Ask Selena Dallas

Anonymous asked: Where can you put in a resume to work on Warped Tour for the whole summer? I'm really interested in it and I think I'm a good fit for anything but on the site it only has vendors and volunteers for one date only. Help!

There isn’t some master directory of resumes that people sort through to decide who goes on tour and who doesn’t. Network and meet people that can actually help you find a job. If you don’t already work in the music industry in your everyday life, then you probably won’t find a job easily on the tour. Sadly, it’s more about who you know than what you know, though what you know will make or break you.

// Soul Mates//

selenarox:

If you believe in soul mates, I think you also need to think about the possibility that your soul mate might be an idiot. 

Or they might not believe in soul mates and think you’re an idiot.

Or they might think that they found their soul mate, but it’s actually some moron that isn’t as awesome as you. 

I think the thought is hopeful, but there are too many people in the world and if you worry too much about finding the one you think is your soul mate, you’re going to miss out on opportunities to actually be really happy with someone who may or may not be your soul mate, because you’re too stuck in your head to know the difference between what is real and what will only exist in your head. We put too much pressure on ourselves to find happiness, that it’s hard to imagine ever being completely happy. I think it’s that moment when you let go, that you really find who you’ve been looking for, or who has been looking for someone like you; to go with the flow and enjoy the ride that is getting to know someone and being with someone and intoxicating yourself with someone that could be around for years to come, or perhaps just weeks, days, minutes. You just are never going to know what the future holds, so stop wasting your energy and hours spent losing sleep over worry, that you will never find your soul mate, give yourself to someone and hope that they never try to return you, everything else will fall into place.

Anonymous asked: Is it weird that I wish you and Molly Torres were on that new Warped Roadies show? I am more curious about how you two are on tour than other weird people no one cares about.

I can’t speak for Molly, but I am flattered at the sentiment! We just work really hard and have a lot of fun with our friends, haha. Who knows, you may end up seeing Molly and I on a few episodes!

You should care about the other people that are going to be on the show because they are my friends and they’re really awesome! I really look up to Lisa, she is wonderful and I really loved working under her last summer and getting to know her better.

Anonymous asked: Has anyone ever told you you looks a little like Taylor Swift? ...Just with a little bit of different style.

Haha, yeah, I used to get that a lot when I was a freshman in college

Anonymous asked: I hooked up with this guy awhile ago, we're not best friends but we're still friends and see each other pretty frequently. He decided he wasn't ready for anything and wanted to be friends but I'm still not over him and it's not getting any easier since I have to see him every single day. I'm having a party in 2 weeks and I know he's going to be there-- how should I go about getting him back? I want to be forward, but not desperate

I’m going to give you some advice, and I want every other person that has a similar situation to listen, because there are two things I have to say:

-Sometimes, it is just not meant to be. Timing is wrong, someone wants different things than the other, someone is more into it than the other person, some people just want to be friends. You can’t make people like you, you can’t make people love you, and you’ll drive yourself mad if you try. I know it sucks, but sometimes it just stays a hook up and nothing more. You really need to prepare yourself for rejection, as well as acceptance, whenever you try to get with someone. You just have to stay neutral, and if it doesn’t work out, you move on. If it is meant to happen, at some point or another, it will happen. Unless you’re getting ready to settle down and do the whole marriage-family-house bit, don’t sweat it while you’re young. When you have feelings for someone, it often gets the better of you. You get this tunnel vision, you focus on that feeling and that feeling alone. It’s both good and bad, because it’s passion and passion is great, but it’s bad because you kind of obsess over it. If he hooked up with you and doesn’t want to date you, respect that he didn’t hook up with you and then ignored you forever. He had the decency to tell you the truth and to not lead you on, or keep you on his hook for whenever he was feeling frisky. You can’t push people into things they don’t want on their own, if you do, they’ll resent you. Maybe not now, but eventually. You have to accept that it’s not always going to work out. In my opinion, I would chill on it and try to move on and maintain this friendship, because who knows, maybe he will want to be with you someday, and when/if that day comes, he will try to make it happen. 

-If you really want to get him back at the party, you can go the scumbag route and get him really drunk and stay less drunk than him, but drunk enough to say “Wow, I was pretty drunk last night” if things don’t work out. Liquid courage, you know? And you know what, that is horrible advice, but it is an option and I’m being honest. If you don’t want to go that route, then you can just be yourself, enjoy yourself how you normally would, and at somepoint or another look for the opportunity to get flirty with him. Don’t throw yourself at him, or maybe do, but either way, just be confident. Confidence is sexy, and I feel weird saying sexy, but whatever. Practice some flirty one-liners in the mirror or something, like you would for a speech, but don’t over think it, just do it so you’re comfortable and know what you look like when you talk and you can seem more natural.

