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Thai-raised, Bay-placed. Former actress/model turned weedfluencer turned chaos curator. Now running Hot Mess General Store. Live seller. Hot mess. Dog mom to Monti.

I curate feel-good goods, snarky tees, fun kits, and resale gems. Just a girl in a green world.

28/07/2025

📍The Denver Soft Launch: Week Two

Feral, foldable, and figuring it out

Week 2 in Denver and somehow it already feels like both yesterday and a lifetime ago that I got here.

I’m so thankful for my angel of a friend/roommate/badass and her family. They’ve made space for me in ways I didn’t know I needed. It’s been strange and beautiful and unexpectedly soft.

I’ve been thinking a lot about how foldable our brains are. The way we bend to survive. The way we stretch around lies. The way we eventually snap into truth. I’m noticing which stories were never mine to carry, and which ones I’m finally ready to rewrite.

This week felt like living a soft reboot.

Here’s what went down:
• Cried on the floor (healing, not spiraling)
• Picked up a few new hobbies by accident
• Took long, semi-dramatic nature walks
• Met new animal friends (some friendly, some judgmental)
• Found wild lavender everywhere and got weirdly emotional about it
• Researched every community college in Colorado like I was cramming for a life exam
• Made real friends who don’t feel real yet, in the best way
• Discovered therapy types I didn’t know existed and got low-key excited
• Got taken out for rooftop drinks and felt homesick in the best possible way
• Watched classic cars cruise by like I was living in a dream sequence
• Was gifted a hand-knitted hat by Ashley and briefly felt like a forest witch
• Tried to go to a baseball game but got the time completely wrong, so I went dive bar hopping with a local instead
• Ignored every hydration rule and learned the hard way that high-altitude hangovers are NOT CUTE
• Got a few job offers and entered my let-me-sit-with-this-a-minute era

Also: I breathed. I laughed. I started to feel like someone I haven’t met in years.

This chapter fits. I didn’t know how much I was trying to force the last one to work until I stepped out of it.

Here’s to Week 3 🥂

11/07/2025

Last night in Oakland. Grateful for the people who held me through this chapter — especially you, Amanda.

For the laughter, the cocktails, the Indian food, the conversations that made space for both grief and growth. Saying goodbye is never easy, but it feels softer when it’s wrapped in love. Thank you for helping me close this door gently.🖤

09/04/2025

Let’s be real: fast fashion is exhausting. The markups, the mystery materials, the microtrends that die faster than your houseplants. Enter secondhand — the unsung hero of smart shopping. It’s low-impact, high-style, and surprisingly strategic. Don’t let the grandma cardigans fool you — this is quiet rebellion in outfit form.

Here’s why it slaps:

• ✈️ No import taxes – Used goods enter the U.S. tariff-free, while new clothes can get hit with up to 15% in duties (U.S. International Trade Commission). Thrifted = tax-free travel buddy.

• 💧 Saves 89 gallons of water per item – That’s what you conserve every time you buy used instead of new (thredUP 2023 Resale Report).

• 🌍 Avoids 8 lbs of CO2 emissions – Small choice, big footprint shrink (thredUP + Green Story data).

• ♻️ Keeps textiles out of landfills – Americans toss 11.3 million tons of textile waste annually (EPA). Your Depop scroll is low-key waste management.

Secondhand fashion isn’t just cheaper — it’s smarter. And honestly? It’s the only place you can find a 90s mesh baby tee, a linen jumpsuit, and a tax loophole in the same cart.

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