Ladies and gentlemen. Tomorrow is Friday, December 21st 2012. This means two things will happen tomorrow:
1) Fire will rain from the skies as the Earth lives out its final hours before we’re all ultimately engulfed by flames and dragged into the merciless pits of Hell.
2) My girlfriend and I will depart on a 5-week long trip to Australia.
Let’s focus on the more noteworthy of those two events.
Australia! Yes! Finally! I’ve been looking forward to this since the start of the year.
I know you’re probably caught off guard by this announcement, since I gave little indication that this trip was in the works. Well, I’m sorry. It’s just, I guess it’s time we take a break. You know, see other people for a while.
Truth is we’ve been saving up vacation days like Doomsday nutjobs save up zombie-piercing bullets and meteor-proof umbrellas. The end result is the longest vacation I’ve had since high school years. Can’t wait.
Tsk, goddamn meteors again. Better go grab my rain gear.
Australia is a magical land where everything is upside down, inside out and, quite possibly, in reverse. Here it’s winter, there it’s summer. We drive on the right side of the road, they drive on the left. We say “Hello, how are you?”, they say “You are? How hello!” Probably.
While I’m busy riding kangaroos, wrestling koalas and playing catch with wombats I will have very limited time for the blog. This means that you can expect to hear from me only sporadically, if at all, until late January. I will try to make an appearance on your blogs and send a cryptic message or two on Twitter, but I can’t promise anything. No, I can’t! Stop it, don’t be so needy!
I’d like to leave you with a lovely drawing by the equally lovely Kalieta. Some weeks ago she asked her blog visitors if she should draw something specific. Being the egoistic narcissist that I am I suggested drawing a nest for Nest-Expressed. The very next day Kalieta came up with this (visit her blog post for the full sized picture):
Awesome, right? Right!
I’d like to extend Kalieta’s sentiment to the rest of you, wish you a fantastic holiday season with your families and loved ones, full of joy and with only a limited amount of end-of-world incidents. See you all in 2013!
A very Nest December to you!
Nest Expressed 
“You are? How hello” I’m going to try this on some mates, and if I get a response I will report back to the group.
How are you find our sunburnt nation?
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For sure, let me know how it goes! I’m loving Australia man, travelled with Greyhound from Sydney up to Cairns, passed Port Macquarie, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Agnes Water / 1770, Airlie Beach. Now in Melbourne, flew from Cairns. Less than a week left. Plenty of great experiences!
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Somehow I missed this post, and I was just thinking, ‘I haven’t noticed a blog post lately from Daniel!’ So glad to hear that it is because you are frolicking in Australia 🙂 Have a wonderful rest of your trip!
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Thanks a lot! We still have two weeks left here, but then I’m back in Denmark and back to the blogging business! Hope 2013 is treating you well so far!
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Oooooh, I’m terribly jealous. It is your absolute duty to have fun and as much of it as possible so that you can come back and share your adventures with the rest of us! Happy Holidays!
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Yes mam, orders acknowledged. 😀 Daniel over and out!
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How exciting! I’m both jealous of you and happy for you. I’d love to go to Australia some day. Even if they really don’t have Fosters beer there like we’re led to believe they do…
Enjoy your break. Don’t worry about visiting blogs. I only say this, because I know you’re Type A and will feel like you should. I guarantee we will be here when you get back. So I hereby give you permission to skip my posts and not feel guilty. It’s an order, Mate!
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Yeah it’s really exciting, looking forward to it! Probably one of those once-in-a-lifetime trips.
Well I read your blog posts because I enjoy them, not because I must, so given I have the chance to visit I’ll make sure to do so 😉
Have a fantastic holiday season. Will see ya in 2013!
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I, on the other hand, although hoping you read mine because you like it as well, will take a guilt induced read and comment. I have no shame. Plus you promised a catch up in January! Seriously though, enjoy the trip!
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She isn’t wearing that straight-jacket for nothing… 😉
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Hey, now! What is up with that?
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Oh, you know your ‘craziness’ is why I dig you. That and because you’re nice, and you don’t leave my dumb tweets hanging. 🙂
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I love dumb tweets! And I dig how we get on these lengthy conversations on Daniel’s blog when he is away!
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While the cat’s away, the mice will play…
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Ha! Was thinking the same thing!
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Forgot to mention.. they are quite comfortable once you stop thrashing.
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Well, it’s good you have it all sorted out now.
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Damn, I leave for ONE SECOND…where’s the parental lock on this blog?!
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🙂
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Stop complaining it boosted your comment numbers, didn’t it?
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Have a great time and see you in January! Try not to fall of any kangaroos! Have a Happy Holiday season in the land down under!
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Thanks, hope you have a great holiday season too! Catch ya in 2013!
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Ok now I am VERY jealous! You are going to Australia! It’s like my dream country (after Sweden, UK, and Japan)! Maybe one day I will save enough money to get to the bottom of the world… that is if the world doesn’t end tomorrow xD
I hope you’ll come back with lots of tales to share with us?
Oh and thank you for the mention and for stealing the drawing haha. Right after that I was hit by the syndrome of laziness and haven’t really drawn or blogged to be precise (i need to work on a cure). But I will try to post more drawings/sketches in the future.
Anyway, enjoy your voyage!
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Ha, sorry to make you jealous!I hope that stealing your picture makes up for it 😉
Definitely hoping to collect some good blog material while chasing kangaroos!
Thanks, have a fantastic holiday season and I’ll catch you in 2013!
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