I had been out one night with two friends who fancy themselves so fabulous that I thought it would be fun if they met each other: Christina, a 25-year-old journalist, and Louisa, a 30-year-old television producer. I turned away for a moment, then heard:

Louisa: "I thought I gave good blow jobs, and then I saw her! All that saliva!"

Christina: "Do you like her better as a blond or a brunet?"

"She," it turned out, was Jameson, the top-selling porn star on the planet. I don't recall much else from that night, but I remember thinking, "Jenna's a babe -- to women; must investigate."

So I requested an interview on the subject of why women who like porn love Jenna, suggesting that perhaps she might like to view her work with an audience of said females plus, um, me. And as it happened, it didn't matter that I was 2,000 miles away or that I wouldn't be able to book a screening room or that I don't even own a DVD player. Jenna loved the idea, and would be back East for the holidays. Five days later, she was on my living room couch.

Now a few questions pop up when the world's biggest adult film actress drops by. What do you wear? I put on a dark shirt and jacket for the same reason Christina donned a sleeveless top -- to avoid overt sweat. What do you serve? We ordered sushi -- insert your own joke. And how do you make small talk? Male friends had their suggestions. Louisa's ex and his buddies came up with a list of queries for Jenna, starting with "What does a double penetration feel like?" Christina's brother told her to pounce if Jenna made a pass at her.

But there were no tensions to break. In person, it's hard not to stare at Jenna. At 26, with feline blue eyes and a high-wattage, full-lipped smile, she is truly pretty -- "not skanky or worn-looking at all," in Christina's words -- as well as hard-bodied and so petite that her breasts appear enormous even though they clock in, we learned, at "just" 34D. She also dresses like a porn star: red jacket over a size-too-small Playboy T-shirt, tight black jeans and Spice Girl boots, not to mention the "Heartbreaker" tattoo on her right thigh.

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