It was sad, and Sid had seen it happen to a great many older than him, but the trick was knowing that time was an illusion. You were only as old as you felt, etc. If one stayed fluid, rolling with the tides then the passage of time wasn't so difficult to handle. Didn't become all consuming. Life was to be enjoyed, after all. Especially when life was abnormally long.
Well, he certainly could have chosen something much stranger, and such a thing had crossed his mind at some point--a few times, especially when David Bowie came up with names like... Ziggy Stardust, and also named his first child Zowie Bowie, and Frank Zappa named his kids Dweezil and Moon and other such strange things--but no. Sid was his name now and he was sticking to it. "You're telling me there could have been cupcakes?" He moaned dramatically, throwing his hands up in the air. Of course he knew about the cupcakes, and had in fact had his share already, but still.
"Wonderful starts indeed," he agreed, raising his glass as well. He followed the gesture with another sip, doing his best not to outright chug the whole glass (that was probably bad manners, but it was ridiculously delicious). "You know, speaking of cupcakes. Have you ever thought of teaming up with that Witch who sells her wares out of the diner?"