jquery messy slider

jquery messy slider

hey, i've taken the slider from http://graphpaperpress.com/2009/03/15/j ... wordpress/ and reduced it to my needs and being a designer i fear that the code is everything but perfect now. Maybe you guys are looking for something similar and want to help clean up the mess?
The code is:
$(function() {
   
   var totalPanels         = $(".scrollContainer").children().size();
      
   var regWidth         = $(".panel").css("width");
   var regImgWidth         = $(".panel img").css("width");
   
   var movingDistance       = 300;

   var $panels            = $('#slider .scrollContainer > div');
   var $container         = $('#slider .scrollContainer');
   
   $("#slider").data("currentlyMoving", false);

   $container
      .css('width', ($panels[0].offsetWidth * $panels.length) + 100 )
      .css('left', "0");

   var scroll = $('#slider .scroll').css('overflow', 'hidden');

   function returnToNormal(element) {
      $(element)
         .find("img")
          .end()
   };
   
   //direction true = right, false = left
   function change(direction) {
      
       //if not at the first or last panel
      if((direction && !(curPanel < totalPanels)) || (!direction && (curPanel <= 4))) { return false; }   
        //if not currently moving
        if (($("#slider").data("currentlyMoving") == false)) {
           
         $("#slider").data("currentlyMoving", true);
         
         var next         = direction ? curPanel + 1 : curPanel - 1;
         var leftValue    = $(".scrollContainer").css("left");
         var movement    = direction ? parseFloat(leftValue, 10) - movingDistance : parseFloat(leftValue, 10) + movingDistance;
      
         $(".scrollContainer")
            .stop()
            .animate({
               "left": movement
            }, function() {
               $("#slider").data("currentlyMoving", false);
            });
         
         curPanel = next;
         
         //remove all previous bound functions
         $("#panel_"+(curPanel+1)).unbind();   
         
         //go forward
         $("#panel_"+(curPanel+1)).click(function(){ change(true); });
         
            //remove all previous bound functions                                             
         $("#panel_"+(curPanel-1)).unbind();
         
         //go back
         $("#panel_"+(curPanel-1)).click(function(){ change(false); });
         
         //remove all previous bound functions
         $("#panel_"+curPanel).unbind();
      }
   }
   
   // Set up "Current" panel and next and prev
   returnToNormal("#panel_3");   
   var curPanel = 5;
   
   $("#panel_"+(curPanel+1)).click(function(){ change(true); });
   $("#panel_"+(curPanel-1)).click(function(){ change(false); });
   
   //when the left/right arrows are clicked
   $(".right").click(function(){ change(true); });   
   $(".left").click(function(){ change(false); });
   
   $(window).keydown(function(event){
     switch (event.keyCode) {
         case 13: //enter
            $(".right").click();
            break;
         case 32: //space
            $(".right").click();
            break;
       case 37: //left arrow
            $(".left").click();
            break;
         case 39: //right arrow
            $(".right").click();
            break;
     }
   });
   
});


Check out what it does here: http://decojardin.info/florida/

Basically I don't need any of the resize functions anymore and I'm sure there are tons of other leftovers that the script doesn't need anymore.

Also, is there a way to build something like this, where the slider would center the image of the current post?

Or am I just plain stupid to customize this script because there already is something out there that does exactly what i want?