Use a different plugin

Right now, I’m using the paid plugin Viva Carousel on my site (scrawlfx.com) in order to display my top stories. What it does is takes all the posts in the “Top” category and lists them in the little CSS design I’ve created. They appear on the top of every page as it’s in the header.

However, since it uses javascript, it slows down my page. I was wondering if there was anyway I could do this same thing with the Post Thumb Revisited plugin?

Can anyone lend me a hand?