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What you’ll need
Crawfish
Salt for purging (3-4 big Morton’s salt containers)
Kiddie pool with holes poked in it
Zatarains crab boil x 2 64 oz buckets
Vidalia onions
Lemons
Red potatoes
White corn
8 sticks of butter
Bushel of cloves of garlic
Andouille sausage
Large empty coolers

Go to dekalb farmers market for the crawdads, they are delivered a few times a week live and you can buy sacks of about 30-40 lbs. you have to go to the back of the seafood counter and ask for the sacks. Season goes through June but is usually dried up by July 4th. Shoot for 3-5 lbs of crawfish per person. Pick up lemons, onions, garlic cloves, corn and potatoes there as well, it’s ridiculously cheap.

Buy one of [these](King Kooker 5012 Portable Propane Outdoor Boiling and Steaming Cooker Package with 50-Quart Aluminum Pot and Steaming Basket https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004070QDA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_hjL4AbD13FVYW), or something like it. Get something that you can use to lift the pot out and the lid off. You’ll only want to fill it up a little over halfway so you don’t overflow the pot when you put the crawfish in.

Buy two of [these](Zatarains Pre-Seasoned Crab and Shrimp Boil 72 Ounce https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009K6RAO4/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_CmL4Ab1NJAWY1) it’s the best seasoning you can buy for these.

Get a bunch of large empty coolers to throw the food in once it’s done cooking.

First you’ll need to purge the crawfish, which is throwing salt on them so they shit themselves before you cook and eat them. The easiest way to do this is pour them out in a kiddie pool that you have holes poked in. Hose them off really good before you add the salt, they can be pretty dirty. Salt them up good and let that sit and then rinse it off. I use about 2 containers of salt per bag of crawfish.

Get the pot boiling and throw in just enough seasoning to make the water turn colors, about 1/8 of that jar of seasoning. That’s for the corn, you don’t want to have the water too spicy for the corn because it soaks everything up. Boil for 10 minutes and strain immediately.

Throw the rest of the first jar of seasoning in the boiling water, and throw the potatoes and andouille in with that. Boil for about ten minutes and strain immediately. Do a knife test to make sure that the potatoes are done. Keep the corn, potatoes and sausage in the coolers so they will stay warm.

Now for the crawfish. Take out the straining bowl from the main pot. You’ll want to cut up about 6 lemons and squeeze the juice in the water and throw the lemons in the straining pot whole. Throw 12 cloves of garlic (or more, I haven’t found the amount that is too much). Throw in two or three whole Vidalia onions. Fill the straining pot up 3/4 of the way with crawfish. Once the water is boiling good again, put the crawfish in. Once it gets up to a boil, set a timer for 3 minutes, or drink a beer. After three minutes is up, turn the heat off and throw two sticks of butter on top of the crawfish. The butter makes them easier to peel. Put the lid back on and let them soak for at least 15 minutes. After that first pot, repeat all the other ingredients and keep adding spices so you have different levels of spicy as the day goes on.

If you have any more questions feel free to pm me.

Source: at least two fraternity crawfish boils in Georgia a year for 6 years, and a Cajun father in law.

If you want to install a tap, you'll need to be able to refrigerate it somehow. You could invest in one like this. As far as the bar goes, Adding a lower shelf for the inside would make it look pretty professional. The upper left part of the bar in this picture is what I'm talking about. Also, you should look into using a router on the edges to make a neat border rather than just sanding it. That gives it more character. As for the top, the resin idea is cool if you're going to put stuff into the surface. If not, I'd recommend a stain and then a couple coats of polyurethane. And trim underneath the counter top would look great along with a base on the bottom.

Make sure you use water-based paints, house paint and art grade paints can cause allergic reactions in some people and the pigments can be toxic

In regards to distribution I know other fraternities have had good results using something like this with good results. Ask your cook to order them bulk from her kitchen supply company for a better price.

