I prefer the shade, and I am rarely ever seen in direct sunlight (think of me as a vampire
) - when I'm at home on the computer, I am in an open space, but it is also confining (it will be more confining when I move my PC into my room, where I'll be cooped up all day long
). The dark is great, plenty of things can happen when nobody knows who you are, or where your hands are. *evil laugh*
But in a comfortable setting, for example the (proposed) BBQ, I would think that I am more likeable, as a person, since I'll be having a (non-alcoholic) drink, having a sausage sizzle and what not, rather than in a dance-party "night-club" environment.