diff --git a/my/common.py b/my/common.py
index 861e48b..5379833 100644
--- a/my/common.py
+++ b/my/common.py
@@ -79,20 +79,7 @@ def listify(fn=None, wrapper=list):
 #     return listify(fn=fn, wrapper=md)
 
 
-# TODO try importing logzero defensively?
-def setup_logger(logger, level=None, format=None, datefmt=None):
-    import logging
-    old_root = logging.root
-    try:
-        logging.root = logger
-        logging.basicConfig(
-            level=level or logging.DEBUG,
-            format=format or '%(name)s %(asctime)s %(levelname)-8s %(filename)s:%(lineno)-4d %(message)s',
-            datefmt=datefmt or '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',
-        )
-    finally:
-        logging.root = old_root
-
+from .kython.klogging import setup_logger, LazyLogger
 
 PathIsh = Union[Path, str]
 
diff --git a/my/kython/klogging.py b/my/kython/klogging.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..32e02cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/my/kython/klogging.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import logging
+from typing import Union, Optional
+
+Level = int
+LevelIsh = Optional[Union[Level, str]]
+
+
+def mklevel(level: LevelIsh) -> Level:
+    if level is None:
+        return logging.NOTSET
+    if isinstance(level, int):
+        return level
+    return getattr(logging, level.upper())
+
+
+_FMT = '{start}[%(levelname)-7s %(asctime)s %(name)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)d]{end} %(message)s'
+_FMT_COLOR   = _FMT.format(start='%(color)s', end='%(end_color)s')
+_FMT_NOCOLOR = _FMT.format(start='', end='')
+
+
+def setup_logger(logger: logging.Logger, level: Level) -> None:
+    try:
+        import logzero # type: ignore
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        import warnings
+        warnings.warn("You might want to install 'logzero' for nice colored logs!")
+        logger.setLevel(level)
+        h = logging.StreamHandler()
+        h.setLevel(level)
+        h.setFormatter(logging.Formatter(fmt=_FMT_NOCOLOR))
+        logger.addHandler(h)
+    else:
+        formatter = logzero.LogFormatter(
+            fmt=_FMT_COLOR,
+            datefmt=None, # pass None to prevent logzero from messing with date format
+        )
+        logzero.setup_logger(logger.name, level=level, formatter=formatter)
+
+
+class LazyLogger(logging.Logger):
+    # TODO perhaps should use __new__?
+
+    def __new__(cls, name, level: LevelIsh = 'DEBUG'):
+        logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+        lvl = mklevel(level)
+
+        # this is called prior to all _log calls so makes sense to do it here?
+        def isEnabledFor_lazyinit(*args, logger=logger, orig=logger.isEnabledFor, **kwargs):
+            att = 'lazylogger_init_done'
+            if not getattr(logger, att, False): # init once, if necessary
+                setup_logger(logger, level=lvl)
+                setattr(logger, att, True)
+            return orig(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        logger.isEnabledFor = isEnabledFor_lazyinit  # type: ignore[assignment]
+        return logger
+
+
+def test():
+    ll = LazyLogger('test')
+    ll.debug('THIS IS DEBUG')
+    ll.warning('THIS IS WARNING')
+    ll.exception(RuntimeError("oops"))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test()
diff --git a/my/twitter.py b/my/twitter.py
index 613fafb..55230f9 100755
--- a/my/twitter.py
+++ b/my/twitter.py
@@ -17,7 +17,10 @@ import zipfile
 
 import pytz
 
-from .common import PathIsh
+from .common import PathIsh, get_files, LazyLogger
+
+
+logger = LazyLogger('my.twitter')
 
 
 _export_path: Optional[Path] = None
@@ -33,12 +36,7 @@ def _get_export() -> Path:
         # fallback to mycfg
         from mycfg import paths
         export_path = paths.twitter.export_path
-    p = Path(export_path)
-    if p.is_dir():
-        return max(p.glob('*.zip'))
-    else:
-        return p
-
+    return max(get_files(export_path, '*.zip'))
 
 
 Tid = str
@@ -75,23 +73,35 @@ class Tweet:
     def __repr__(self) -> str:
         return repr(self.tw)
 
+# TODO a bit messy... perhaps we do need DAL for twitter exports
 
-def _from_json_export() -> Iterator[Tweet]:
-    epath = _get_export()
-    ddd = zipfile.ZipFile(epath).read('tweet.js').decode('utf8')
-    start = ddd.index('[')
-    ddd = ddd[start:]
-    for j in json.loads(ddd):
-        yield Tweet(j)
+class ZipExport:
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        pass
+
+    def raw(self): # TODO Json in common?
+        epath = _get_export()
+        logger.info('processing: %s', epath)
+        ddd = zipfile.ZipFile(epath).read('tweet.js').decode('utf8')
+        start = ddd.index('[')
+        ddd = ddd[start:]
+        for j in json.loads(ddd):
+            yield j
+
+
+    def tweets(self) -> Iterator[Tweet]:
+        for r in self.raw():
+            yield Tweet(r)
 
 
 def tweets_all() -> List[Tweet]:
-    return list(sorted(_from_json_export(), key=lambda t: t.dt))
+    return list(sorted(ZipExport().tweets(), key=lambda t: t.dt))
 
 
 def predicate(p) -> List[Tweet]:
     return [t for t in tweets_all() if p(t)]
 
+
 def predicate_date(p) -> List[Tweet]:
     return predicate(lambda t: p(t.dt.date()))