I can't see my screen! What's the deal?

Oh yeah, hi everyone. I'm new to the forums.
So yeah, I have an ibook g4 that I use almost every day. It's fairly new (not quite 7 months) and it's already having problems. I've dealt with Apple and their product service before with my iPod, and i'm sorry, but their customer service ***** badly. I'm dreading calling them tomorrow because I know nothing is really going to get taken care of.
But anyway, I turn on my laptop today and my screen is so dark I can barley make out anything. It's just bright enough that when I hold it at the right angle I can see my wallpaper, but not bright enough to see any details of it or to actually be able to DO anything on my computer. I tried the obvious; turning up my screen brightness but that didn't work. I restarted my laptop and that didn't work. So right now i'm on my roomie's computer. It's the weirdest thing ever, there's nothing wrong with the computer. It's terribly dark but I can see just enough to know that the computer is working fine, I just can't see anything. Sometimes I can see my arrow curser if I move it into the right light.
I don't know what the deal is, I haven't done anything to it. Nothing's been spilled on it and it hasn't been dropped, so I don't know what could make this happen.
The big problem is there isn't any place around here to take it to see what's wrong with it. So that's why i've come to this forum trying to figure out what the deal is. Am I being too vauge or does everyone know what i'm trying to explain?
Sorry my thoughts are so scattered, i'm pretty mad right now so i'm not thinking straight lol.

A little update: I called Apple support today and once again got no help whatsoever. Big surprise. The guy on the phone was nice, but when I asked him if my warranty would cover a repair on my backlight he said that it wouldn't because our warranty only lasted 90 days. Then he spent the rest of the phone conversation trying to pawn off the Applecare on me. No solutions offered at all.
I had the protection plan for my LAST ibook and it did me no good, why should I pay for it again when I still had to pay $900 to repair my last one? Plus the $183 dollars to buy the ******* thing.
I hate acting like such a diva, and I don't like badmouthing Apple on their own site, but this is ********. I'm tired of dealing with Apple's horrible products and even worse customer service. I've spent thousands of dollars on their products and have yet to be satisfied. I will never buy another apple product again.
The worst part is I don't think apple cares.

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