Ajax search Before Post (Freemarker)

Hey Doug -

I'm trying to apply some jQuery plug-ins on some REST, but I'm having issues. The plug-ins work properly with just normal text, but not with the REST calls. Here is a sample below. I'm using the <@liscript> you mentioned above....Any ideas?

 <script src="/html/assets/jquery-1.4.4.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
 <script src="html/assets/jquery.jtruncate.pack.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<@liaAddScript>

$(document).ready(function() {  

    $('#truncTest').jTruncate({  
        length: 25,  
        minTrail: 20,  
        moreText: "[see all]",  
        lessText: "[hide extra]",  
        ellipsisText: " ...",  
        moreAni: "fast",  
        lessAni: 2000  
    });  
    $('#desc').jTruncate({  
        length: 20,  
        minTrail: 20,  
        moreText: "[see all]",  
        lessText: "[hide extra]",  
        ellipsisText: " ...",  
        moreAni: "fast",  
        lessAni: 2000  
    }); 
});
(LITHIUM.jQuery);
</@liaAddScript>

<!-- This one below works just fine -->
<span id="truncTest">TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST EST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST EST TEST TEST TEST TEST </span>

<!-- This one doesn't -->
<#assign count = rest("/categories/id/${category.id}/boards/count").value />    
<h3 id="desc" style="margin-bottom:7px; font-size:12px;">${description}</h3>