Is it possible to specify which <li> appears first on a page?

Is it possible to specify which <li> appears first on a page?

I am working with a vertical slider plugin that currently has two lists specified in html, as shown below. I am using it to list all of the links to my project pages. The project images show up to the right of the slider, which is fixed in place and highlights the project you are on. For the projects that are in the first list, it works great because when you click one of those projects, the page loads and list 1 is still in place and has that project highlighted. When you slide to the second list however, and select one of the projects in the second list, the page loads and again shows list 1, because that is first in the order. This is annoying because you can't see the name of the project you're on (its in the second list), and you have to keep sliding back to list 2 after clicking on any of the projects in list 2, because every time it loads another page it goes back to list 1. I would like to find out if there is any way to specify which list shows up first when you are on a particular page, without rearranging the order of the list elements. I also want it to maintain the same back/more sliding options.

There really should be a way to do this, but I can't seem to find anything.
Thanks for any help anyone may provide,

Maya



</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="easySlider1.7/js/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="easySlider1.7/js/easySlider1.7.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="easySlider1.7/js/easySlider.packed.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".list").easySlider({
prevText:'Back  /',
nextText:'/  More',
orientation:'vertical'
});
});
</script>


<div class="list">
<ul>
<li>  
<a href="project1.html"><span class="style5">project1</span></a><br />
<a href="project2.html">project2</a><br />
<a href="project3.html">project2</a><br />
<a href="project4.html">project4</a><br />
<a href="project5.html">project5</a><br />
<a href="project6.html">project6</a><br />
<a href="project7.html">project7</a><br />
<a href="project8.html">project8</a><br />
</li>
<li>
<a href="project9.html">project9</a><br />
<a href="project10.html">project10</a><br />
<a href="project11.html">project11</a><br />
<a href="project12.html">project12</a><br />
<a href="project13.html">project13</a><br />   
</li>    
</ul>
</div>