function slideshowDir(dir) {
    
     var galleriesDir = '/galleries';
    
     var jsonRequest = new Request.JSON({
    url: "http://jenniferstalcup.com/random.php",
    async: false,
    onSuccess: function(thingy) {
              //alert(thingy.data);
              //console.debug(thingy.data); 
      }
    }).get({'dir': dir});

console.log( "jsonRequest", jsonRequest);
console.log( "jsonRequest Response json", jsonRequest.response.json.data);

	      
	    var myShow = new Slideshow('show', jsonRequest.response.json.data, {resize: false, overlap: false, controller: true, height: 500, hu: galleriesDir + '/' +dir, width: 500});   
}