I prefer the shade, and I am rarely ever seen in direct sunlight (think of me as a vampire
![Wink ;) ;)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
) - 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
![Stick Out Tongue :p :p](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
). 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.
![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)