Email Author Gendy Alimurung

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 16, 2011

  "Bad Lunch"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Giddyup"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

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2009 Stories by Gendy Alimurung

• Anne Rice: Interview With the Vampire Killer

  published December 24, 2009

  Anne Rice will never write about vampires again. Not even with these tragically hip, newfangled bloodsuckers lurking about,... More >>

• Pen Names and Prejudice

  published December 17, 2009

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• Hot Off the Press: a Gay-Romance Sampler

  published December 17, 2009

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• Man on Man: The New Gay Romance ...

  published December 17, 2009

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• Crossing Over: When a Calligrapher Meets a Graffiti Artist

  published December 17, 2009

  Calligraphers and graffiti artists, whether they know it or not, speak the same language. “Take tagging,” says... More >>

• Vagina Ornaments: Deck The Halls With Salty Reproductive Organs From Marina Wood

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Marina Wood is a 26-year-old college student majoring in Cultural Studies. To make some money while in school, she is selling $6 Christmas ornaments shaped like vaginas. The vaginas are made of glitte... More >>

• Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves: Duncan Birmingham Discusses the Suicidality of Cats and Dogs

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Duncan Birmingham is the author of the blog turned book Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves. He lives in Los Angeles, where it's happy and sunshiny every single day and yet cats and dogs and guinea pigs ... More >>

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  Tits the Season: Naughty Santa's Grotto & A Giant Christmas Vagina at Coco de Mer

  published Dec 14, 2009

  ChadMichael Morrisette and Mito Aviles, Los Angeles's infamous rooftop installation artists, have struck again. They are doing an x-rated winter wonderland piece at the lovely little Victorian sex sho... More >>

• Zombie Walk Saturday Night: Evening Stroll With the Undead in Pasadena

  published Dec 11, 2009

  If you're looking for something weird to do this Saturday night, how about walking with the undeadr Anthony Dalbis, who runs SoCal Zombie Walk, has organized another one, in Pasadena this time. It's h... More >>

• Beer From Outer Space: Sapporo's Barley "Space Beer" -- In Space, No One Can Hear You Barf

  published Dec 09, 2009

  Yes. It's beer. From outer space. Just when you think they can't possibly top themselves with out-of-this-world product tomfoolery, the Japanese have done it again. Sapporo sent up some barley to th... More >>

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  The Evolution of the Pocket Protector: Thomas Pink's iPod Necktie, Nerdy No More

  published Dec 09, 2009

  Is this nerdy, or isn't itr I honestly can't decide. It's a necktie that holds an iPod Nano, essentially a less dorky version of the quintessential old school nerd pocket protector. Note that the colo... More >>

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  Erica Easley's Nerd, Bacon, Whiskey, Beer, Evil, Meat Socks: On the Heels of The Obama Sock

  published Dec 08, 2009

  Sock afficionado Erica Easley is back with more socks. (Remember her from the Obama sockr) If you missed her merchandise at last weekend's UniqueLA shopping event, the socks can be purchased for $9.95... More >>

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  Scenes from a Hipster Shopping Weekend: Unique LA at California Market Center

  published Dec 07, 2009

  Seems like every hipster within a 30 mile radius was at Unique LA's shopping event this weekend at the California Market Center in downtown Los Angeles. These were friendly, craft-loving hipsters for ... More >>

• Go to Compton for Cheap Fashion: Tulle Sample Sale on Saturday

  published Dec 04, 2009

  Just FYI: Tulle's sample sale is happening tomorrow early afternoon in Compton. Cash or credit. If you haven't heard of Tulle, they're a cute, whimsical line of casualwear--more inventive than Old Nav... More >>

• Must Shop More: Unique LA Independent Design Gift Sale This Weekend

  published Dec 03, 2009

  The 2nd annual Unique LA shopping event is happening this Saturday and Sunday, December 5-6. Over 300 independent vendors will be there selling some really great stuff (clothing, jewelry, home accesso... More >>

• Acrylic Nails

  published December 3, 2009

  In a photo on the blog Acrylic Nails, a teenage girl is crammed inside a drier, like a doll. Elsewhere on the Web site, that... More >>

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  Tesla Tree, Tesla Tree: Merry Christmas from the Eye of Sauron

  published Dec 02, 2009

  Oh sweet Jesus, what is thisr Some guy in Australia has been making Christmas trees out of Tesla coils. Granted, what I know about electricity is not a lot. But isn't Australia flammabler The guy's na... More >>

• Drag Makeup Workshop Tonight at Machine Gallery

  published Nov 30, 2009

  Learn how to do makeup like a drag queen at Machine Gallery tonight at 7 p.m.: In conjunction with Ultra Fabulous Beyond Drag at the Downtown Independent Theatre, we are having a makeup workshop, fea... More >>

• Listening To The Sound...of Woodworms

  published Nov 25, 2009

  What do worms sound liker Zimoun knows. He is a 32-year-old sound installation artist from Switzerland. He makes things that make noise. These tend to be mechanical things that make sounds that are s... More >>

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  Fugly Furniture & Home Decor: The Moggit Girls Hate Your Eel Coffee Table

  published Nov 24, 2009

  Joy Zaczyk and Janet Villeneuve are probably thinking what you're thinking whenever you see a fancy-schmancy design item that is too precious for its own good. They are the bloggers behind Moggit. Th... More >>

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  Inflatable Turkeys: All Sold Out, A Run on Air Fowl at Archie McPhee. Is the Economy That Badr

  published Nov 23, 2009

  It is indeed Armageddon days: venerable prankster-gift website Archie McPhee has run out of inflatable turkeys. Is the economy so bad this year that people are serving their Thanksgiving guests hot ai... More >>

• No More Mr. Brown Eye: Accessorize Your Pet's Butt... So Gross

  published Nov 18, 2009

  No More Mr. Brown Eye, also known as Rear Gear, is a cover for your dog's or cat's (or whatever's) anus. Yes, you read that right. Make your pet's humiliation complete. As its creator says: Is your p... More >>

• Mysterious Weeping Candle Cries Tears of Wax: D.L. & Co.'s Bust of Dierdre

  published Nov 17, 2009

  Douglas Little's gothy, elegant, neo-Victorian D.L.&Co. line of candles and curiosities is one of my favorite home decor design lines of all time. This Bust of Dierdre Candle is a perfect example of w... More >>

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  The LOLCats Rewrite the Bible: Cat Hell, Cat Heaven & The Gospel According to Ceiling Cat

  published Nov 16, 2009

  Martin Grondin, a 25-year-old software installation support engineer living in Dracut, MA, thought it would be a nice idea to translate the entire holy Bible into cat language. So a few years ago, he... More >>

• Yoda on Top...of the Christmas Tree

  published Nov 11, 2009

  Speaking of Star Wars (and when are we not), Jedi Master Yoda now comes as a tree topper. From the looks of things, he's been up for sale at the Star Wars Shop since October, and has since sold out. H... More >>