var color = cookie...;     
$('body').append('<div id="background" class='+color+'></div>');     
function showphoto(id) {     
var image = $(this).html('<div id="image">{image}</div>'), comments = $(this).html('{comments}'), data = image+comments;     
$('.lightbox').append('<div id="lbouter"><div id="lbinner">'+data+'</div></div>');     
$.get('/photo/1-2-'+id),function(commentsdata) {     
...
};     
}