to blonde or not to blonde?

So when I wrote my little letter below, saying I wanted to go blonder and shorter -- people asked to see the picture I had in mind.

I'm first going to preface this with an explanation.

From my sophomore year of high school all the way up to my sophomore year of college, and then again from halfway through sophomore college years until graduation ... I had short hair.

I would go through phases where I'd start to grow it out, get fed up, and then chop it back to my favorite length.

Then when I graduated I decided I was for real going to grow it out.

And, like clockwork, every couple of months I think about cutting it all off again.

This is one of those points.

So I'll show you the

NOW

{sorry about the bad lighting.}

{straightened}

{curled}

and the

POSSIBILITY/BEFORE

{forgive the duck face. and the poor quality. it was my old old phone. and i'm not naked -- i cropped out the swimsuit.{see my sad sunburn?}}

So what do you think? 

Short? Long? Should I just go back to blonder (that's what I want MOST)?

{I know boyfriend likes long...but he also said he won't tell me I can't cut it.}

xoxo.