Not for any save game move over but for the story? I will play it eventually don't worry but do you think I will miss out on stuff in II if I don't?

Sure, might as well.

I say yes.

I had this same question. The stories aren't connected on the same level as Mass Effect right? 
 
Edit: Oh whoops! For some reason I thought this question was about Origins. I should clarify that I haven't played the original game, or the expansion.

i prefer the story, while short of awakening. specifically concerning the darkspawn.

" @Abyssfull: Well it is just that I will take forever to play it. I spent 82 hours on Origins.  "

Nope. Little to no story and one dimensional boring characters. Skip it.

I actually just beat Awakening, and I have to say it was better then I thought I would be.  
 
The companions you get were interesting, and I thought the story parts, while limited, were good. It's a little buggy but I never lost any progress and was able to complete everything. 
 
I'd recommend it. 

" Nope. Little to no story . "

" @Abyssfull: Well it is just that I will take forever to play it. I spent 82 hours on Origins.  "

only thing i can think of is getting to know anders before you meet him in 2

It's also really interesting if you've read the books, which granted most people haven't. But if you're really into the fiction you'll get more out of it than most, there's a quite significant call back.

Yes. If only because a certain character from it appears in 2. Also, the end  is pretty cool.

I did most of Awakenings in about 10 hours on normal.

If you have Warden's Keep installed, uninstall it first. Trust me on this, it's worth it. And as long as you don't try to go back to Origins until you're done with Awakening you should be fine (as in you uninstall Warden's Keep, do Awakening, and reinstall it). 
 

If you want to mostly just get the story of it I would suggest setting the game to casual and just run through it.  It's only around 12 or so hours, on casual it might go faster.   
 
I only have a few hours into it but so far I'm enjoying it.  The thought that keeps going through my head though is "man, this is easy."  I'm playing on normal, just like I did Origins but so far Awakening has been a joke difficulty wise.  I've encountered a couple of what I assume should have been difficult bosses (in Blackmarsh) that I was able to simply hit 'attack' and just put the controller down until it was over.

Only problem I had with Awakenings was it was just too easy compared to origins.

@CottonWolf:
Interesting.  I was under the impression from a friend who bought the game today that Awakening save games weren't importable.  I've done some serarching and it seems Bioware hasn't made it clear exactly what DLC is importable, which leaves the issue clouded.  I know you said you don't know the details, but if someone does, it would be vaulable info for interested parties. I've read on various forums that Witch Hunt is importable as well, but confirmation would be appreciated.

" It's also really interesting if you've read the books, which granted most people haven't. But if you're really into the fiction you'll get more out of it than most, there's a quite significant call back. "

" @Daveyo520 said:

" @Abyssfull: Well it is just that I will take forever to play it. I spent 82 hours on Origins.  "

lol oh lordy no. Awakening is at most around 13 hours, even if you decide to do all the side missions and stuff. "

" i prefer the story, while short of awakening. specifically concerning the darkspawn. "

Justice is a pretty cool character I wish Dragon age II wasn't going Liquid Ocelot with him and Anders though. 

Sure, go for it. It's kind of easy, thanks to some seriously overpowered high level abilities, but it's more Dragon Age and I think certain aspects of it are handled better than origins. Of course, I also finished it in 10 hours, so take what you may from that.

I bought Awakening on Sunday and I'm almost finished. I don't think it's worth 2400 Points.

I think you should.  It will lower your expectations so that Dragon Age II won't be such a disappointment.