.** Val notes Green Visor Gang's Playful Primates reveal will attach physical pendants to some of the NFTs, adding a wrinkle of luck to the mint.

**[28:53 / 29:15] The raise-and-weight-gain bit.** CEELOS confesses to a new "tummy" and 40 pounds — traced to finally having a job that pays. Val relates: "That's when me and Matt gained a lot of weight, when we started making better money." His wife, he reports, loves the new "dad vibe."

**[40:17] The LAX near-scuffle.** CEELOS recounts nearly coming to blows exiting a plane at LAX when he heard a man throw expletives at Crystal — "Korea Town Celos came out for a little bit" — before everyone walked out fine and no-fly-listed nobody.

**[45:52 / 49:09] Slick's back and body art.** SLICK RIC says the back has him "going mentally insane" without his usual outlet, and recounts the tech at his appointment cheerfully poking his heavily tattooed body — "hurry up and get this shit over with." He's off to see J. Cole, whom he rates well above a string of live disappointments.

## Notable quotes

- "It's rough out here for a C." — CEELOS [14:18]
- "Shook back like crack, add a little baking soda, heat that water up. We rock, and we back." — SLICK RIC [22:28]
- "I was avoiding the camera. I'm like, seriously, I really was." — ValerieKates [24:34]
- "That's when me and Matt gained a lot of weight, when we started making better money." — ValerieKates [29:15]
- "I have been on the roof for eight and a half hours, and I am sunburnt." — Baked [47:07]
- "J. Cole, he really sings his shit." — SLICK RIC [50:10]

## Topic timeline

| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| [1:05]–[5:04] | Intro + walk-on song |
| [5:31]–[6:09] | Tupac verdict, episode kickoff |
| [6:11]–[8:14] | In-N-Out review / mic check |
| [9:07]–[12:28] | Val's NFT NYC recap + dox-before-events pitch |
| [12:28]–[15:13] | Pendants, chains, Playful Primates reveal |
| [15:13]–[22:28] | Quirkies OG luck, coffee labels, Chihuahua PFP |
| [22:28]–[27:03] | Slick checks in; camera-shy debate; Dented Goons shirt |
| [27:03]–[35:26] | New York artists, weight talk, skateboarding injury |
| [35:26]–[44:06] | Show logistics, Val's travel marathon, LAX story |
| [44:06]–[46:27] | Mad Libs / game-day ideas, one-year mark |
| [46:34]–[50:32] | Slick's back saga, tattoos, J. Cole outro |

## Who said what

- **CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG, host)** — running the room on vacation; delivered the In-N-Out review, the coffee-label bit, the dox-ahead-of-events pitch and the LAX story.
- **ValerieKates (@valeriekates_)** — the night's correspondent, back from a whirlwind NFT NYC; camera-shy protagonist and travel-schedule marvel.
- **Baked (@Bakedmetax, co-host)** — checked in late and sunburnt after eight and a half hours on a roof; still owes Val those trading cards.
- **SLICK RIC (@richj530)** — dialing in through a bad back and pain meds; provided the tattoo-appointment story and the J. Cole endorsement.
- **toomazingTM (@TooMazing265)** — referenced as a fellow DJ and regular; not a significant voice this episode.

## Worth a full listen

- **[9:23]–[15:13]** — Val's full NFT NYC download plus the dox/photographer thread: the specific names, venues and the coded-wristband idea land better in her own telling.
- **[27:03]–[31:33]** — The stretch on the Dented Goons shirt, weight gain, and CEELOS's skateboarding injury is the warm, self-deprecating heart of the episode.
- **[49:09]–[50:32]** — Slick's tattoo-appointment story and rapid-fire concert rankings close things out with the night's best deadpan energy.