Macbook Air with Snow Leopard is freezing

I have a first gen, fully updated, Macbook Air currently running Snow Leopard.
Every once in a while, my computer completely freezes. No pinwheel, just a freeze. I can see the cursor, but I can't move it. It happens every few minutes and the freezes last for 10-30 seconds (sometimes even longer).
It doesn't have to do with heat because sometimes this will happen right when I open my computer. And sometimes it will do it after I've been working for an hour or so. Also, it's not limited to the programs that it does it on. It could be Firefox, MS Word, or no program at all.
It's very random, but it's happening more and more often (just happened while typing this question!! about a minute long freeze)

Check your Activity Monitor and see what your CPU power and memory are doing. How full is your hard drive?
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