What does your ideal late night look like?

[BredePlayz]

What would you say would be the perfect night for you? Your dream night experience?

Personally mine would be in my room near the balcony door at 1am, a heavy summer/spring rain outside banging on my windows as I spend some time playing Quake 2 on my laptop, then stare outside at the rain while listening to redherring's "Shout of the Earth" album :3

But what would YOUR ideal night be? 

[Dan Q]

OMG I love a summer rain.

In 2024 I had a work meetup on the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, right as Hurricane Milton rolled through the Caribbean nearby (bringing us the most amazing distant lightning storms). One morning, I was woken at 05:30 by incredibly heavy rain: I got out of bed and went and stood out in it and was delighted to discover that it was basically shower-warm! (An amazing experience I've only experienced in one other place, also along the Caribbean's edge, while on the island of Tobago the following year.)

But I love a rainy night even when it's not tropical. Lying awake and reading while the rain beats down on my skylight - or a tent! - is delightful.

I don't feel like I'm answering your question, and I don't know whether I can... but I'm pretty sure that my answer, like yours, involves the rain!

[Dequake]

summer rain is awesome! Though I think my absolute favorite would be basically this:

I'm back home in Stockholm, and it's the middle of the summer. Only a few hours of darkness each night. I've been out with my friends all night, drinking, having a great time, until the bars close. It's 4:30 am, and I'm walking home from the bus station, and I'm walking thru the park, and I'm walking past the fields. It's pleasantly warm, I'm wearing a hoodie, birds are chirping and there's a thick fog. I've sobered up, but I'm not hungover yet. The sun has been up for just an hour or so. As I approach our house I'm met with one of our cats on top of the car. She's just as surprised to see me at this hour as I am to see her.

I can describe this so vividly because it's happened to me once already, and I think back on it once in a while. It's the most peaceful I've ever felt.

[littlelum]

On the night before a day off of work, go to bed at 9/9:30/10PM, and then wake up at 7AM. Boring, I know, but good for my mental health. (Although staying up slightly later if I have a reason to is also cool).

[RNotteLovesOwls]

either scrolling through forums, working on a song, watching a movie on blu-ray, or playing some games. lights out, the only source of light being a little lamp in the corner. i do that for 4 hours and then crash in bed. ahhh…