Freezing, display issues, and now... wont start up in OSX

Increasingly becoming an object i'd like to throw out the window, my mac book pro has now added a new trick to it's bag. originally, it was just doing silly things to the screen: when i scroll on web pages the page would move and some of the text would stay put, an issue resolved by clicking off said page, then back on to the page. then it took to freezing on me. then it took to freezing multiple times, sometimes before i could even log in on my user acct. once, it froze 5 times in a row. as if this werent annoying enough...
the other day i decided to play a game on the windows side of my partitioned hard drive. the windows side runs amazingly: no freezing, no fragmentation, no issues at all! when i was done i shut down and restarted, expecting OSX to boot. i got the grey page, the cog/wheel thing, then... about 5 minutes later it just shut off. on it's own. i tried several times, no joy. i'm plugged in to a reliable power source, and yes, the plug IS plugged in. so none of that. idk what the problem is. but it's not working, and i need to write a paper. i'm currently on my windows side, and without any kind of word processing program i will find a hard time doing my homework...
oh, also
one time i started up in OSX, and instead of the cog, it was a globe. anyone seen that before? it only happened once.

Do you have your install discs? If so, try booting up from your install disc and navigate to Disk Utility on the install disc. You should be able to see your OS X partition. Click on it and go to the First Aid tab. Repair both permissions and the disc until there is nothing left to repair. If you get errors you can't repair with Disk Utility, post back. Also check on the S.M.A.R.T. status at the bottom.
It may be that your OS X partition has become corrupted. If you still can't boot up after repairing permissions and the disk, try a Safe Boot:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US
The first article will tell you how to start up in Safe Mode. Note that it can take a long time to boot up this way. The second article will explain about Safe Boot and Safe Mode.
If you have more questions, please post back.
Good luck!

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