# Re:Building Together EP 311 — Wayback Wednesday

*Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) · Wed, Sep 2, 2026 · 1:05:20 · 4 speakers*

## TL;DR
- A low-key "Wayback Wednesday" that turned into a heartfelt hour on jewelry — first pieces, family heirlooms that never arrived, and what we hold onto and why.
- CEELOS carried most of the room with childhood stories from a rough LA neighborhood: a gold necklace gifted by his brother and stolen the same day, and a donut-shop arcade caper that ended in a lie he still carries.
- Bored Osaka shared the "payback" of buying his son an engraved Rolex Submariner so the kid wouldn't wait on an heirloom that never came.
- Baked traced his jewelry habit to a spite ear-piercing and a growing "treasure trove" of sapphires, silver bars and gold he holds as investment.
- Housekeeping-turned-fun: NFT NYC winding down, homemade regen stickers, a stolen skate-park QR sticker, and a "clay and glitter" chain mistaken for real carats.
- Tomorrow's episode: AI talk.

## Highlights

**[1:58] The intro sets the tone — grillz.** The Space opened on a grill anthem in full, "Rob the jewelry store 'til it makes me a grill," which teed up the entire jewelry theme without anyone planning it.

**[8:26] The grill CEELOS never got.** CEELOS confessed he's wanted a grill since his Wu-Tang days, but his wife — whom he's known since they were 11 — has been firm: "You are not getting fucking grill." That opened the night's question: what was your first piece of jewelry?

**[9:54] The necklace stolen the same day he got it.** CEELOS recounted his older brother gifting him a thin gold necklace with a little bicycle pendant on his sixth birthday, and getting jumped a block and a half from home before he could ever wear it to school — "maybe that's where my introduction to gang life was at that point."

**[12:45] Osaka's heirlooms that went sideways — and the payback.** Bored Osaka matched the story: a '65 Mustang meant for him that got stolen, a ruby pinky ring promised for graduation that went to a sibling who then lost it. His answer years later was to buy his own son an engraved Submariner for high school graduation — "Yeah, this is payback. I'm just gonna say it like it is."

**[16:13] Baked's spite piercing.** Baked's mom took him to get one ear pierced specifically because his stepdad said he never would — but only one, because two was, in her words, "fruity." Cue Baked's logic: "Well, now I look even more fruity, only having one."

**[17:41] The earring that had to be forced back through.** After football practice nearly let the piercing close, Baked's mom "stuck it right back through my ear... she forced that thing through" — filed under worst pain of the era.

**[18:18] Which wrist, and what people will think.** CEELOS's mom insisted he wear his watch on the right ("people are gonna think you're..."); Baked catches flak for the same choice but wears it on his right anyway — tattoos down that arm, right-handed, "it just looks better."

**[45:06] Baked's treasure trove.** Baked walked through his stash on the jumbotron — three colors of sapphire (the smallest, pinkest one is the priciest), moissanite, silver bars, gold and chains, "for investment reasons." CEELOS: "You're such an investor, bro." Baked: "Bro, I've got money everywhere. It's terrible."

**[1:02:35] The clay-and-glitter chain.** CEELOS closed on a Target cashier admiring his handmade skateboard necklace: "How many carats is that?" — "bro, this is clay and glitter." A reminder not to let the sparkle fool you.

## Topic timeline
| Time | Topic |
|------|-------|
| [1:25]–[6:28] | Intro, grill anthem plays in full |
| [6:28]–[9:54] | Check-ins (Baked house-hunting, Val at lunch); the grill CEELOS can't get |
| [9:54]–[15:31] | First-jewelry memories; CEELOS's stolen necklace; Osaka's heirlooms & Submariner |
| [15:31]–[19:48] | Baked's piercing saga; watch-wrist rules; Val on gold vs. silver regrets |
| [19:48]–[35:00] | What jewelry means — value, memory, attention, growing apart from old friends |
| [35:00]–[43:25] | Deeper reminiscing: skateboarding, Turok, the arcade lie, carrying weight |
| [43:25]–[46:00] | Birthdays, teenagers, Baked's stone collection |
| [46:00]–[52:00] | NFT NYC, dress codes, regen stickers, stolen skate-park sticker, Shredding Sassy |
| [52:00]–[1:00:00] | Coffee-roasting grind, break routine, Disneyland/California Adventure plans |
| [1:00:00]–[1:04:28] | Skate-park plans, birthday meetup invite, clay-and-glitter chain, sign-off |

## Notable quotes
- "You are not getting fucking grill." — CEELOS, relaying his wife [8:26]
- "Yeah, this is payback. I'm just gonna say it like it is." — Bored Osaka, on gifting his son the Submariner [12:45]
- "Well, now I look even more fruity, only having one." — Baked [16:13]
- "I got tattoos all the way down to my wrist on my right, and it just looks better... so I'm gonna wear it on my right, all right?" — Baked [19:01]
- "Bro, I've got money everywhere. It's terrible." — Baked [45:57]
- "Bro, this is clay and glitter... Don't let the sparkle fool you." — CEELOS [1:02:35]

## Who said what
- **CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG, host)** — Steered the whole hour, opening the jewelry theme and carrying the longest, most personal stories: stolen necklaces, the arcade lie and the guilt he still holds, his evolving relationship with wanting-vs-needing (jewelry and NFTs alike), coffee-roasting life, and his birthday meetup invite.
- **Baked (@Bakedmetax\*, co-host)** — House-hunting with a hard 4pm stop; provided the piercing stories and a running thread on collecting sapphires and stones as both hobby and investment, plus the custom regen dog tag he's commissioning.
- **ValerieKates (@valeriekates_\*, co-host)** — Kept it light between deeper beats; shared baby ear-piercings as her first jewelry and her lasting regret at choosing silver as a kid now that everyone else has gold.
- **Bored Osaka (@BoredOsaka1\*, speaker)** — Delivered the emotional centerpiece: heirlooms that never reached him, and paying it forward with an engraved Submariner for his son.

## Worth a full listen
- **[9:54]–[15:31]** — The back-to-back memory exchange between CEELOS and Bored Osaka on stolen jewelry, missed heirlooms and the Submariner "payback" is the emotional core of the episode; the summaries can't carry the delivery.
- **[16:13]–[19:48]** — The lighter run through Baked's spite piercing, the forced-earring ordeal and the watch-wrist debate, with Val's silver regret capping it, is the funniest stretch of the hour.
- **[39:04]–[43:25]** — CEELOS's arcade story and the reflection it opens up — why he refuses to escalate arguments because "I always carry that weight" — is quietly the most revealing few minutes.

\* Some voices are identified from context; those names are marked as likely.