Saturday, the 25th of November 2006 and early Sunday morning the 26th of November 2006 will be the days that I, Teshawn LeVarr Edmonds, will remember for a long time. I started the weekend so stoked that I kept my secret mission to go to the Boogie, in addition, Calder Racecourse's Extreme Day II and the Japan Cup itself, because I want to break free from the clutches of the Edmonds' Family. Even though I did not watch the Fast and the Furious 2.00 furlong race nor did watch the Grey Pride Stakes, I did, however, watch the Methsulah (5+ year-olds), the King George Wrong Way Stakes, the only clockwise race in the USA on the Calder 7-furlong turf circuit.

Hours later, I left for Barefoot Boogie after showering at about 19.30/7.30pm, lacked deodorant because I didn't have any nor did have any musk and not telling my family about it, thus, leaving them in the dust at 20.06ET/8.06pm ET. With my heartbeats going on and on nonstop for hours, even despite losing $4.00 on my first card, I did however get the Metrocard and was on my way to 28 West 27. Street in Manhattan (which of course is between Broadway/5. and 6. Avenues). I anticipated the prospect of being barefoot for the entire route, so I had to remove my clogs and purple socks for a forthcoming 3 train arriving @ Pennsylvania Avenue, my IRT stop. I get on the train barefoot without any problems until it reached Utica Avenue for an awating 4 train across the island platform. My heart is still beating in anxiety and agony because I have NEVER EVER been to the Boogie before and when I got to Atlantic Avenue-Pacific Street, I rushed to the station's BMT platforms, thinking an N train would come. Instead, an exiting D train flowed past me as I got downstairs nearest to the elevators. I awaited for an N or R train to come, and as the train came to the station proper, the R train was the first in, moments later an N train came and I got on that instead because it was faster. Over the Manhattan Bridge and into the said borough, my heart is beating faster and faster until I got to 28. Street in the first car. I had to walk back to the center of the platform for the southeast exit to Broadway. I turned a hairpin left before a second left and I was almost there. I looked left, but not it, then right, I was within yards of the place, and when I finally got there, I rang in buzzer #27, got in from the upper 40s/low 50s air temperature outside and was an elevator ride from making it. I pressed the down button. Seconds later, the elevator came to my aid to get to my destination, then pressed floor 10 enroute and FINALLY, I was there nearly one hour later than scheduled.

Although scheduled for 20.30/8.30, the event began with a contact flow session, for which I did make but was late for it, but came for the main dance/off instead. I paid $10 for the door shift, but that didn't start until 23.00/11.00pm. My target time to get out of there was 23.30/11.30pm. The main dance started out slowly with as I mentioned--the contact flow, then music for which I would normally listen to, such as "Hollaback Girl" and "Mas Que Nada". The dance/off was temporarily halted by a halftime community circle (or ring as I would consider) for a few minutes to chit chat information that is Boogie-relevant or something else otherwise. Afterwards, the dance/off continued, but by the time "Mas Que Nada" was played, my inner capoeira was released and when the other tunes came by, my inner ballet and inner yoga came out and teamed up help me out against a pro yoga instructor--sort of and kind of where my improptu pose/off got off the ground as the both of us did yoga tricks like the crow, headstand, sholderstand and its variants, fish, a very tight lotus pose and its variants, and my personal favorite--the tried nidrasana, but I'm close to it, but will have to work on it in the close future. But by the time 23.45/11.45pm hit, it was time to close up shop, and out I went into the cold weather again, but this time a straight shot back home in Brooklyn and again barefooted, just as I came in over two hours earlier. Not caring about by ashy feet of mine, which will get dirty anyway due to nature that I was barefooted, I was bushed, but stoked about being in the Barefoot Boogie for the first time ever. It was about 00.00/12.00 midnight when I got on an R train to 14. Street-Union Square and when I was there I was dazed and lightheaded, so I got Gatorade Lemon-Lime, whilst awaiting for a 4 train. It was minutes a missed 4 train and a passed 6 train later, I got on the 4 train since it's after 00.00 midnight and 3 trains cannot run beyond the said time all the way to Pennsylvania Avenue. Whilst on the 4 train I meditated and stretched to cool down before returning to my normal self before I got to Bergen Street if I can remember correctly. I was sitting down, minding my business until I got to Pennsylvania Avenue still ecstatic about going to the Boogie, while at the same time thinking about the 2006 Japan Cup on TVG (Channel 402 on Cablevision) whereas Ouija Board, the 2006 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner went against the like of Hearts Cry and 2005 Japanese Triple Crown winner Deep Impact who came off a DQ in the 01 October's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as well as eight other horses who are vying for the purse of ¥476 million (US$4.6 milliom). Before that I was told by my mom not to return to the Boogie or any barefoot action unless I ask permission for which I will not in the next go around on the weekend of 09/10 December 2006 and I will be there no matter what. Afterwards, the ecstacy of the Japanese faithful can even come from afar as Brooklyn, about 7500 miles or 12,000km away from Fuchu, Japan as Deep Impact got crossed the wire in a said time of 2'25"100 while my stopwatch registered a 2'24"969. The crowd of 113,000+ in attendance were so ecstatic, even I felt that I was in Japan. BTW, big up those involed in the Boogie and myself on a job well done. For me Teshawn LeVarr Edmonds, it's goodbye.