![<p><strong>Chase</strong></p><p><em>Year:</em> First</p><p><em>Major</em>: Pre-Commerce</p><p><em>U.Va. Involvement</em>: Water Polo, Student Entrepreneurs for Economic Development, Beta Theta Pi</p><p><em>Hometown:</em> Philadelphia, PA </p><p><em>Ideal Date</em>: Looks like a young Helen Mirren. Even today’s Helen Mirren is pretty attractive, so I’ll just say Helen Mirren.</p><p><em>Ideal Date Personality</em>: Helen Mirren’s sharp wit.</p><p><em>Ideal Date Activity:</em> Something kind of quirky, but also fun. [Something that] involves food.</p><p><em>Describe a typical weekend:</em> Maybe go hang out with friends, hopefully do something interesting like go to a basketball game.</p><p><em>Hobbies</em>: Swimming, basketball, reading The Economist while drinking hot chocolate.</p><p><em>What makes you a good catch?</em> People — exclusively me — say I have a good sense of humor.</p><p><em>What makes you a less-than-perfect catch?</em> I have high standards and can only tie my shoes with two loops.</p><p><em>What's your favorite pick-up line?</em> Are you an inflamed tonsil? Because I want to take you out [and] have ice cream afterwards.</p><p><em>Describe yourself in one sentence: </em>A nice guy who enjoys meeting new people and reads The Cavalier Daily.</p>](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cav/97ebc8e4-5b96-46ea-b077-577d9ebaa1e9.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1000)
Chase and Isela met at the Rotunda at 7 p.m. and went to Café Caturra on the Corner.
Chase: A few of my friends had done [Love Connection] and I thought it sounded interesting and funny, so I filled out an application.
Isela: A bunch of my friends and I signed up for Love Connection last semester during finals. It was the first night of finals and none of us had any tests until the very end, so we all filled out [the survey].
Chase: I was excited [when I was chosen]. I’d never really been on a blind date before.
Isela: When I found out I was chosen, I was just like “Alright, well this is happening.”
Chase: Going into the date, I didn’t have any expectations. I was excited to see what it would be like.
Isela: [I’d] never been on a blind date before. I maintained the idea that I should have zero expectations. If you go in with really high expectations, that’s not good, but you don’t want to assume [the person is] awful. I went in open-minded.
Chase: When I first got to the Rotunda, I saw her sitting down. I approached her and said, “Hello.” It was a normal greeting.
Isela: I got to the Rotunda a few minutes early. I was hanging out for a minute or two and he walked up kind of behind me. Then we walked to the Corner.
Chase: My first impression was she seemed cute and nice.
Isela: My first impression was, “This guy is tall.” He’s pretty tall; he’s like six feet.
Chase: We went to Café Caturra. I heard the food was good and another friend of mine who did Love Connection went there, so I thought, “Let’s just be a follower on this one.”
Isela: It was cool to get to try the [new restaurant]. It was weird the way we decided [to go there], because he was like, “Oh I know two people who have done this and they went to Café Caturra, so that’s where we should go.” It was slightly off-putting.
Chase: The conversation was pretty balanced. It was just like getting to know you — nothing deep, just a nice, friendly conversation. It was awkward, but we both recognized that it was awkward, which made it less awkward.
Isela: The conversation wasn’t awkward — it was pretty much just standard conversation. We’re not best friends [now], but I’ll say “Hi” to him when I see him. I feel like he probably learned nothing about me, so [the conversation] leaned more towards him. [It was] very surface level, standard conversation.
Chase: We talked about where [we’re] from, [our] majors, [what we’re] involved with, stuff like that.
Isela: We’re both out of state, so that [is] kind of cool. Other than that, we [don’t] have anything in common, but that’s not a bad thing.
Chase: We both have a good sense of humor, which is nice.
Isela: The date was 45 minutes tops. He definitely had somewhere else to be and kept checking his phone. I think he was just trying to hurry up [and] get to [another event].
Chase: I paid for dinner, because I’m a gentleman. We walked out and were going separate ways, so I just gave her a hug. I didn’t walk her home, which is not chivalrous, but I paid, so I had a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Isela: I could see that there’s potential in a friendship. I definitely smiled 300 percent more than he did [during the date].
Chase: [Overall] I thought [the date] was more of a friend vibe. I’d be interested [in being] friends with her and [hanging] out again, but nothing romantic.
Isela: [We had] no romantic connection. He was funny and I could tell he was a cool guy, but given the circumstances, he had somewhere else to be. I wouldn’t make a concerted effort to try to hang out with him again.
Chase: She had a good sense of humor and was nice — a very sweet girl. We’d be cool friends.
Isela: If I could think of the most standard date you could ever go on, [this was] probably it. I would give it a 6 because I could tell that he’s cool but clearly preoccupied.
Chase: I’d rate the date a 7. I like meeting new people and it was very nice getting to know her.
Isela: [The date] was definitely an experience and I would go on a blind date again.
Chase: I’d like to hang out with her again as friends. It was a little forceful and we both recognized that — it was just funny with the circumstances being a blind date. I had a good time.
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