My Mom took me to see Star Trek: The Motion Picture when I was four years old. It was the defining event of my life.
I have been watching the stars ever since.
Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
I love being involved in the Seti@Home project, as it is likely the closest I will get to being actively involved in the search for extraterrestrial life, assuming I never get that dream job at JPL.
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.