Re:Building Together EP 291 — Have Fun & Smile

Host: CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) with cohosts Baked (@Bakedmetax) and ValerieKates (@valeriekates_) · Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2026 · Duration: 1:01:49 · ~5 active speakers

TL;DR

• A deliberately low-agenda "have fun and smile" episode: no AI-news slot this Thursday, just the crew checking in, everyone a little banged up but grateful.
• Val announced she's leaving Europe and routing home through Southeast Asia — heading to Cambodia to stay at a resort with a Web3 friend she met online.
• The Regens are getting real traction: added to Unvault, and Skyman "push-broomed" 15 in one sweep, with BAYC/blue-chip holders (shout-out to Cortez) stacking multiples.
• Jroc3D came up to hand the team its flowers, framing the momentum as earned through years of grind, not luck.
• Housekeeping: CEELOS is skipping NFT NYC and taking the week of the 31st off for his wife's birthday; the project is closing in on its one-year anniversary (ep 291) and re-envisioning's 300th is about a week out.

Highlights

[1:10] Val's travel curveball. Unable to get out on standby, Val decided to leave Europe and wait out the trip home in Southeast Asia, planning to join a Web3 friend at her resort in Cambodia — while lamenting that the USD-to-Euro conversion was "killing me."

[6:33] The bug going around. Baked checked in sick with a head cold; SLICK RIC^* prescribed electrolytes and sweating it out. The bit landed when the advice turned out to be about "the NFT bugs, the unbolt bugs, not Joe Bugs" — a clarification Baked appreciated.

[9:42] Eclipse talk and a perfect skate shot. CEELOS and Val traded eclipse notes; he raved about a Spanish skateboarder in Zaragoza who set a ramp in line with the solar eclipse and stomped a trick with real style, calling it a once-in-a-lifetime shot worth searching out.

[19:11] "We did not lose gravity." A running joke about the no-gravity conspiracy — Val comparing the doom to Y2K, Baked half-disappointed it didn't happen, and CEELOS noting Floridians are extra paranoid about getting sucked into the sky after a buddy's dad woke up in a tree post-hurricane.

[16:43] The disappearing sticker. CEELOS shared a small win: a Quirks recognition-card sticker he'd put on a skate-park pole got cleanly peeled off — which he took as a sign it did its job. He plans to re-post the same sticker in the same spot to see if it survives.

[31:56] The sweep alert. Mid-space, CEELOS flagged that 15 Regens had just been swept in one push — Skyman "brought out the push broom" — with bored-ape holders like Cortez reportedly holding six.

[32:38] Jroc3D gives the team its flowers. J Rock came up to celebrate the Regens' moment, marveling that BAYC holders are "fighting over your assets" and reminding the room that grails once sold for $50–60. He closed [57:03] with the ethos: today's price isn't tomorrow's price, keep your ten toes down.

[46:17] Why Spaces matter. CEELOS gave a heartfelt riff on how X Spaces — not the JPEGs — became the real value: a daily place to bond as a community, and something a lot of older projects still underestimate.

[52:43] The height derail. Asked how tall he is, CEELOS committed fully to "five foot eleven, point seven five," prompting Val to reconsider whether her own "five, six and a half" sounded ridiculous. Verdict: embrace it.

Topic timeline

Notable quotes

• "Just because you're down, you're not out." — Jroc3D [32:38]
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• "You guys fucking got the limo pulled up, bored apes inside, and they're saying, get the fuck in, we're going to Vegas. And I'm watching it happen right here." — Jroc3D [34:47]
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• "Today's price is not gonna be tomorrow's price, and the work you put in will pay off." — Jroc3D [57:03]
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• "This is where we get to hang out as real people, outside of just saying what's up to each other on the timeline." — CEELOS [46:17]
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• "These are things that you can't mint. It's not on the blockchain, but it's because of the blockchain. So I'm forever grateful." — CEELOS [53:05]
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• "Shout out Matt for having a job that gives me standby benefits." — ValerieKates [51:36]
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Who said what

• CEELOS (@CEELOSFIGG) — host; carried most of the conversation with reflections on the project, community, and the value of Spaces, while nursing a three-day-old back injury courtesy of a reciprocal back rub.
• ValerieKates (@valeriekates_) — cohost, checking in from abroad; shared her rerouted travel plans through Cambodia and how Web3 friendships (and Matt's standby benefits) enable the hopping around.
• Baked (@Bakedmetax) — cohost, sick with a head cold and "barely here"; the room's designated gamer and HVAC guy whose job keeps him swimming in other people's germs.
• Jroc3D (@JusCrypto88) — guest speaker; delivered the emotional centerpiece, celebrating the Regens' hard-earned momentum and BAYC interest, then heading off to watch his daughter and clock into work.
• SLICK RIC (@richj530) ^* — early voice dispensing the sweat-it-out sickness advice and riffing on "the NFT bugs."

Worth a full listen

• [32:38]–[41:32] — J Rock's flowers and CEELOS's response. The best stretch of the space: an earnest back-and-forth on what it feels like to have blue-chip holders buying in after years of grinding a $2 pixel-art mint on Base, and why organic beats manufactured hype.
• [44:49]–[54:30] — CEELOS's extended reflection on how Spaces and NFTs led to real friendships (Tumazy showing up to help break down his wife's pop-up, meeting Val, Solo Dolo). The summary can't carry the warmth.
• [52:43]–[53:05] — Short and purely for fun: the "five foot eleven point seven five" height detour, a good example of the room's easy banter.

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