They are more accurate and effective than a cup-like container and if knocked over make minimal mess.

Mount the tv on the wall and get a small table to put any game systems/cable box on. I never mounted a TV until I did in my room and I was amazed how much space it saves.

I got this mount and it's easy to hang up and has been great.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00393KNVQ

Personally I like to use a few of these. Great for parties and the girls go crazy for these speakers!!

Especially if you fill them in these jello injectors

Great for themed parties and you can get 'em in bulk.

When one of my little brothers was a pledge, I made him the Fashion Police. I found this rainbow belt that I made him wear across his chest like a sash. He had a little police hat, a sheriff's badge, and a ticket book. Made him go up to people and write them a ticket for something about how they were dressed. It surprisingly worked kinda well on chicks with a sense of humor, if he approached it the right way.

Since only u/roadbird21 really answered this I'll jump in. Do you own the house or rent it? Is it long term rent (like you know you'll have it for 5+ years ) or short term? And do you have alot of money or a little?

Short term: (if you don't own the house/don't have a ton of money)Dehumidifiers are a great option. Dry air is not as sweat inducing as wet air is. Also get one or two portable AC units. As large as you can afford (by BTU) such as this one.

These work by having an exaust for hot air. Route this up the stairs and outside the nearest window. You can buy extra tubing from home Depot. Get enough AC for double the room size.

Medium term (you have more money, a long rent that's several years). Something like this would be good

Long term: you have a long rent, own the property, or have a ton of money

This is what your looking for

Note, I do a ton of DIY projects, including plumbing and electrical for my house. I probably would get someone to install this anyhow. Also, if your renting. You need to talk with your land lord.

If you're going with a Roaring 20's theme, the main decorations will be the apparel. Flapper skirts, headbands with feathers on the girls, classic tuxedos on the guys with hair slicked and parted. Those will be the things people focus on, remember, and see in pictures.

If you're determined to decorate, though, it can be done on the cheap:

• Gold/silver fringe curtains on the walls. Example.
  
  
• Gold/silver paper lanterns. Example.
  
  
• Champagne coupes. Example.
  
  
• Gold/silver streamers. Example.
  
  
• Create a photo backdrop/standing prop in Art Deco style (plywood and paint). Example.

We grabbed this for Halloween. Fairly cheap and it worked out pretty well.

Yves Saint Laurent La Nuit de L'homme

go find it and you'll love it.

https://www.amazon.com/National-Hardware-V7710-Nails-Galvanized/dp/B005MJFA8G/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1465400289&sr=8-9&keywords=nails

These are the rubber nails I like to use.

Get some dehumidifiers and an industrial fan or 2 and you should be good. We had a heat problem at the beginning of this semester and then we got one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00836E6LM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_sFPYzbV127RQD

To be honest, I think they look better all fucked up. The ones I wear regularly don't even have sole inserts because they ripped or got holes in them from my feet.

I looked on amazon and couldn't find them cheaper then $87 so I'd just keep checking back for sales.

Edit: They're not sperry's but these Sebagos are ~$60 depending on style and size.

The crotch "Freedom" Flask

https://www.amazon.com/Freedom-Flask/dp/B006WV1HV2

https://www.amazon.com/Electro-Voice-ZLX15P-Two-Way-Powered-Loudspeaker/dp/B00CE0VN3M

https://www.amazon.com/ELECTRO-VOICE-ELX118P-Repack-Powered-Subwoofers/dp/B004M8GR8A/ref=pd_sim_267_6?ie=UTF8&refRID=0B5HWYMVDKA336AF0ARP

Two of each. Bluetooth will hinder sound quality, I wont recommend it.

My house has 4 of these, one set for the front and one for the back.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003R1GMGA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_3RgYzb01FHV79

They are LOUD AS FUCK. We set the beer pong table up by one of the speakers and made the winners side closest to the speaker so the winners side would have a disadvantage, I was there for 3 games, couldn't hear very well for the next day.