JSON loading into knockout

var someJSON = '{"date":"2014-01-14T00:00:00Z","userID":2,"niceDate":"Tuesday, January 14, 2014","urlDate":"2014-01-14","addiction":"test","commitment":"test","abstained":"yes","journalEntry":"blaghblahnnblahnnblahnblah\\\nnblah\n","rituals":[{"id":2941,"category":"","title":"I lowered my gaze online","description":"Enter a description to further describe this behavior in your life.n","done":"no","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:32.244Z"},{"id":2942,"category":"","title":"I expressed genuine appreciation to my spouse today","description":"Enter a description to further describe this behavior in your life.n","done":"yes","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:32.250Z"},{"id":2943,"category":"","title":"I prayed with my spouse today","description":"Enter a description to further describe this behavior in your life.n","done":"yes","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:32.252Z"},{"id":2944,"category":"","title":"I sent my spouse a loving text during the day","description":"Enter a description to further describe this behavior in your life.n","done":"yes","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:32.254Z"},{"id":2945,"category":"","title":"I read 15 minutes with my wife from a book that enhances our relationship","description":"Enter a description to further describe this behavior in your life.n","done":"no","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:32.255Z"}],"selectedRitual":{"id":"","category":"","title":"","description":"","done":"","date":"2014-02-03T23:36:31.426Z"},"categories":[],"successDaysWeek":"","successDaysMonth":"","successDaysYear":"","retrackID":""}';
            var parsed = JSON.parse(someJSON);
            //console.log(parsed);
            //ritualArray = jQuery.makeArray( parsed.rituals );
            //mySelfCare.rituals(ritualArray);
            //console.log(ritualArray);
            mySelfCare.loadParsedData(parsed);


mySelfCare.loadParsedData = function(parsed) {
    console.log('ko parsed:');
    console.log(parsed);
    userID = '<?php echo $user_id;?>';
    var dataDate = '<?php echo $trackDate; ?>';
    if (dataDate != '') {
        newDate = new Date('<?php echo $trackDate; ?>T00:00:00Z');
        urlDate = '<?php echo $trackDate; ?>';
        dataDate = '<?php echo $trackDate; ?>T00:00:00Z';
        niceDate = '<?php echo date('l, F d, Y',strtotime ($trackDate));?>';
    } else {
        newDate = new Date();
        var dateDay = newDate.getDate();
        var dateMonth = newDate.getMonth()+1;
        var dateYear = newDate.getFullYear();
        urlDate = dateYear + '-' + dateMonth + '-' + dateDay;
        dataDate = urlDate + 'T00:00:00Z';
        niceDate = weekday[newDate.getDay()] + ', ' + month[dateMonth-1] + ' ' + dateDay + ', ' +dateYear;
        //alert('new(js):'+newDate);alert('urlDate:'+urlDate);alert('date:'+dataDate);alert('nice'+niceDate);
    };
    var dataAbstained = parsed.abstained;
    var dataJournalEntry = parsed.journalEntry;
    var successDaysWeek = '';
    var successDaysMonth = '';
    var successDaysYear = '';
    var retrackID = '<?php echo $parent_id; ?>';
    mySelfCare.date(dataDate);
    mySelfCare.userID(<?php echo $user_id; ?>);
    mySelfCare.niceDate(niceDate);
    mySelfCare.urlDate(urlDate);
    mySelfCare.addiction(<?php echo json_encode(get_user_meta($user_id, 'sc_addiction', true));  ?>);
    mySelfCare.commitment(<?php echo json_encode(get_user_meta($user_id, 'sc_commitment', true));  ?>);
    mySelfCare.abstained(dataAbstained);
    console.log('valueshouldbe: ');
    console.log(mySelfCare.abstained());
    mySelfCare.journalEntry(dataJournalEntry);
    mySelfCare.successDaysWeek(successDaysWeek);
    mySelfCare.successDaysMonth(successDaysMonth);
    mySelfCare.successDaysYear(successDaysYear);
    mySelfCare.retrackID(retrackID);
    /*
     console.log(ko.toJSON(mySelfCare));
     jQuery.getJSON('<?php echo get_bloginfo('url'); ?>/api/scrcustom/get_author_posts/?author_id=<?php echo $user_id; ?>&post_type=scr_custom&orderby=menu_order&order=ASC&dev=1', function(data) {
     mySelfCare.rituals([]);
     jQuery.each(data.posts, function() {
     var tmpRitual = {};
     tmpRitual.id = this.id;
     //tmpRitual.category = this.scr_category[0];
     tmpRitual.title = this.title;
     tmpRitual.description = this.excerpt;
     mySelfCare.rituals.push(new Ritual(tmpRitual));
     });
     if (mySelfCare.addiction() == '' || mySelfCare.commitment() == '' || mySelfCare.rituals().length < 5) { alert('<?php _e('You need to finish setup for your Tracker, first.', 'selfcare'); ?>'); window.location = './tracker-settings/?user_id='+mySelfCare.userID(); };
     });
     */
    console.debug('yo5');

    mySelfCare.rituals([]);
    jQuery.each(parsed.rituals, function() {
        var tmpRitual = {};
        tmpRitual.id = this.id;
        tmpRitual.date = this.date;
        tmpRitual.done = this.done;
        tmpRitual.category = this.category;
        //tmpRitual.category = this.scr_category[0];
        tmpRitual.title = this.title;
        tmpRitual.description = this.description;
        mySelfCare.rituals.push(new Ritual(tmpRitual));
    });

    console.log('msc rituals:');
    console.log(mySelfCare.rituals());

    jQuery('#journal-entry').elastic();
};