HELP Macbook heats up!!

Hi so after my Macbook has been on about 10 min the bottom of it heats up to the point I can't rest it on my lap without a blanket or pillow covering my legs....
It's a late 2008 macbook, I got it in december for x-mas.. any advice? Should I take it in to the store?

Never put the computer on a pillow or blanket! This will cause more heat and possible damage to the computer. The computer should be operated on a hard flat surface that allows for proper ventilation. Ideally the rear of the computer should be elevated at least 3/4" to allow good ventilation. Room temperature should be kept at or below 75ºF (24ºC). There is a reason Apple does not call them "laptops" anymore.
The computer is not intended to be used on your lap. See Apple Portables- Operating temperature.

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    panic(cpu 0 caller 0x2cf3cc): "Double fault at 0x002c7bc5, trapno:0x8, err:0x0," "registers:\n" "CR0: 0x8001003b, CR2: 0x5c667ff8, CR3: 0x00100000, CR4: 0x00000660\n" "EAX: 0x33126e27, EBX: 0x009895e0, ECX: 0x00000000, EDX: 0x00000000\n" "ESP: 0x5c668000, EBP: 0x5c668008, ESI: 0x00000000, EDI: 0x009895e0\n" "EFL: 0x00010002, EIP: 0x002c7bc5\n"@/SourceCache/xnu/xnu-1699.32.7/osfmk/i386/trap_native.c:258
    Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address (4 potential args on stack)
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    Darwin Kernel Version 11.4.2: Thu Aug 23 16:26:45 PDT 2012; root:xnu-1699.32.7~1/RELEASE_I386
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