this is what's wrong with the world today

And I, once again being the Eternal Optimist, do not like when people say that.

But Monique, that chickie on America's Next Top Model, the one who everyone in the house can't stand? I kind of can't stand her either. She's 19, a freaking prima donna, and has a lot to learn. So in many ways it's not her fault. But is she ever going to learn? I predict no. And here's why: daughters, with their inate need and desire to please their mothers, will try over the course of their life to emulate and/or do what their mothers say is best. As Meg Ryan said in French Kiss, "Even people who say they hate their mothers love their mothers." And yes, these are blanket statements, but there's at least a kernel of truth there, so let's just go with it. In this case, it's not even up for debate.

Monique spent over 3 hours on the only house phone the other night, the last bit of which was spent sitting in the phone room and smirking to herself while listening to that "If you'd like to make a call blah blah blah beepbeepbeepbeepbeep" message playing over and over again. For much of the time, she was on the phone with her mother, and granted, she is perfectly entitled to speak with her mother, and even for a little bit of time if she's having a rough go of it (which, being a biotch, she is). She was informed politely, and then not so politely, and then downright rudely (deserved) that she is not the only person in the house who needs the phone, and others actually need it for reasonable, valid matters, such as getting an apartment deposit back. Monique, in response, screams back at the girls, cries to her mom and what does her mom say?

What does her mom say??

You just be the princess on the throne that you are.

And that, ladies and gentleman, is why jerk-faces, asshats, and worse, much worse, behave the way that they do: Bad mommies.