gistfile1.txt

$.password
  :blur
    if @value === ""
      .hide()
      var faux = $this.prev()  
      faux.show().val(faux.attr('default_value'))
      
  .blur()

$.faux-password
  :focus
    .hide().next().show().focus()

gistfile2.txt

The icky feelings that represent javascript start to rear their ugly heads around lines 5-6

A number of times I've had this problem of needing to set a variable referencing another element.

instead of:

var faux = $this.prev()
faux.show().val(faux.attr('default_value'))

What about something like:

.prev() becomes faux
faux.show().val(faux.attr('default_value'))

or even

with .prev()
  .show().val(@default_value)

OR is there already something do deal with/wholly circumvent this issue?

(I think you guys have $this as _jabl_context)