I walked but I didn't do "grad night". Grad Night was like $350 and basically a huge supervised party put on by the school with heavy moderation to ensure no alcohol consumption. It began a few years before my year as a way to cut back on the massive alcohol parties there used to be. The parents of the class after our class always plans it on to ensure no one knows the location, events, etc. and no one can hide alcohol there beforehand.

Instead I worked. I had landed a gig as a PA on a tv show with my boyfriend. I would come in after school, wait for the writers to be done with the scripts, update the spreadsheets and stuff, do all the call sheets etc, and then drive the dailies up to the producers on my way home. That night was particularly brutal as the writers got too high and were way late on delivering. Usually I was home by 11. I didn't get home until 2am. My co-workers were laughing at the epic graduation night I was having. At least we had cake and stuff and it was fun.

I don't regret it. The party was apparently lame and I much preferred the time spent with my cooworkers and boyfriend at work. Plus my parents let me sleep over at his house for the first time. I had slept there before but never with their permission. Always had to sneak out and then sneak back in around 4:30am. It's the little things that make nights good.