I think it's fair to say that this tactic is pretty much completely played out. I'm sure you've seen it aplenty yourselves, because it's everywhere on people's profiles these days. You know, the profiles where they're looking for somebody to go with to the swap meet or whatever.
A case in point of randomness for its own sake is, I think, Wes Anderson's movies. There's a certain level of creativity to his movies, but at times I get the feeling like he's just being random for no reason. E.g., why does Ben Stiller's character in The Royal Tenenbaums always wear tracksuits? That's not consistent with the character, and it doesn't really add anything; it's just RANDOM. Another example: pretty much every minute of "Amelie".
I guess I can see the point of randomness for the sake of randomness: you're trying to show that you're quirky and maybe creative. But really, that tactic gets boring after a while. Sort of like how Napoleon Dynamite was funny the first time through, but when you see it again, pretty much nobody ever laughs.
If you want to demonstrate that randomness is something you're capable of, that's fine. But use it sparingly. If nothing else, some of us might want to know more about you than just the fact that you're capable of being random, which, as I said, gets boring after a while. I'm sure you're more multifaceted than profiles like that suggest, but then again, you're just pixels to me, right?
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