My job is not a 9 to 5 and that's one of the reasons I love it so much.  I can keep late hours, make my own schedule, and it's all in service to doing what I love which is writing about movies.  I rarely have to be up early but in this case it was so worth it.

As you have probably determined from the poster and trailers, Pixar's upcoming film, "Up" is about a man who ties a bunch of a balloons to his home and floats away on a trip to South America.  Pixar attempted to re-create the experience by inviting journalists to strap themselves in to a chair and then float way off the ground (albeit tethered because Pixar is not going to let folks just take their chair and balloons to South America.  Chairs are expensive).  It had to be early in the morning because as the day progresses the winds increase and heat causes the balloons to expand.  While it looked scary as hell, I knew I couldn't turn down this opportunity because it's likely I would not be offered a second chance later in life to float in a chair tied to a bunch of balloons.

I figured if I died, it would not only be a memorable way to go, but it would be in service of a good cause: loving Pixar and their movies.  The coordinator also had a great note to me: In the event that I became un-tethered and started to float away, I should take the emergency pair of scissors and cut one of the lines and then I would just drift back down.  I didn't mention that while such an act sounds peaceful, I would probably break both my legs as I "drifted" back to earth. 

But it was actually rather relaxing.  Once you push that thought of plummeting over a hundred feet to your death out of your mind, you're just comfortably floating there and I would happily do it again if offered.