(function ($) {
	$.fn.tweet = function (o) {
		var s = {
			username: ["expanish"],              // [string]   required, unless you want to display our tweets. :) it can be an array, just do ["username1","username2","etc"]
			avatar_size: null,                      // [integer]  height and width of avatar if displayed (48px max)
			count: 1,                               // [integer]  how many tweets to display?
			intro_text: null,                       // [string]   do you want text BEFORE your your tweets?
			outro_text: null,                       // [string]   do you want text AFTER your tweets?
			join_text:  null,                       // [string]   optional text in between date and tweet, try setting to "auto"
			auto_join_text_default: "i said,",      // [string]   auto text for non verb: "i said" bullocks
			auto_join_text_ed: "i",                 // [string]   auto text for past tense: "i" surfed
			auto_join_text_ing: "i am",             // [string]   auto tense for present tense: "i was" surfing
			auto_join_text_reply: "i replied to",   // [string]   auto tense for replies: "i replied to" @someone "with"
			auto_join_text_url: "i was looking at", // [string]   auto tense for urls: "i was looking at" http:...
			loading_text: null                      // [string]   optional loading text, displayed while tweets load
		};
    
		function relative_time(time_value) {
			var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value);
			var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date();
			var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000);
			if (delta < 60) {
				return 'less than a minute ago';
			} else if (delta < 120) {
				return 'about a minute ago';
			} else if (delta < (45 * 60)) {
				return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago';
			} else if (delta < (90 * 60)) {
				return 'about an hour ago';
			} else if (delta < (24 * 60 * 60)) {
				return 'about ' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago';
			} else if (delta < (48 * 60 * 60)) {
				return '1 day ago';
			} else {
				return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago';
			}
		}
		
		if (o) $.extend(s, o);
		return this.each(function () {
			var list = $('<ul class="tweet_list">').appendTo(this);
			var intro = '<p class="tweet_intro">' + s.intro_text + '</p>';
			var outro = '<p class="tweet_outro">' + s.outro_text + '</p>';
			var loading = $('<p class="loading">' + s.loading_text + '</p>');
			if (typeof(s.username) == "string") {
				s.username = [s.username];
			}
			var url = 'http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=from:'+s.username.join('%20OR%20from:') + '&rpp=' + s.count + '&callback=?';
			if (s.loading_text) $(this).append(loading);
			$.getJSON(url,  function (data) {
				if (s.loading_text) 
				loading.remove();
				if (s.intro_text) 
				list.before(intro);
				$.each(data.results, function(i,item){
					// audo join text based on verb tense and content
					if (s.join_text == "auto") {
						if (item.text.match(/^(@([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)) .*/i)) {
							var join_text = s.auto_join_text_reply;
						} else if (item.text.match(/(^\w+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&\?\/.=]+) .*/i)) {
							var join_text = s.auto_join_text_url;
						} else if (item.text.match(/^((\w+ed)|just) .*/im)) {
							var join_text = s.auto_join_text_ed;
						} else if (item.text.match(/^(\w*ing) .*/i)) {
							var join_text = s.auto_join_text_ing;
						} else {
							var join_text = s.auto_join_text_default;
						}
					} else {
						var join_text = s.join_text;
					}
					var join = '<span class="tweet_join"> ' + join_text + ' </span>';
					list.append('<li>' + (s.avatar_size ? '<a class="tweet_avatar" href="http://twitter.com/' + item.from_user + '"><img src="' + item.profile_image_url + '" height="' + s.avatar_size + '" width="' + s.avatar_size + '" alt="' + item.from_user + '\'s avatar" border="0"/></a>' : '') + ((s.join_text) ? join : ' ') + '<span class="tweet_text">' + item.text.replace(/(\w+:\/\/[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\.[A-Za-z0-9-_:%&#\?\/.=]+)/gi, '<a href="$1">$1</a>').replace(/[\@]+([A-Za-z0-9-_]+)/gi, '<a href="http://twitter.com/$1">@$1</a>').replace(/ [\#]+([A-Za-z0-9-_]+) /gi, ' <a href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=&tag=$1&lang=all&from=' + s.username.join("%2BOR%2B") + '">#$1</a> ').replace(/[&lt;]+[3]/gi, "<tt class='heart'>&#x2665;</tt>") + '</span>' + '<span>&nbsp' + '</span>' + '<a href="http://twitter.com/' + item.from_user + '/statuses/' + item.id + '" title="view tweet on twitter">' + relative_time(item.created_at) + '</a>' + '</li>');
				});
				$('.tweet_list li:odd').addClass('tweet_even');
				$('.tweet_list li:even').addClass('tweet_odd');
				$('.tweet_list li:first').addClass('tweet_first');
				$('.tweet_list li:last').addClass('tweet_last');
				if (s.outro_text) 
				list.after(outro);
			});
		});
	};
})(jQuery);