Macbook Pro not shutting down

2011 Macbook Pro with Lion
I only notice the problem with the system not shutting down or restarting, it goes to the grey screen and the I see the spining icon at the bottom of the screen only when I open itunes and have my external seagate goflex 2tb connected through firewire. All my audio and video files for itunes are stored onto the external drive. I can properlly shut down or restart the system with external drive connected for backups or anything else but not after opening itunes.
Below is from the system log:
Jan 16 20:26:28 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x27027].com.apple.iTunes[642]: The plugin 'Quartz Composer Visualizer' failed to load because it has the wrong CPU architecture for this version of iTunes. (3585)
Jan 16 20:40:31 MacBook-Pro [0x0-0x27027].com.apple.iTunes[642]: Version from driver for Certificates 1
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[135] (com.apple.talagent[146]): Exited: Killed: 9
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[135] ([0x0-0xc00c].com.apple.iTunesHelper[193]): Exited: Killed: 9
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[135] ([0x0-0x1b01b].com.apple.AppleSpell[247]): Exited: Killed: 9
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.launchd.peruser.501[135] (com.apple.mdworker.pool.0[280]): Exited: Terminated: 15
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro loginwindow[42]: DEAD_PROCESS: 42 console
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: 2012-01-16 20:40:55.302 com.apple.dock.extra[671:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: 2012-01-16 20:40:55.303 com.apple.dock.extra[671:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: 2012-01-16 20:40:55.303 com.apple.dock.extra[671:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:55 MacBook-Pro com.apple.dock.extra[671]: 2012-01-16 20:40:55.304 com.apple.dock.extra[671:1707] Could not connect the action buttonPressed: to target of class NSApplication
Jan 16 20:40:57 MacBook-Pro xpchelper[672]: for uid: 501 -- timeout while waiting on FSEvents flush; clearing cache.
Jan 16 20:40:57 MacBook-Pro xpchelper[674]: for uid: 0 -- timeout while waiting on FSEvents flush; clearing cache.
Jan 16 20:40:57 MacBook-Pro airportd[673]: _doAutoJoin: Already associated to “AndroidAP”. Bailing on auto-join.
Jan 16 20:40:58 MacBook-Pro loginwindow[42]: Application hardKill returned -600
Jan 16 20:40:58: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
Jan 16 20:40:58 MacBook-Pro shutdown[675]: halt by :
Jan 16 20:40:58 MacBook-Pro shutdown[675]: SHUTDOWN_TIME: 1326768058 386754

Please read this whole message before doing anything.
This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of this exercise is to determine whether the problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login. Boot in safe mode and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Be sure your Mac is shut down.
Press the power button.
Immediately after you hear the startup tone, hold the Shift key. The Shift key should be held as soon as possible after the startup tone, but not before the tone.
Release the Shift key when you see the gray Apple icon and the progress indicator (looks like a spinning gear).
The login screen appears even if you usually log in automatically. You must know your login password in order to log in. If you’ve forgotten the password, you will need to reset it before you begin.
Safe mode is much slower to boot and run than normal, and some things won’t work at all, including your login items.
Launch the application(s) and test. Same problem(s)?
After testing, reboot as usual (i.e., not in safe mode.)

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