[jQuery] Alternative syntax?

I find the following example very dirty syntax:

$(document).ready(function(){
        alert("Document is ready")

        $("a").click(function(){
                alert("Clicked");
        });
});

With all those ) and } I don't know if I'm coming or going.. Is there
an alternate syntax I can use? Do I *have* to use the "function()" all
the time or is there a different way? I've been away from JavaScript
for a long time but never seen anything like that :-)

If there's no way around it, does anybody know of a javascript
preprocessor that I could use a cleaner syntax while developing?

Thanks!