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You don't appreciate the chaos and absurdity of life on this planet. You don't understand irony, or ethnicity, or eccentricity, or poetry, or the simple joy of being a regular at the diner on your block. I love that. You don't drink coffee or alcohol. You don't over eat. You don't cry when you're alone. You don't understand sarcasm. You plod through life in a neat, colorless, caffeine free, dairy free, conflict free way. I'm bold and angry and tortured and tremendous and I notice when someone has changed their hair part, or when someone is wearing two very distinctly different shades of black or when someone changes the natural temperment of their voice on the phone. I don't give out empty praise. I'm not complacent or well-adjusted. I can't spend fifteen minutes breathing and stretching and getting in touch with myself. I can't spend three minutes finishing an article. I check my answering machine nine times every day and I can't sleep at night because I feel that there is so much to do and fix and change in the world, and I wonder every day if I am making a difference and if I will ever express the greatness within me, or if I will remain forever paralyzed by muddled madness inside my head. I've wept on every birthday I've ever had because life is huge and fleeting and I hate certain people and certain shoes and I feel that life is terribly unfair and sometimes beautiful and wonderful and extraordinary but also numbing and horrifying and insurmountable and I hate myself a lot of the time. The rest of the time I adore myself and I adore my life in this city and in this world we live in. This huge and wondrous, bewildering, brilliant, horrible world.

Heather Juergensen and Jennifer Westfeldt in Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)

Scott Cohen and Jennifer Westfeldt in Kissing Jessica Stein (2001)

Heather Juergensen (L) and Jennifer Westfeldt (R)

Heather Juergensen (Helen) and Michael Mastro (Martin) on the set of "Kissing Jessica Stein"

Heather Juergensen (L) and Jennifer Westfeldt (R) in "Kissing Jessica Stein"

Heather Juergensen at the "Kissing Jessica Stein" premiere party - March 12, 2002, New York City.  Also pictured (from left): mom Shirley Juergensen and friend Yukie Ohta

Heather Juergensen at the "Kissing Jessica Stein" premiere, New York City, March 12, 2002. With (from left): Thomas Bolster and Jennifer Westfeldt

Jennifer Westfeldt

Heather Juergensen

Tovah Feldshuh

A woman searching for the perfect man instead discovers the perfect woman.

Charles Herman-Wurmfeld

Kissing Jessica Stein

Elegant Hoydens

There are so few lesbian genre films &quot;OUT&quot; there. And for those lesbian genre films that do exist most have characters that are either disturbed psychopaths (my favorite- Heavenly Creatures) or cardboard cutout prototypes that have no place in my world. As result, unfortunately most lesbians are starved for good lesbian genre films.  The best lesbian roles have usually been played out in supporting role characters within the main stream.  To appease the appetite, `gaydar&apos; commands an ever watchful eye to find those precious tidbits.

However, thank heavens for the charming wit and refreshingly real characters in &quot;Kissing Jessica Stein&quot;.  &quot;Kissing Jessica Stein&quot; goes beyond the stereotypical to explore individual characters for who they are and what they are going through in their lives. The film is a positive reinforcement on the value of relationships to an individual&apos;s personal growth and spiritual evolution.

&quot;Kissing Jessica Stein&quot; is a highly intelligent romantic comedy that goes deep to explore emotional relationships:  Not only between Jessica and Helen but also between Jessica and her Mother, Jessica and Josh, other co-workers and all of their friends. The film highlights the importance of discovering yourself and of letting those that love and care about you know who and what makes you happy.  Ultimately anyone that truly loves you wants you to be happy.  Jessica and Helen&apos;s continued deep friendship after their breakup is testament to this.  Jessica&apos;s painting,  Josh&apos;s true love for writing and Helen&apos;s continued enjoyment of a lesbian sexual relationship is also testament.

 All is true to the spiritual core of the writers intent.  There is no definitive end to ongoing life.  The writers cleverly leave us to &quot;marinate&quot; within our own imaginations.

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There are so few lesbian genre films "OUT" there. And for those lesbian genre films that do exist most have characters that are either disturbed psychopaths (my favorite- Heavenly Creatures) or cardboard cutout prototypes that have no place in my world. As result, unfortunately most lesbians are starved for good lesbian genre films.  The best lesbian roles have usually been played out in supporting role characters within the main stream.  To appease the appetite, `gaydar' commands an ever watchful eye to find those precious tidbits.

However, thank heavens for the charming wit and refreshingly real characters in "Kissing Jessica Stein".  "Kissing Jessica Stein" goes beyond the stereotypical to explore individual characters for who they are and what they are going through in their lives. The film is a positive reinforcement on the value of relationships to an individual's personal growth and spiritual evolution.

"Kissing Jessica Stein" is a highly intelligent romantic comedy that goes deep to explore emotional relationships:  Not only between Jessica and Helen but also between Jessica and her Mother, Jessica and Josh, other co-workers and all of their friends. The film highlights the importance of discovering yourself and of letting those that love and care about you know who and what makes you happy.  Ultimately anyone that truly loves you wants you to be happy.  Jessica and Helen's continued deep friendship after their breakup is testament to this.  Jessica's painting,  Josh's true love for writing and Helen's continued enjoyment of a lesbian sexual relationship is also testament.

 All is true to the spiritual core of the writers intent.  There is no definitive end to ongoing life.  The writers cleverly leave us to "marinate" within our own imaginations.

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