gistfile1.js

var someFunc = new (function() {
    var me = this,
        foobar = "twenty";
    me.something = "foo";

    somethingElse.on('someEvent', function() {
        //this points to somewhere else now
        me.something = 'hi';
        foobar = 42;
    });

    somethingElse.on('FooBar', (function() {
        //this points to somewhere else now
        this.something = 'hi';
    }).bind(me));
})();