Ibook insomnia (it won't sleep)

I just recently installed Tiger and now my ibook won't sleep when I request it through apple menu. It will sleep for about 15 seconds and then wakes up on its own. I have checked my energy saver settings and they are set at 10min.
Additionally, when I close the lid it does the same thing sleeping for approx 15seconds and then wakes up. Any suggestions?

i was reading "Troubleshooting Mac OSX Tiger" and it suggested for sleep issues to check the console log and I did so I put my ibook to sleep with the console log open then once it woke up (after a few milliseconds) this is what came up in the log:
Mar 7 23:02:20 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 /Library/StartupItems/SideTrack/sidetrackd: SideTrackSystemPower: System going to sleep, caching user "MaryAnne" UID 501.
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernate image path: /var/vm/sleepimage
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: sizeof(IOHibernateImageHeader) == 512
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: Opened file /var/vm/sleepimage, size 536870912, partition base 0x8008000, maxio 100000
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernate image major 14, minor 2, blocksize 512, pollers 2
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernateallocpages flags fc14fc21, gobbling 0 pages
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16111.439 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800] Processing WDH before suspending
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link DOWN (Client disAssoc 0)
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 lookupd[433]: lookupd (version 369.2) starting - Tue Mar 7 23:02:21 2006
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 configd[31]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 launchd: Server fa4b in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[433]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Mar 7 23:02:21 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 lookupd[434]: lookupd (version 369.2) starting - Tue Mar 7 23:02:21 2006
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: System SafeSleep
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: mappinghibernateflush start
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: mappinghibernateflush time: 88 ms
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall start
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: removed hash, pca: 544 pages
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall time: 90 ms
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: pages 128148, wire 17635, act 53928, inact 10417, zf 50, could discard act 19855 inact 26263
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernatepage_listsetall found pageCount 128148
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen, mlget_interruptsenabled 0
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: IOHibernatePollerOpen(0)
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: writing 127845 pages
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: image1Size 34865152
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: all time: 6053 ms, comp time: 2036 ms, deco time: 0 ms,
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: image 159970304, uncompressed 332525568 (81183), compressed 158457076 (47%), sum1 ab32ff20, sum2 44de15aa
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: hibernatewriteimage done(0)
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: sleep
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: System Wake
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: Wake event 0020
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: ADB present:84
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16115. 9 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800]:oControlTransfer sync request on workloop thread. Use async!
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16115. 13 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800]:oControlTransfer sync request on workloop thread. Use async!
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16115. 17 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800]:oControlTransfer sync request on workloop thread. Use async!
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16115. 21 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800]:oControlTransfer sync request on workloop thread. Use async!
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: USBF: 16115. 25 AppleUSBOHCI[0x174e800]:oControlTransfer sync request on workloop thread. Use async!
Mar 7 23:02:33 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: SideTrackUSB error: Trackpad device has been removed, max retries exceeded.
Mar 7 23:02:34 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: SideTrackUSB error: Trackpad underrun, got 17 total bytes.
Mar 7 23:02:35 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 kernel[0]: AirPort: Link Active: "linksys" - 0014bfd5c7e5 - chan 3
Mar 7 23:02:35 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 configd[31]: SecKeychainFindGenericPassword err= -25308 ( =0xffff9d24, secErrStr=User interaction is not allowed. ) (current= linksys)
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 launchd: Server fa4f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[434]: exited abnormally: Hangup
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 configd[31]: posting notification com.apple.system.config.network_change
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 lookupd[435]: lookupd (version 369.2) starting - Tue Mar 7 23:02:38 2006
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 /Library/StartupItems/SideTrack/sidetrackd: SideTrackSystemPower: System wake, restoring settings for user "MaryAnne" UID 501.
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 /Library/StartupItems/SideTrack/sidetrackd: SideTrackConfigPush: Setting driver to configuration for UID 501.
Mar 7 23:02:40 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 mDNSResponder: Repeated transitions for interface en1 (192.168.1.108); delaying packets by 5 seconds
so is there something alarming going on while my ibook tries to sleep? does the sleeping problem have anything to do with this:
Mar 7 23:02:38 mary-anne-cecilia-p-castanedas-ibook-g4 launchd: Server fa4f in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/usr/sbin/lookupd"[434]: exited abnormally: Hangup

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Hello Bobz,
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Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (15-inch Early 2008)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro4,1
          1 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          5 GB RAM
Video Information:
          GeForce 8600M GT     - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.1 (13B42) - Uptime: 0 days 0:29:13
Disk Information:
          ST9750420AS disk0 : (750.16 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    inni (disk0s2) /: 749.3 GB (353.92 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple, Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
Launch Agents:
User Launch Agents:
User Login Items:
          None
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          None
Bad Fonts:
          None
Old Applications:
          None
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               5%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               0%          mds_stores
               0%          mds
               0%          imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
          61 MB          Finder
          51 MB          mds_stores
          46 MB          WindowServer
          31 MB          mds
          31 MB          Dock
Virtual Memory Information:
          3.75 GB          Free RAM
          617 MB          Active RAM
          130 MB          Inactive RAM
          530 MB          Wired RAM
          218 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

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