Using get_content twice on same page for different actions

I’m using the get_content twice on my home page. One shows an excerpt of my latest post, the other to display a random log entry. Unfortunately because I have set my excerpt in WordPress to show just one entry on my homepage, when I call the rand argument get_content I think it is also showing the excerpt from the latest post, despite showing the title from the other random posts. So my random posts, set to display 5 random posts, would show:

Random title 1
Content from the latest post

Random title 2
Content from the latest post

Random title 3
Content from the latest post

…and so on. How should I code my homepage to show the content from the random posts instead? My current code is thus:

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id="wrap">
  <div id="content-container">
    <div id="content">

      <div class="post-container">
        <?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
        <div class="post" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
          <div class="posttop">
         <!-- <div id="date">

            <p class="day">
              <?php the_time('j'); ?>
            </p>
			 <p class="month">
              <?php the_time('F'); ?>
            </p>
          </div>-->

            <h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title(); ?>">
              <?php the_title(); ?>
              </a></h2>
            <div class="postinfo"><?php the_time('l, F j Y') ?></div>
			<div class='postinfoauthor'>Written by
              <?php  the_author(); ?>
              <?php edit_post_link('Edit', ' | ', ''); ?>

			  </div>

        </div>
          <div class="entry"><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>
            <?php the_content('<br />Continue reading: ' . the_title('', '', false)); ?>
          </div>

		  <!--
          <div class="postbottom">
            <div class="metainf">Filed Under:
              <?php the_category(', ') ?>
            </div>
            <div class="commentinf">
              <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments', '1 Comment', '% Comments'); ?>
            </div>
          </div>
		  -->
        </div>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
       <!-- <?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/navoptions.php'); ?>-->
        <?php else : ?>
        <h2>Not Found</h2>
        <p class="center">Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.</p>
        <?php endif; ?>

		 <div class="entry">
 			<h2>A random selection of my writing</h2>

 					<?php
 					$rand_posts = get_posts('numberposts=5&orderby=rand');
 					foreach( $rand_posts as $post ) :
					 ?>
    		<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?><?php the_content('Read more...'); ?></a>
					 <?php endforeach; ?>

          </div>		  

      </div>
	  <div style="float:left">
        <?php get_sidebar(); ?>
      </div>
    </div>
    <div class="bgbottom"></div>
  </div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>