I open my MacBook Pro lid, the screen comes on momentarily, then goes dark, and I can't do anything

OS X  10.6..08
MacBookPro6.2
I never reboot.  I have a lot of windoes open.  Every week or two I'll open the lid to get to work and the display comes on then goes off and I can't do anything.  The keyboard backlight is on.  If I close the lid the white pilot light on the front right edge is on.  I have not been able to guess a key combination to get it back.  The only thing I found is to press and hold the power key to force a reboot.  When it comes back up it usually sends a trouble report. 

MikeGMIT wrote:
The report is incomprehensible.  Is it saved somewhere?  If so I can grab it and post it here. 
Inside your Utilites you will see the Console.app.  Click on it.  Reports will be there.
Yes I have tried a short press of the power button.  I've opened and closed and done short presses and waited several minutes for something to happen afer each action.   
Since I can't see the screen I can't close/quit applications. 
It opens closes, sleeps wakes just fine several times a day, and for days in a row.  Then one day it exhibits this bad behavior. 
Thanks for asking some questions and offering suggestions!!

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