Icon Postponed?

Well, I though I'd give it a shot at designing my own icon. I had Gimp installed on my iMac already so I launched it. Got prompted that I need X11. I scoured around my house for my Leopard install DVD, found it and popped it in. All of a sudden I hear a clicking sound coming from the DVD drive. I didn't think too much of it since this drive was replaced once under AppleCare and a previous noise problem didn't get fixed. During the installation process I get an error saying the install package couldn't be verified. Tried again, same problem. Dirty disk? I popped it out to clean it and lo and behold, I discovered the problem. The clicking sound was actually the sound of the DVD chipping. A chunk of the DVD was just about broken off. Really pleasant. So, no X11 means no Gimp which may mean no Icon.

Sigh... Here I go again with AppleCare.

Update:

Apparently my warrantee expired 6 days ago. This kind of thing seems to happen to everyone, huh? I got passed around to a couple of representatives (I didn't have to ask for any supervisor) before a third was able to make an exception for me. That and they're wiling to replace my Leopard DVD. I've always had great luck with AppleCare and every experience with them has been pleasant. Hands down best customer service.