Airport refuses to connect to selected "Specific Network"

In Network under System Preference, I have my home wi-fi selected as the "Specific Network" on the Airport panel. About half the time the MBP wakes, it will connect with a neighbor's wi-fi. I've restarted the machine, changed the setting and restored it. Nothing works. This started acting up only a couple weeks ago. I've had this MBP since December.
MBP 15" C2D Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Thank you, BDAqua. Creating a new network location solved my problem. I would've replied earlier; I wanted to be sure it continued to work over a few days.

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