Mac HD icon scrambled

my mac hd icon is scrambled up its showing both the applications and developer folders on top of each other but only bits and pieces of it... like static digital video.... it zooms and resizes as i move my mouse over the icon as well.... also when it opens a stack box it shows them scrambled too.. i have leopard installed.. it wasnt like this after upgrading just showed up a few days ago heres two screen caps to better explain
http://www.geocities.com/guillermomusanti/Picture2.png
http://www.geocities.com/guillermomusanti/Picture4.png

ok so this got solved with a restart... but its still kinda weird and hopefully its not gonna keep happening...

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