An object serializer for jQuery. I don't know why this isn't already a thing...

jquery-object-serializer.js

(function($) {
  $.fn.serializeObject = function() {
    var arr = this.serializeArray(), a, ret = {};
    $.each(arr, function(i, a) { ret[a.name] = a.value; });
    return ret;
  }
})(jQuery);