-Last thing: I am more one of the guys than one of the girls. It’s just how it is. I’m a realist and an idealist. I can’t really tell you how to seduce men, because frankly I don’t know how to. I could tell you how to seduce women, that’s easy. But seducing men, I have less experience with. I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors, I hope you find happiness eventually.

Anonymous asked: I met this guy about five months ago right before he went on tour. He was gone for about three months. We talked quite a bit. Anyways, he lives about three hours away and we have been trying to hang out, but something always comes up. His band was recording in my city. One night he asked me to hang out and we made plans, but then he just never texted me to tell me to come over. And we haven't talked since. That was about a week ago. I've tried to text him, but still nothing. Any advice?

Eh, don’t date dudes in bands, haha.

If a guy wants to be with you or see you, he WILL find a way to make it so, but it sounds like this dude just isn’t really into you otherwise you wouldn’t need to ask me for advice, you know? 

I’d say cut your losses, hope to stay friends and date someone that wants to date you.

Anonymous asked: ok well were getting back to where he doesnt ignore me haha. we talked the other night & i made him feel better about not being in the band anymore. but my new problem is that one of my other friends likes me i think. he was telling me something yesterday via text & was like your cute too which he says that alot & i was like whatever im not & he said you are i just wanna kiss you so much. but i dont like him like that & i dont wanna lead him on but he hasnt actually come out & said i like you

Continued.

Anonymous asked: and like i dont see myself with him i only see him as a friend & when he told me that he wanted to kiss me and whatever i just kind of played it off so maybe he might get the hint. like if he actually says something about him liking me (if he even does) do i tell him that i dont see him like that or tell him that im interested in someone else?

Tell him you’re not into him and he is wasting his time telling you that he wants to kiss you and you don’t feel that way about him. By ignoring his advances you are prolonging the confrontation of telling him you’re not interested. It’s not really your problem since it doesn’t affect you, it’s his problem because he likes you and you don’t like him.

I’m happy that the first guy isn’t ignoring you anymore, though, that is good. 

If she says she doesn’t see you that way, she may just not see you that way. Girls are weird, man. They say one thing and act another way. Maybe they’re too stubborn to say that they want what they actually want, but none-the-less, that is just what girls do. 
Just talk to her, tell her that you know she said she doesn’t see you that way, and ask her if she doesn’t actually see you that way or if she doesn’t WANT to see you that way, huge difference. Tell her that her actions don’t fit what she says, and that if she isn’t into you she needs to stop treating you like she is, because it is giving you the wrong idea.
If she continues on, give it a week then start ‘crushing’ on one of her least favorite girls that she knows that you can actually tolerate, it’ll drive her nuts and if they aren’t on speaking terms, there is no way that other girl can find out that you pretended to have a crush on her to annoy your best friend. And if she is jealous, you can throw the “Well you said you didn’t see me that way…” argument back in her face.
Extremely childish, but definitely will be funny and/or fun and will get your point across.

If she says she doesn’t see you that way, she may just not see you that way. Girls are weird, man. They say one thing and act another way. Maybe they’re too stubborn to say that they want what they actually want, but none-the-less, that is just what girls do. 

Just talk to her, tell her that you know she said she doesn’t see you that way, and ask her if she doesn’t actually see you that way or if she doesn’t WANT to see you that way, huge difference. Tell her that her actions don’t fit what she says, and that if she isn’t into you she needs to stop treating you like she is, because it is giving you the wrong idea.

If she continues on, give it a week then start ‘crushing’ on one of her least favorite girls that she knows that you can actually tolerate, it’ll drive her nuts and if they aren’t on speaking terms, there is no way that other girl can find out that you pretended to have a crush on her to annoy your best friend. And if she is jealous, you can throw the “Well you said you didn’t see me that way…” argument back in her face.

Extremely childish, but definitely will be funny and/or fun and will get your point across.

Anonymous asked: How do you do your hair? It looks so cute!

I straighten the side of my head that is growing out from when it was shaved, and tuck it behind my ear. The rest of it is already pretty curly/wavy, so I usually just put some sea salt spray in it while it’s wet and then hair spray it when it’s dry. If it isn’t as curly as I want, I’ll touch it up with a spiral curling iron. Thanks!

Selena Rox: I over think every possibility so you don't have to!