I can confirm Forage's comment: Ubuntu 12.10 Gnome Remix does not have this problem. I switched from Ubuntu 12.10 to the Gnome Remix and the problem seemed to solve itself. And I will note that I am running the exact same drivers/programs/extensions that I was when I was experiencing the problem.
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