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Great questions! Personally, I like using italicized thoughts, ’cause it helps draw a person into the head and italics make it easier for me to discern between characters – especially when there are multiple POVs. If I italicize something, I tend not to use “he thought” or “she wondered” unless it flows well and clarifies who’s talking. If I’m not italicizing, then I do use those to clarify that this isn’t just a piece of prose. Not sure if that’s helpful or not. 🙂

As for description… if I’m italicizing, I keep the description at a minimum and try to match what description I have with the individual character – for example, an assassin or soldier would probably notice the people more, assessing their postures, gestures, and general feel and probably making evaluations as to how much of a threat they are. Whereas a poet would probably be thinking in more flowery terms, noticing the beauty of the nature and general emotions the setting induces. Does that even make sense? XD

Uh… *tries to think* I’ll come back to this. My current WIP is in first-person past tense, but I might be able to swipe something from another. 🙂