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Movies: Rental Family is now on Hulu/Disney+. It stars Brendan Fraser as an American actor in Tokyo, who takes a job with an agency that specializes in "rental families," so he goes out on jobs where he has to play the role of a father for a young child, for example. So of course, things get complicated when feelings are involved, and it brings up questions of family and the lines between the personal and the professional. It was really good and there were points where I got a little emotional, honestly. I recommend it.

Television/Streaming: two episodes of Farscape: "Thanks for Sharing," where the two Crichtons end up getting split up on Talyn and Moya; and "Green Eyed Monster," where Talyn gets swallowed by the Budong and Crichton thinks that Crais is sleeping with Aeryn.

We also watched the second half of the newest season of Bridgerton. I ended up liking the second half better than the first. ( Cut for spoilers )

Books: I finished Pylon. It was very stream-of-consciousness early Faulkner. A departure from his usual southern gothic kind of tale; this one was in a fictionalized New Orleans and involves an air show in the early days of small airplanes. People crash, the reporter is in love with the wife of the pilot (who is apparently in a poly relationship but without using that term), and the people involved with the planes just kind of float along.

February was not a great month for books, as I DNF'd two books, so I only finished two.

Last night, I finished Butter by Asako Yuzuki. This was my online book club's pick for March. There is a lot to unpack here regarding the role of women in patriarchal society, especially Japan; food and culture; and the role of weight is discussed a lot, so if that is a trigger for you, you might want to avoid this book. I did make the pasta and it made me want to cook more, heh. I did enjoy the food descriptions more than anything else here, honestly.