Help me with my Mac Bluetooth keyboard!

I was able to upload this video only when I restarted my iMac (2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3)! The problem is I keep on needing to restart to keep using this keyboard! Please help me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxSK_uLED34

Sorry, Babowa. I will explain.
Weeks ago, I was shocked to learn that all of the sudden, my Bluetooth Keyboard failed to work, except for the volume controls on the keyboard. All other types of key presses went ignored. So I plugged in my USB keyboard to my iMac and wouldn't you know... that same thing was going on with the USB keyboard, too. My iMac ignored all key presses except for the USB keyboard's volume control. I guess I must have restarted out of frustration, that's the only idea I can think of when I went on my day that day and put that problem behind me.
But today, I wasn't going to forget about this problem at all, when it happened again. I was going to document this. This problem seems so bizarre and twisted of a problem to me and I really should know what's going on with my iMac. And so, document this problem, I did. As you can see (with the Keyboard Viewer), I can control only the volume with the computer, despite trying to type in the search box of System Preferences and also Spotlight.
So, uhm... what the heck is going on? Any ideas? Thanks for your patience...

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