MBP Will not wake properly from sleep-flash of screen and keyboard for a bit every few seconds.  Under guest account, wakes up just fine.  I also cannot unlock various padlocks to change settings in e.g. system prefs. security?  Any help, I'm dyin!

Not waking up from sleep-flashes lighted keyboard and screen, and I cannot unlock the padlocks in the system to change settings, look at keychain, etc.

Still cannot unlock system prefs/users etc.   Also, many applications are returning errors like:  "failed to obtain the necessary authorization"  or " '' failed to obtain permission" so I've attached a portion of my log, showing when I attempt to unlock (or click on the padlock) in system preferences - User Accounts:
3/7/13 7:52:51.180 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:51.181 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:53.982 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:53.982 PM
SecurityAgent[3818]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:52:58.794 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:52:58.796 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:52:58.827 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:01.340 PM
helpd[3305]
Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Nomina.app/Contents/Resources/NominaHelp
3/7/13 7:53:01.342 PM
helpd[3305]
Could not find access page in directory /Applications/Nomina.app/Contents/Resources/NominaHelp
3/7/13 7:53:11.354 PM
helpd[3305]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
3/7/13 7:53:11.355 PM
helpd[3305]
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
3/7/13 7:53:37.799 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1318260
3/7/13 7:53:37.800 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:37.802 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:53:37.819 PM
WindowServer[3177]
CGXSetTrackingAreaEnabled : Invalid tracking area 0x1642350
3/7/13 7:57:24.304 PM
PopClip[5202]
[INFO] PopAppDelegate: PopClip Initializing.
3/7/13 7:57:24.439 PM
PopClip[5202]
NSWindow does not support nonactivating panel styleMask 0x80
3/7/13 7:57:24.441 PM
PopClip[5202]
[INFO] PopAppDelegate: PopClip will wait 0.500000 seconds to start.
3/7/13 7:57:31.632 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:31.633 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:32.665 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:57:32.665 PM
SecurityAgent[5231]
Problem during create from (builtin:login)
Now here is some additional info from the logs that appears to my novice eyes to be presenting a problem:
<D:multistatus xmlns:D="DAV:" xmlns:caldav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:caldav" xmlns:cs="http://calendarserver.org/ns/" xmlns:ical="http://apple.com/ns/ical/">
<D:response xmlns:carddav="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:carddav">
  <D:href>/calendar/dav/</D:href>
  <D:propstat>
   <D:status>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</D:status>
   <D:prop>
    <D:current-user-principal>
     <D:unauthenticated/>
    </D:current-user-principal>
   </D:prop>
  </D:propstat>
</D:response>
</D:multistatus>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.525 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [Account refresh failed with error: Error Domain=CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain Code=401 "The operation couldn’t be completed. (CoreDAVHTTPStatusErrorDomain error 401.)" UserInfo=0x7fe2dff032f0 {AccountName=Google, CalDAVErrFromRefresh=YES, CoreDAVHTTPHeaders=<CFBasicHash 0x7fe2dff0f6d0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{type = immutable dict, count = 10,
entries =>
          0 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Content-Type-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0e960 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "nosniff"}
          1 : Case Insensitive Key: Content-Type = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f100 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "application/vnd.google.gdata.error+xml; charset=UTF-8"}
          2 : Case Insensitive Key: Server = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f510 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "GSE"}
          3 : Case Insensitive Key: Transfer-Encoding = <CFString 0x7fff719196f8 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Identity"}
          6 : Case Insensitive Key: Date = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f150 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
          7 : Case Insensitive Key: X-Frame-Options = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f480 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "SAMEORIGIN"}
          8 : Case Insensitive Key: X-XSS-Protection = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f4f0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "1; mode=block"}
          9 : Case Insensitive Key: Www-Authenticate = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0efd0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "basic realm="Google APIs""}
          11 : Case Insensitive Key: Cache-Control = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f1b0 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "private, max-age=0"}
          12 : Case Insensitive Key: Expires = <CFString 0x7fe2dff0f180 [0x7fff71512fd0]>{contents = "Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:46 GMT"}
