One area of philosophy I was particularly drawn to was Aristotelian metaphysics and ontology. Fun stuff and very interesting to read. In particular, Aristotle's Metaphysics book Zeta books 1-10. It's very short? maybe fifteen pages, but it is filled with so much good material that seems common sense today but was cutting edge way back when. Zeta centers around the question "what is being" which is essentially substance, but he goes into things like definition (Socrates' snub nose nose) and generation (books 7-8) which bear a striking resemblance to genesis in the Bible.

As for Philosophy of the mind and consciousness (and a splash of metaphysics), you would definitely be a fan of the modern philosophers, like Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, etc. Descartes Cogito argument, part of his Meditations of First Philosophy is always a good read with his dualistic account of the mind/body problem. Funny thing, I hated modern philosophy, but I seem to be drawing on that pool of philosophers almost every time I'm on the forum.

But don't think you have many silly questions. Far from it. A silly question is far from silly because it is essentially a question which is the cornerstone of knowledge and philosophy. And questions "?and a life unexamined are not worth living." (Socrates) Of course? they made him drink hemlock after that gem? but still.