Storage and memory problems on a new mac. PLEASE HELP

I had a macbook pro 5 years ago and backed everything up to my time machine. i just bought a new mac book pro yesterday. I only wanted to transfer my music and photo files over, and i somehow managed to do that but i think i made a mistake somewhere because now my storage memory is listed at over 400 gb used which i know is impossible. ive saved one document onmy new computer and the entire storage on the time machine is only 173 gb. I have over 300 gb listed as other on the new computer- at one point it was purple and categorized as backup but now it says other- can anyone help me?
my computer is running super slow now because of it and i just spent over 2000 dollars on this yesterday and I cant find anything in apple support to help me. i already tried looking through all the files and used the omni disk sweeper.
PLEASE HELP ME!
i have the mac os x 10.8.2

I tried running the uninstall blackberry software and it said it coudnt find anything to uninstall and self control doesnt have any uninstalll programs- do you know how else i can delete them or what else i should do? i ran the system again and have pasted the results below in case that would help- i dont really understand it - THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your time and help-i really appreciate it- i just want this fixed
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,1
          1 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 4 cores
          4 GB RAM
System Software:
          OS X 10.8.2 (12C60) - Uptime: 1 day 0:53
Disk Information:
          APPLE HDD HTS547550A9E384 disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    disk0s1 (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 499.25 GB (223.43 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5970H disk4 : (690.9 MB)
                    disk4s1 (disk4s1) <not mounted>: 52.2 MB
                    disk4s2 (disk4s2) <not mounted>: 39.4 MB
                    disk4s3 (disk4s3) <not mounted>: 42.8 MB
                    disk4s4 (disk4s4) <not mounted>: 38.8 MB
                    disk4s5 (disk4s5) <not mounted>: 58.1 MB
                    disk4s6 (disk4s6) <not mounted>: 40.9 MB
                    disk4s7 (disk4s7) <not mounted>: 43.1 MB
                    disk4s8 (disk4s8) <not mounted>: 34.1 MB
                    disk4s9 (disk4s9) <not mounted>: 36.3 MB
                    disk4s10 (disk4s10) <not mounted>: 52.7 MB
                    disk4s11 (disk4s11) <not mounted>: 35.8 MB
                    disk4s12 (disk4s12) <not mounted>: 50.3 MB
                    disk4s13 (disk4s13) <not mounted>: 42.4 MB
                    disk4s14 (disk4s14) <not mounted>: 43.3 MB
                    disk4s15 (disk4s15) <not mounted>: 38.9 MB
                    disk4s16 (disk4s16) <not mounted>: 41.9 MB
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
                 [failed] com.apple.afpstat.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.coreservices.appleid.authentication.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.KerberosHelper.LKDCHelper.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.mrt.uiagent.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.pbs.plist
                 [failed] com.apple.rcd.plist
Launch Daemons:
                 [loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
                 [loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
                 [loaded] com.rim.BBDaemon.plist
             [not loaded] org.eyebeam.SelfControl.plist
Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] com.rim.BBLaunchAgent.plist
User Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
          DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Photo Center Plugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
Bad Fonts:
          None
Top Processes:
          16.3  %          WebProcess
          9.0   %          WindowServer
          3.6   %          coreaudiod
          1.1   %          EtreCheck
          1.0   %          iTunes
          0.9   %          PluginProcess
          0.4   %          BBLaunchAgent
          0.2   %          Safari
          0.2   %          NotificationCenter
          0.1   %          fontd

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