lol apenland!
You can replace the backlight yourself. I think the lights cost about 20bux and they come in a sheet. Not too hard, really. You just pull the LCD out, remove the old sheet and put the new in. I did it on an old 386 lappy a while back. I'm assuming the process hasn't changed. Just becareful about dust. It looks like sh*t if you get dust trapped in between the backlight and LCD.