References to chance in micro-blogs - Examples by topic

As noted on the cover page, here we categorize by topic. The percentages below add up to 86%; the others instances were in smaller categories or uncategorizable. Here is the entire list in this categorization.

School (8%)

Not unexpectedly a fairly frequent topic.

So apparently the exam board randomly changed my coursework from an A to a D and that it's "extremely unlikely" that it will change.

Career or Job (5%)

There is no real reason for me to go to work tomorrow, since I'll probably be finished by 10am.

Romance (4%)

Somewhat less common here than in regular blogs.

Lets face it, out of all the beautiful people out there, theres a fat chance the boys will fall for us.

Sports - spectator (9%)

Another predictably frequent topic. In contrast, almost no references to the individual participating in sports.

Don't understand how FSU is being picked to winner the national championship this year. Will choke like last year. No chance.

Medical (3%)

Much less frequent than in the Bing data.

The most important thing is I am now cancer free with very very slim chance of recurrence.

Social, in the sense of relations with other people, other than romantic (16%)

Rather a catch-all category.

There's no chance of me even sleeping tonight with my little sister here.
Go shopping with my mum and she just by chance forgets her bank card and I'm the one that buys all her new living room furniture.
Attempting to do a Google Hangout w/ college buddies during our FF draft tonight. Probability of disastrous results: 85%.

Philosophy, in the sense of implicit advice for other people (7%)

More common than I had expected.

If you only interact with like-minded individuals, then it's very likely that you will develop a narrow mind.

Introspective thoughts (6%)

I'm such a private person I'd never want to b famous, unless I cured some disease or something lol fat chance.

Everyday activities, individual rather than social (11%)

I think that I should cook chicken, but then there's the slight risk of my house getting burnt down.
I have a 50/50 chance of choosing shampoo and every time i grab the conditioner bottle!

The physical world (7%)

Mostly weather and animals.

In the past week I've seen TWO sets of twin fawns ~ miles apart ~ so I know its not the same set. Beautiful to behold. What are the odds?

Stuff -- human artifacts (10%)

Upgraded to 2.5.1 in the hopes that this would go away. Fat chance. Tried the .htaccess fix, deleting the js_cache, deleting cookies and the browser cache, switching browsers, switching operating systems (from Win to Mac) -- still no dice.
Note to self; give away every pair of high heels you own, the probability of ever wearing them again is not looking good.