MacBook Pro (late 2009) running slow after Mavericks install - EtreCheck printout included

Any advice appreciated!
Restarted my computer and ran EtreCheck prior to opening any programs.
EtreCheck version: 1.9.11 (43) - report generated June 7, 2014 at 4:32:12 PM CDT
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.3 (13D65) - Uptime: 0 days 0:4:14
Disk Information:
          FUJITSU MJA2250BH FFS G1 disk0 : (250.06 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 249.2 GB (76.63 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS23N 
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Gatekeeper:
          Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions:
          [kext loaded] com.Logitech.Control Center.HID Driver (3.6.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.Logitech.Unifying.HID Driver (1.2.0 - SDK 10.6) Support
          [not loaded] com.cisco.nke.ipsec (1.0.0) Support
          [kext loaded] com.globaldelight.driver.BoomDevice (1.1 - SDK 10.5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.jft.driver.PdaNetDrv (1.0.64) Support
          [not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraDevSupport (2.0.4) Support
          [not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraFSCSupport (2.0.4) Support
          [not loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraODSupport (2.0.5) Support
          [kext loaded] com.sierrawireless.driver.SierraSerial (1.0.1) Support
Startup Items:
          CiscoVPN: Path: /System/Library/StartupItems/CiscoVPN
Launch Daemons:
          [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
          [loaded] com.cloudpath.maccmd.plist Support
          [loaded] com.ea.origin.ESHelper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2.Agent.plist Support
          [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist Support
          [loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist Support
          [not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SierraReset.plist Support
          [running] com.sierrawireless.SierraSerial.plist Support
          [running] com.sierrawireless.SWoCMon.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid.plist Support
Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
          [running] com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist Support
          [running] org.chromium.chromoting.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.enable-bundles.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.gpgmail.patch-uuid-user.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.Libmacgpg.xpc.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.fix.plist Support
          [running] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.shutdown-gpg-agent.plist Support
          [loaded] org.gpgtools.macgpg2.updater.plist Support
User Launch Agents:
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
          [failed] com.apple.CSConfigDotMacCert-[...]@me.com-SharedServices.Agent.plist
          [running] com.google.Chrome.framework.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.diskSpaceWatcher.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.scheduledScan.plist Support
          [loaded] com.macpaw.CleanMyMac2Helper.trashWatcher.plist Support
          [running] com.spotify.webhelper.plist Support
User Login Items:
          Flux
          BoxSyncHelper
          GrowlHelperApp
          iTunesHelper
          Connect360Helper
          PSPWareHelper
          Google Drive
          Dropbox
          Caffeine
          Google Chrome
          TuneupMyMac
          StatusMenu
Internet Plug-ins:
          nplastpass: Version: 2.5.5 Support
          o1dbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          OVSHelper: Version: 1.1 Support
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin: Version: 12.2.3 Support
          net.juniper.DSSafariExtensions: Version: (null) Support
          Unity Web Player: Version: UnityPlayer version 4.3.5f1 - SDK 10.6 Support
          AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          DivXBrowserPlugin: Version: 1.4 Support
          Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20913.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
          Flash Player: Version: 13.0.0.214 - SDK 10.6 Support
          iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
          googletalkbrowserplugin: Version: 5.4.1.18709 Support
          Mathematica: Version: 9.0.1.4092152 Support
          AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.07 - SDK 10.6 Support
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.0.0 Support
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Check version
Safari Extensions:
          LastPass: Version: 3.1.21
          Open in Internet Explorer: Version: 1.0
          DivX Plus Web Player HTML5 <video>: Version: 2.1.2.126
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
User Internet Plug-ins:
          WebEx64: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Box Sync  Support
          remoting_host_prefpane  Support
          DivX  Support
          Flash Player  Support
          GPGPreferences  Support
          Growl  Support
          Logitech Control Center  Support
          MacFUSE  Support
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: YES
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
               3%          WindowServer
               1%          mds_stores
               0%          Google Drive
               0%          fontd
               0%          BoxSyncEngine
Top Processes by Memory:
          106 MB          com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          78 MB          Dropbox
          78 MB          Google Chrome
          78 MB          Google Drive
          61 MB          BoxSyncEngine
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.84 GB          Free RAM
          1.21 GB          Active RAM
          308 MB          Inactive RAM
          407 MB          Wired RAM
          335 MB          Page-ins
          0 B          Page-outs

You might want to consider pairing waaaay down on the User Login Items.
Having all of these apps launching at startup/login is probably slowing down your Mac's startup time AND having all of these apps running in the background is both eating yo CPU cycles and RAM.
Add or remove automatic items
Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
Select your user account, then click Login Items.
Do one of the following:
Click Add below the list on the right, select an app, document, folder, or disk, then click Add.If you don’t want an item’s windows to be visible after login, select Hide. (Hide does not apply to servers, which always appear in the Finder after login.)
Select the name of the item you want to prevent from opening automatically, then click Delete below the list on the right.
Google apps  like Chrome and Drive may still not be playing well and are NOT 100% compatible/compliant with OS X Mavericks.
Until Google releases a proper fix or official update for OS X Mavericks, completely uninstall these Google apps.
If you do not like Apple's Safari Web browser, as an alternative, try using Mozilla FireFox.
Mozilla constantly updates FireFox and just released a new update recently and is ,usually, more stable on OS X Mavericks.

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    Hardware Information: ℹ️
        MacBook Pro (13-inch, Late 2011) (Technical Specifications)
        MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro8,1
        1 2.4 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2-core
        4 GB RAM Upgradeable
            BANK 0/DIMM0
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            BANK 1/DIMM0
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        Bluetooth: Old - Handoff/Airdrop2 not supported
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    Video Information: ℹ️
        Intel HD Graphics 3000 - VRAM: 384 MB
            Color LCD 1280 x 800
    System Software: ℹ️
        OS X 10.10.2 (14C109) - Time since boot: 0:40:45
    Disk Information: ℹ️
        ST9500325ASG disk0 : (500.11 GB)
            EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
            Yosemite HD (disk0s2) / : 499.25 GB (290.00 GB free)
            Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>  [Recovery]: 650 MB
        HL-DT-ST DVDRW  GS31N 
    USB Information: ℹ️
        Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
        Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
        Apple Inc. BRCM2070 Hub
            Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
        Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
    Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
        Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
    Gatekeeper: ℹ️
        Mac App Store and identified developers
    Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
            /Library/Application Support/VirtualBox
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxDrv (4.3.22) [Click for support]
        [loaded]    org.virtualbox.kext.VBoxNetAdp (4.3.22) [Click for support]
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    SerialATA
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        2015-02-12 com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent crash
        2015-02-13 CalendarAgent crash
        2015-02-14 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
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        2015-02-21 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
        2015-02-26 iTunes crash
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        2015-02-27 mdworker32 crash x2
        2015-02-28 LegacyFileVaultMessageTracer crash
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        Mar  3 13:51:26 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 861039197 for window 342
        Mar  3 13:54:47 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948771229 for window 189
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        Mar  3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
        Mar  3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
        Mar  3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
        Mar  3 14:08:59 WindowServer: WSGetSurfaceInWindow : Invalid surface 948402577 for window 33
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