Well, I've been testing this out for a couple of days to see how I felt about it. I decided to stay, and now I can fully step up and tell you guys what's going on. There is nothing I will say I guess that will not make me a hypocrite for all the stuff that I said, but to make a long story short, this is the deal: After 3 months of being out of the Britney scene I had a lot of time to do some thinking. I've learned to accept what Britney has become, which was something that I had a hard time doing before. I still stand by every word I said, and I still feel that it was important for me to say what I said because lots of fans were feeling the same way and a little wake up call was needed just to put a stand point on things. I'm back because I feel it's important for Britney fans to have their WoB, I tried very hard to ignore the thousands of E-mails that I received from all of you which were all rather lengthy showing me your support for what I did and some just begging me to not do this. For every E-mail I read, I realized how much of a daily routine WoB had become for thousands and thousands of Britney fans out there and I truly thank each and everyone of you who took their time to E-mail me and show your support, I read all E-mails (in fact, I just finished reading the last one a couple of days ago) and I want to apologize from my heart to those of you that were hurt for what was said, but I cannot turn back time and in fact, I do not wish to, what's done is done and let that be it. I would also like to take the opportunity to clear some *ehum* rumors, so here I go....On March 17th Britney was scheduled to come to Stockholm, Sweden for the promotion and premiere of her movie CrossRoads....I had left to the US for vacation on March 13th. On the 17th I was laying in bed sleeping in San Diego, CA when my cell phone rings, the person on the line was a reporter from a newspaper in Sweden, asking me if I had any idea what was on the frontpage of a competing newspaper, called Aftonbladet. I said, no No clue....the tabloid read "Britney Threatened by Swede". What basically happened was that apparently somebody from Britney's people or Zomba Records in Sweden decided to make a press statement the day before she came to Sweden basically saying that they believed I was going to be on the premiere to attack or harm her, due to that I had been "dissapointed" with her. This whole story was fabricated in order for me to be branded a stalker/lunatic or whatever you want to call it. It was a way for people to get their minds of what I had said and to see me as someone who ended up being some crazy person. I automatically told the press that what had been said about me was completely ridiculous because there was no way I could even harm her due to that I was 9 time zones away in sunny California. Whoever made the press release had of course no idea I was not in Sweden at the time, and their plan to do whatever they intended to do with my image backfired on them because I was interviewed that night by 2 newspapers and 1 radio station, and next day they printed out my version of what had happened. Unfortunately, MSNBC's gossip column got the first original story and decided to spice it up a little bit by saying that the Swedish police had been involved which was NOT true.....then I don't know who spread the rumor on by word of mouth and claimed that I had actually been arrested. This whole "being part of tabloid history" was the price I had to pay for shutting down my website 3 months ago. I never thought the media was going to make such a big deal of the shutdown and I never asked them to step in and start syndicating my letter all over the world. I repeat, I did NOT stalk Britney, I'm a perfectly sane individual who likes her music and runs a fan site, PERIOD. That accusation was so ridiculous. So everybody made SUCH a BIG deal about the shut down OH MY GOD.....I never imagined that it was gonna end up on MTV, BBC, MSNBC and on Yahoo!. This is just a Britney website and I was just saying back then that I was not going to do it anymore because of my feelings for Brit, period. I hate it, hate it when people exaggerate things and take them out of proportion. The letter was intended for the loyal visitors of the website and not for a bunch of people that were going to read it while having their coffee at work and not having a clue of the history of this site. The tabloids even told her in Sweden when they interviewed her that I had sad bad things about her mother, oh man, poor girl..... So I also want to point out that I never insulted Lynne Spears, what I said was that I disagreed with the way she tried to market her daughter even more by advising fans to purchase merchandise through her column at BritneySpears.com, I never said anything about her having to be ashamed of herself for having Britney as a daughter, like the media printed it. I've been through a lot because of this but I have remained strong and focused because as long as I know the real truth within myself, everything is going to be ok. The reason for me returning to the site, which to some will seem very hypocritical is very simple, I do not need to pay for it any longer since I passed it on to a major entertainment company that has agreed to finance and invest on my future ideas for the website. I started out with the producing of the WoB Internet-Team Contest which is basically a way so that we can get our traffic back, this is a contest that is costing several thousands of dollars but they're doing it because they believe in the outcome of what this site will become in the months to come through my involvement. I do not longer need to worry about getting bandwidth bills or threats from record labels because that was a lesson well learned. My return is a dedication for the Britney fans that became a part of Britney through us..... And for the ones of you wondering if I am back because of money, I am doing this for free and am not earning anything from the ads. WoB is now owned by a large corporation YET it is still MY fansite because everything you see on it is made by me. The fact that I don't own it anymore doesn't matter, because I'm getting everything I'm asking for to make the site better in terms of financial investments and this is something that fans will gain from. I feel that it was unfair for fans to get unhooked from what to them was a daily routine because of something that I went through for a certain period of time when my life was a mess and the pressure was unbelievable. Bottom line, the benefit of doubt is something of human nature and I feel that I can now start fresh again, and hopefully have the support, the blessing and the trust from each and everyone of you to make this your favorite Britney site once again. So yeah, as if I would be talking to my family here, here's a request for a second chance.....I hope that some of you are happy that the site has gotten its personality back, and I can promise you amazing things to come, new layout, more videos and an amazing contest which you can now see at our main page. I will do my best to not let you guys down again, and no, I do not hate Britney, and yes, I still listen to her music, and I'm finally in peace with myself about who Britney really is and I learned to accept and respect it, what still stands out is the music and the strive. I welcome you all back to the experience........and I am proud to say that this is just the beginning. Ruben Garay Webmaster/Founder World of Britney.com ruben@worldofbritney.com