I like my straight hair, some waves at most. I never cared for it to be too curly. Seems to me that it's a whole lot easier to curl your hair once in a while than it is to try to keep curly hair straight - even short term.
I've feathered my hair back for so long that, were I to cut it shorter or get long bangs, it would again feather back on it's own. It still feathers back fairly easy with my current length. Speaking of It's getting time for another trim&thin