1. What's the best thing you did over the holiday weekend?
Sleeping. (It's the best thing I do every weekend, but who's counting?)
2. Who would you want to spend the afternoon/evening with getting the answers to all your questions? What do you really want to know from this person/animal?
One of those paper pushers working in administration. I want to know what it is that they do all day besides sitting at the computer and playing solitare.
Having a bloated material life does not mean that one is happy. I'm personally not sure what the goal of life is--I'm still groping around for a coherent meaning--but I have a vague notion that it should be doing something that you find fulfilling and nurturing productive relationships. Yes, and happiness factors into there somewhere.