hmm i donno if i quite agree with you PJ, you cant really go halfway with his haircut in my opinion, i tried to that a couple years ago remember. i think for the look your hair looks awesome sean. but yeah jsut get the barber to clean it up, i dont think that bringing up the sides to your ears would help too much.
anyway i jsut can visualise very much you know what they say about hair though, girls always know best.