Facebook may be the time capsule of every embarrassing episode in our collegiate careers, but lately everyone’s favorite social networking site wants to show that it can do more than just party. Enter Gradzilla, an application created by US News (that magazine that exists only to generate mass hysteria by telling you that your college isn’t good enough.)

Gradzilla is basically a repackaging of all the panic-producing stats available on the US News site, combined with the irritating polls and quizzes that are the bread and butter of Facebook applications. Could it get any less appealing?

Unsurprisingly, Gradzilla has only 38 daily active users. (Bumper Sticker has 1,587,845 and Scrabulous has 518,261.) Nice try, US News. You can always retake.

FishbowlDC, a District-only even-less-funny version of Gawker, kicks off its 4th Annual Hottest Media Types poll today. I wouldn’t mention this except that these folks unbelievably managed to net over 1000 nominees and more than a million votes in last year’s contest. (For the record, Ari Shapiro was robbed.) If you want to nominate any Voice staffers, hit us up at thevoice@georgetown.edu for photos.

When Vox Populi can’t post enough to fill your hunger for DC blogging, we frantically order take-out from other sites to serve you instead. Here are two recently restructured Washington blogs that might satisfy you:

• We Love DC. There was some drama at DC Metblogs, so some of its writers split and started this site. It’s a bit too much of a love-in now (”[In DC] I truly became who I am.”), but the design is rocking. That ought to translate into equally rocking posts once the transition’s over.
• Why I Hate DC . Rusty, the site’s last writer, packed off for duller pastures, so new blogger Liz had to write a takedown of the Post’s 12(!)-part Chandra Levy investigation.

I’m not as impressed with Liz as some of the commenters are. Her first post continued the site’s habit of picking weak targets–no doubt she’s only sharpening her machete on media sensationalism, and will soon turn on other sacred cows like people with popped collars and Metro delays.

Aaron Golds (COL ‘11), who I previously suspected of being a candidate for the student ANC spot, confirms via email that he wants the gig. I’m glad to hear it, but I hunger for more candidates to clash and tangle with Golds, all for the chance to meet thrice-monthly with ANC Commissioner Ed Solomon.

But then, maybe Golds’s motives aren’t so hard to understand. A commissioner told me once that being student commissioner is a great pick-up line–”Hey baby, I’m the youngest elected official in DC”–so maybe hanging out with Ed Solomon & Co. is just a brilliant scheme to add some more notches.