I've spent my entire working life in the arts - currently I'm teaching stage management at one of London's main drama colleges but was indoctrinated by "Star Trek" and "Doctor Who" at a very early age so in a spirit of optimism i run the Seti programme. There ought to be somebody out there and with a bit of luck they won't be Klingons or green slimy things.
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.