DREW GOODEN IS COOL
10.31.06
Remember the '80s? Well, they're back. Again. Drew Gooden, at least, is now rockin' it old-school (third item in "Dribbles"):
Gooden is on a big 1980s kick, a current fad in his hometown of Oakland. The Cavs forward recently plunked down $300 on eBay to get a vintage Casio calculator watch… He's growing a square patch of hair in the back of his otherwise shaved head, which he calls a "ducktail." His left eyebrow also has two lines shaved into it."
I don't understand why people think the '80s are so great. It's just regurgitated sentiment for an era that really isn't all that proud in American history. I mean, sure, the rise of organized labor was essential in establishing workers' rights, but mostly, it was a lot of battles with Indians as the whites took their land. And lets not forget Jim Crow laws, xenophobia against the flow of immigrants–
What's that? The 1980s? But I just got this new bowler hat at the haberdasher! It looks great when I'm riding my very tall bicycle.
Sheesh. The 1980s. So, like, what am I supposed to do? Have sex with Heather Locklear or something? Should I get nostalgic for puppet dictatorships in South America? Cuz I'll do it if it makes me cool.

Deadspin sucks today. Hey, did twoeightnine do that Photoshop? That image is altered, right?
I heard Drew was also campaigning for the Populists while considering taking up Bareknuckle boxing as an off-season hobby.
Hey, this site is way less gay than Deadspin today. I’m in!
That’s bullshit that those Casio watches sell for $300. What can I get for the rattail I grew in fourth grade?
> So, like, what am I supposed to do? Have sex with Heather Locklear or something?
Is that a rhetorical question? Of course you’re supposed to have sex with Heather Locklear.
that wasn’t photoshopped at all…
So glad we locked up drew in the off-season. Can’t wait to see his ducktail (woooohoo) in person next tuesday
Hey! That’s Kurt Rambis’ calculator watch!
"Ducktales" was the balls.
Cheers, Drew Gooden!