private var loaded:Boolean = false;

        private var twitfeed:XML = null;

        private var tweets:Vector.<String> = new Vector.<String>();

        private var scrolls:Vector.<TextField> = new Vector.<TextField>();


        private var tweet_width:uint = 640;

        private function scroll():void
        {
            for each(var s:TextField in scrolls)
            {
                s.x -= 5;
                if (s.x < -s.textWidth) s.x += tweet_width;
            }
        }
        private function get_twitter():void
        {
            var request = new URLRequest(script_url + "?action=twitter");
            var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
            loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, got_twitter);
            loader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, send_error);
            loader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, send_error);
            loader.load(request);
            trace("getting twitter!");
        }

        private function got_twitter(e:Event=null):void
        {
            var loader:URLLoader = e.target as URLLoader;
            twitfeed = new XML(loader.data);
            trace("GOT TWITTER with " + twitfeed.status.length() + " tweets!");
            for (var c:uint = 0; c < twitfeed.status.length(); c++)
            {
                var tweet:String = twitfeed.status[c].text;
                tweets.push(tweet);
                trace("TWEET #" + c + ": " + tweet);

                var scroll:TextField = new TextField;
                var glow:GlowFilter = new GlowFilter(0x770000,1,3,3,640,BitmapFilterQuality.HIGH);
                var format_big:TextFormat = new TextFormat('wiffles', 48, 0xffff80);
                scroll.defaultTextFormat = format_big;
                scroll.embedFonts = true;
                scroll.selectable = false;
                scroll.height = 64;
                scroll.x = tweet_width;
                scroll.y = 410;
                scroll.filters = [glow];
                scroll.mouseEnabled = false;
                scroll.text = tweet;
                scroll.width = scroll.textWidth;
                addChild(scroll);
                tweet_width += scroll.textWidth + 100;
                scrolls.push(scroll);

            }
        }