Name Change, Game Change, and a Change of Scenery

Hey fellow Awesome seekers, long time no talk.

Sorry for the hiatus.  A lot of you have (surprisingly) been asking me "What's next?" after 30 Days of Awesome ended, and for the most part, I've been quiet.  Why?  Well, mainly because September included a whole lot of TCOB (that's takin' care of business for you non-knowers out there).  I guess that's what happens when you spend a whole month focusing on Awesome and not, for example, car maintenance or personal health care.  (whoops...)

Also, I've been gearing up for my next adventure--which, honestly, might be one of my biggest adventures yet.  I've been pretty quiet about this too (unless you've had the misfortune of working at the bar with me lately, in which case you've been receiving a daily countdown), mainly because I never want to jinx these things before they happen.  With travel often last minute in the filming industry, I'm aware how quickly things can go from "certain" to "not happening"--and therefore majorly disappointing.

I don't want to get you all involved in any kind of disappointment.  That's just rude.

But with this trip now LESS THAN A WEEK AWAY, I suppose it's safe to finally shout it from the (metaphorical and digital) rooftops:

I'm heading off on a grand ROUND THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD adventure, hitting up Australia (Sydney), Singapore, Malaysia (Langkawi), and India (Mumbai) along the way (with a short stop--aka layover--in Paris for good measure on the way home).

My frequent flier miles are gonna be killer as a result.

I'll be filming it all with the crew from ProjectExplorer.org, helping spread the word to kids (and adults alike) that there is a big, Awesome world out there beyond their front door.  (Seriously, guys, I really lucked out in the job category of life thus far...)

The whole thing will be about 21 days long (it gets a little grey in there with that International Date Line thing), and will, I'm sure, be Awesomely exhausting.

That's the best kinda travel, am I right?

On the brink of such a seriously Awesome opportunity, I've renamed the "30 Days of Awesome" blog to a less limiting and more general "the AWESOME blog."  Here, I'll be cataloging all the Awesome I discover in the world while I'm away, filling you in on what I've been up to, and hopefully allowing you to come along for the ride in some way (without any of the jetlag, cramped seats in coach, or airplane food, too).

So, buckle up and cue some kind of Awesome music, because we are hitting the road!!!!