I consider myself a "space cadet" and phone phreak. That's how I got my very own Area Code. I share my Area Code, but I saved the best phone number for myself. The picture shows me talking on (321) Liftoff (+1 321 543 8633). The number has since been transferred to a smaller, digital cell phone.
I don't really think we'll find "them" in our lifetime - but that's no reason not to try. That's why I participate in Seti@Home.
Do I want to travel to space? You bet! But I doubt I ever will. Yet I live near Cape Canaveral now in case the opportunity should ever present itself. Reality and Hope are two seperate things. It would be wonderful if they should ever meet.
SETI@home and Astropulse are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation, NASA, and donations from SETI@home volunteers. AstroPulse is funded in part by the NSF through grant AST-0307956.