Some journalers have an obsession with characters and adventures besides those documented in their web diaries. Gamer Geeks: Journals With Character is a new webring for cyberjournalers who know their page hits from hit points.

"Not just any games, oh no," explains ring founder Lisa Ann Nichols. "We're not talking 'Life' or 'Monopoly' or 'Sorry.'

"We're talking roleplaying games, good old-fashioned get-out-the-dice-and-character-sheets or good new-fashioned put-on-your-black-trenchcoat-and-get-angsty roleplaying games."

Nichols, a 28-year-old Michigan diarist, herself plays Changeling and on various online MUSH systems. Through her ring, she's already linked seven like-minded souls.

Diarists looking for more topics to reflect and rant over have another option.

Waning Poetic is the brainchild of Virginia diarist K.T. Hicks, 28. Hicks said she was hungry for a new journal prompt "collab" after 'Writing in the Sand'  fell dormant in March.

"After 'Writing in the Sand' seems to have died, I wanted to work on a new collab and was having trouble getting into the 'limited' collabs," Hicks explains.

Waning Poetic allows anyone to join, submit entries, suggest topics and vote on them.

The topic for July is "I Was Ten," revisiting life as a 10-year-old child.

For those looking for journals that explore life beyond the pale glow of a CRT monitor, there's the A_ward.

Founder and Netherlands diarist Rien introduces it as "yet another pretentious webring."

"Basically you can't join it, unless you were invited to," he notes. "However, if you feel brave and want to join the The A_Ward uninvited, you are free to give it a try."

Rien makes no apologies for being particular about membership. Even so, there are 13 sites already listed.

"Observers, that's what we need," Rien says. "Journals with an eye for everyday madness, or beauty, and the consequences of it on whatever personal level."

While online journals usually explore the adventures of the day, a new site shines light on what happens after the subconscious takes over.

Sleeptrip collectes all varities of dream, from nightmares to adventures, from erotic dreams to "those simply bizarre dreams that leave you scratching your head the next morning."

"Dreams can have images and footnotes, they can be public or private, and all public dreams are open for reader interpretation," adds Sleeptrip founder .

Dreams can be submitted by anyone, and later browsed by subject, date, author, or category. Sleeptrip welcomes dreams just dreamt, or those from years ago.

Titles of some recently submitted dreams include "a witch steals my boyfriend" and "Rubbermaid Tour Buses."