The story I started (S&P) is now in a first person narrative.  Tried it in third person and I found I have some pretty nasty habits.  One, I am some kind of magic time traveler, as I have all sorts of fun with past and present tense.  Second, and this is a biggie, is that I tend to write in passive voice.  First person helps me keep my tense correct, and it also forces me to acknowledge the passive nature.

Sarcasm is a wonderful thing.  I am fairly dense, and so it takes me a while at times when the great mirror is applied backward in my own direction and I realize that someone just took a well aimed poke at me and I failed to even recognize it.  Such is my naivete — for those in my life employing sarcasm as a teaching tool for me, please be patient!  Just know that I will get the joke about two days after it was intended, and I promise you that it will be even more devastating to me than ever.  Sarcasm does age well like wine, unless it is poorly done, then all you’ve got is vinegar, and … this analogy was going someplace when I started it.