I feel like a complete moron. My friend told me to do it and I was curious to see what would happen. Now that I know, I won't do it again.
With the doors locked, I held the little knob which locks or unlocks the car while hitting the power unlock button. At that point the knob always remained in the lock position regardless of whether the door was really locked or not.
I tried to force it back, I heard a little pop, and now it doesn't even seem to have any affect at all on the door lock. It moves freely. I lock and unlock the car now via the key remote w/ no prob.
HOW DO I FIX THIS?? Many Many Many thanks in advance.