Keyboard Froze; other quirks popping up

I'm having a bunch of trouble with my powerbook, and am unfortunately not able to get back to my external drive to backup for almost a week (which is really killing me right now).
First, the entire system just seems to be... unstable. Safari crashes frequently. Some days it simply will not recognize my bluetooth devices. Sometimes the track pad acts oddly upon waking up (pointer won't respond, or only moves left, for instance). Sometimes the computer will make odd, quiet noises, electronic blips and beeps corresponding to keyboard input (but not the chugging sounds of a dieing harddrive, at least not the sounds I'm too familiar with). Also, the OS search always returns zero items. Even if I'm staring at the file on my desktop. Last night the keyboard froze. Nothing, in any application of finder (yeah, I messed with numlock - it didn't help). A reboot fixed (?@!) the keyboard, but this morning Illustrator started crashing and I can't even open it anymore. The illustrator crashes were associated with prolonged pinwheel freezing, and my HD icon relocating itself to another part of the screen.
First, does anyone know what is going on, and second what can I do?
Things I've done recnetly:
-archive and install the OS (ok, that was a month or so ago, didn't fix the search problem, or safari instability but the rest of the problems I've described are new since then; also, my startup discs are conveniently stored next to my external drive, far away from me)
-trash all my safari caches and cookies
-trash all non-essential new apps I've downloaded
-empty trash
-repair permissions (though I had onyx set do this weekly, it spit back pages and pages and pages of permissions to repair)
Is there anythign else I should be doing? Should I start burning copies of essential files or is it not that serious (can it wait a few days until I can do a full backup on the external drive)?
Thanks
Oh, and does anyone know when Leopard is coming out?
G4 1.33 Ghz, 768Mb RAM, OS 10.3.9

sometimes random freezes caused by failing hard drive, it would be a good idea to back up important files.

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