1. Pixar Grants Dying Girl Her Final Wish →

    The folks at Pixar helped a dying girl fulfill her final wish when one of their employees hand delivered a DVD of the film Up to the family’s residence for a private screening.

    10-year-old Colby Curtin was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in December 2005, and ever since she saw a preview for Up, she’d been excited for the poignant film about a man who goes on an adventure after the loss of his wife by tying balloons to his house and flying away.

    After the family had made a request that was never fulfilled for a wheelchair to take Colby to the theaters, a family friend began frantically calling Pixar as Colby’s health dramatically worsened.

    Finally the friend got through the automated messaging system by guessing a name. Pixar immediately sent out an employee to the girl’s home in Huntington Beach armed with a DVD of the film and a gift basket of toys. The family sat around to a private screening.

    Colby had difficulty keeping her eyes open through the film because of the pain she was in, so her mother narrated it to her.

    Colby died 7 hours later and we hope her final moments were that much more comfortable for having her final wish granted.

    Alright well, I for one am nominating Pixar for Company of The F’ing Century.

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