I saw that you are wondering whether or not to use BTC faucets. These could turn out to be worth a lot in the future. I get enough faucet BTC to buy 10 Quark a week.
I saw you're using freebitco.in which is one of my favorites, but I'd like to also suggest using freebitcoinz which gives 2000 satoshi a day. You don't have to use my link but if you feel inclined:
http://freebitcoinz.com/r/31377 The blog looks good though! 200$ isn't much money, but we'll see how that develops. I love reading blogs from people with more experience, but I'll check yours out