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I Am So Random

for my review this wednesday, i took a look at The Drunkards Walk by Leonard Mlodinow, a book that chronicles the myriad ways in which randomness from the motion of particles to the spinning of a roulette wheel to the performance of mutual funds permeates our lives. The Drunkards Walk requires some serious neuronal firing, so if you plan to read this book during the commercial breaks of Greys Anatomy, think again. that being said, Mlodinow does a fantastic job of taking complicated probability/statistics concepts and breaking them down for folks who havent spent their careers analyzing coin tosses. Mlodinows main argument is this: the majority of humans currently inhabiting the planet lack a basic but fundamental understanding of probability. as a consequence, we make decisions that are decidedly unwise and that often run counter to our best interests. game show contestants choose the wrong door, profitable CEOs are axed by board members, well-meaning juries convict innocent people of crimes. moreover, we consistently underestimate the role of randomness in our lives and conjure explanations for phenomena (like sports scores and high school GPAs) that may give us a greater sense of control, but are ultimately misguided. about three-quarters of the way into the book, i have to admit that i found myself pretty dejected. taking Mlodinows reasoning to its extreme (almost everything is random, we are deluding ourselves by believing that anything is actually under our <b>...</b>

I'm the Scatman

I am shocked that one of my videos has nearly 2 million videos. I never would have expected any one of my movies to ever get so many views. Sequel - www.youtube.com Sequels Sequel- www.youtube.com This is basically a collection of all the doodles and animations i drew throughout my freshmen year of college, or assignments for classs that i never posted. Oh, and some of it is drawn for this cartoon. It is a random music video, so if you dont like random, nor music videos, this isnt for you. Dedicated to Scatman John. www.newgrounds.com

Random People (Kindness of a Stranger) - original

www.jesschalker.com www.twitter.com/jesschalker www.tinyurl.com/jess-facebook www.myspace.com/jessicachalker Something lighthearted and happy(ish) for a change. With the usual breath of melancholy of course. Ha ha. This quirky little song was born out of improv. a few weeks ago. In keeping with that, I kept the first take which features an aeroplane flying over. Dont know why but I just liked the atmosphere of it. Oh I am so weird! Peace and be good to your neighbour. Jess xox. Random People Ive always liked the rain Cause Ive always liked to walk alone Why dont people do this more Its just water after all? And I like skimming stones I like to watch the ripples form Especially when the afternoon sunlight Is dancing on the pond Ive realised that maybe Im not strange Its just that everybody else is on a different page To me To me Oooohhh. I like the sight of older couples Walking hand in hand I hope that someday I might feel the kind of love They have And when Im on the bus I like to smile at random people Who seem to look sad And They always smile back Ive realised that were all just the same Sometimes it takes the kindness of a stranger In this game Of life Of life Ooohhhhh. Copyright Jess CHalker 2008.

Lady Gaga: Born March of '86

I cant even explain how much I love Lady Gaga, shes just too amazing for words. I am so inspired by her and pretty much love everything that she does. I could just write a huge description about how much I admire her but I shall keep it short instead :p Happy 24th Birthday Gaga! :D Random fact: I dont think Gaga would like the fact that I used old pictures and videos, but I felt it was necessary so yeah :p And I kept that short! And another random fact: I uploaded this past 12am of where I live, so it was already Gagas birthdaaaay, fuck you youtube for still saying it was uploaded it on the 27th! x_x INFO NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED *I apologize for my choppy audio editing, but hey, the video is nice-ish so dont pay attention to that! :p Ok, so after this video, I can say that, making long videos is not really fun specially if you have an extremely old laptop that sucks at everything. Songs (in order): No floods, Just dance, Poker face, Lovegame, Paparazzi, Bad romance & Telephone All by Lady Gaga, first one can be found under her real name too. Program used: Sony vegas pro 8 Clip at the very end thanks to mdinh26

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