function slideSwitch() {
	var $active = $('#slideshow div.active');
	
	if ( $active.length == 0 ) $active = $('#slideshow div:last');
	
	// use this to pull the divs in the order they appear in the markup
	var $next =  $active.next().length ? $active.next()
			: $('#slideshow div:first');
	
//	var $sibs  = $active.siblings();
//	var rndNum = Math.floor(Math.random() * $sibs.length );
//	var $next  = $( $sibs[ rndNum ] );
	
	$active.addClass('last-active');
	
	$active.animate({opacity: 0.0}, 1000);
	
	$next.css({opacity: 0.0})
		.addClass('active')
		.animate({opacity: 1.0}, 1000, function() {
			$active.removeClass('active last-active');
		});
}

$(function() {
	setInterval("slideSwitch()", 7000);
});