3/7/13 7:50:47.566 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 200 (OK)]
3/7/13 7:50:47.567 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Age: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Allow: MKCOL, REPORT, MOVE, COPY, HEAD, POST, GET, DELETE, ACL, MKCALENDAR, PROPFIND, LOCK, OPTIONS, PUT, PROPPATCH, UNLOCK]
3/7/13 7:50:47.568 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: private]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: keep-alive]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8]
3/7/13 7:50:47.569 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:47 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [DAV: 1, 2, 3, access-control, calendar-access, version-control, addressbook, extended-mkcol, calendar-proxy, calendarserver-principal-property-search]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:47.570 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Transfer-Encoding: Identity]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Vary: Accept-Encoding]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Via: HTTP/1.1 calgate007.cal.sp2.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c sSf ])]
3/7/13 7:50:47.571 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.576 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.queue] [CalDAVAccountRefreshQueueableOperation :: calendar home path is empty, not refreshing calendars]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [>>>>>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [PROPFIND https://caldav.calendar.yahoo.com/principals/users/saab9.5turbo/]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Brief: t]
3/7/13 7:50:47.582 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 130]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/xml]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Depth: 0]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [User-Agent: Mac OS X/10.8.2 (12C60) CalendarAgent/55]
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.583 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<A:propfind xmlns:A="DAV:">
  <A:prop>
    <A:group-membership/>
  </A:prop>
</A:propfind>]
3/7/13 7:50:47.584 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:47.584 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [>>>>>]
3/7/13 7:50:48.101 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:48.101 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [HTTP/1.1 401 (Unauthorized)]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Cache-Control: no-store]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Connection: close]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Language: en]
3/7/13 7:50:48.102 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Length: 1]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Content-Type: text/html]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 02:50:48 GMT]
3/7/13 7:50:48.103 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Server: YTS/1.19.11]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Via: HTTP/1.1 calgate009.cal.sp2.yahoo.com (YahooTrafficServer/1.19.11 [c s f ])]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [Www-Authenticate: Basic realm="Zimbra"]
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] []
3/7/13 7:50:48.104 PM          CalendarAgent[3308]          [com.apple.calendar.store.log.caldav.http] [<<<<<]
3/7/13 7:50:49.202 PM          MacPilot[4054]          A regular control size progress indicator <RBXProgressWheel: 0x212bf20> with the frame size for small control size detected.  Please use -setControlSize: to explicitly specify NSSmallControlSize
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
3/7/13 7:51:00.584 PM          SecurityAgent[3818]          Problem during create from (builtin:login)
And some more:
Mar  7 20:51:07 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local WindowServer[3177]: CGXGetConnectionProperty: Invalid connection 57091
Mar  7 20:51:37 --- last message repeated 8 times ---
Mar  7 20:53:14 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] (B,0)
Mar  7 20:53:14 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Succeeded authorizing right 'system.hdd.smart' by client '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] for authorization created by '/Library/Application Support/iStat Menus 4/iStatMenusDaemon' [104] (B,0)
Mar  7 20:53:44 --- last message repeated 2 times ---
Mar  7 20:58:25 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local CVMServer[114]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
Mar  7 20:58:25 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local CVMServer[114]: Check-in to the service com.apple.cvmsCompAgent_x86_64 failed. This is likely because you have either unloaded the job or the MachService has the ResetAtClose attribute specified in the launchd.plist. If present, this attribute should be removed.
Mar  7 20:59:04 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
Mar  7 21:03:05 Matthews-MacBook-Pro.local Finder[3247]: CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary on line 1. Parsing will be abandoned. Break on _CFPropertyListMissingSemicolon to debug.
I can't reinstall ML, nor can I create another user (unless I use Terminal, and I'm a novice at best with Terminal).
I could really use some help here as it's been nearly 24 and I am going CRAZY!   Thanks in advance for your help.

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